First American Sister of Charity: Elizabeth Bayley Seton
by John Clement Reville
About this book
This is a picturesque and moving account of the life and work of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774-1821), the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. This widowed mother of five established schools in New York and Maryland and was the first to found a congregation of Religious Sisters in the United States, the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, whose motherhouse stands today in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Chapters (5)
1A Lady of Old New York
2The Angel of the Lazaretto
3The Cross in Barclay Street
4The Lillies of the Valley
5The Fruit of Her Hands
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