Seton Parish
This Ohio town is home to Seton Parish, built on an 18-acre tract purchased by the Diocese of Columbus in the 1060s.
What is Pickerington?
In 1975, Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Ann Seton, making her the first native-born citizen of this country to be named a saint.
What is the United States?
The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton is located in this Maryland town, where she lived, worked, and died.
What is Emmitsburg?
Founded by Mother Seton in 1809, this community was the first religious congregation of women established in the United States.
Who are the Sisters of Charity(of St. Joseph)?
Mother Seton opened the St. Joseph's Academy and Free School in 1810, which is widely celebrated as the beginning of this system in the U.S.
What is the Catholic school system?
Assigned as organizing pastor in 1978, this priest led the commencement of parish activity on July 1 of that year.
Who is Fr. Edward Fairchild?
Before converting to Catholicism in 1805 following the death of her husband, Elizabeth was a devout member of this Protestant denomination.
What is the Episcopal Church (or Anglicanism)?
Visitors to the Shrine can see this two-story log structure built in 1809, which served as the original residence and school for Elizabeth and her religious community.
What is the Stone House (or the White House)?
The Sisters adopted the spiritual rule and religious lifestyle developed in 17th-century France by this saintly founder.
Who is St. Vincent de Paul?
Unlike elite private schools of the early 19th century, St. Joseph's Free School was revolutionary because it offered education to girls regardless of this social factor.
What is their ability to pay tuition (or social class/poverty)?
Before the parish dedicated its first multipurpose building in 1981, Masses and religious education classes were held in this local facility.
What is Pickerington Middle School?
After her husband William fell ill with tuberculosis, the couple traveled to this European country, where Elizabeth was first deeply influenced by Catholic faith and art.
What is Italy(Leghorn, AKA Livorno)?
The Shrine's main place of worship, constructed between 1963 and 1965, holds this elevated honorific title given by the Pope to sites of special historical and liturgical importance.
What is a Minor Basilica?
Members of the order were distinctive for wearing a simple habit that featured a black dress, a shoulder cape, and this type of white head covering tied under the chin.
What is a bonnet (or cap)?
In 1884, American bishops meeting at the Plenary Council of this city mandated that every Catholic parish in the U.S. build its own Catholic school.
What is Baltimore?
In 2017, the newly renovated church was rededicated on January 4th, which is significant for this liturgical reason.
What is the Feast Day of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton?
Elizabeth Ann Seton is recognized as the patron saint of this system of education in the United States.
What is Catholic Education?
Entombed inside the Shrine's basilica, Mother Seton’s mortal remains are preserved inside a relic chapel under an altar dedicated to her memory.
What is the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Altar / Shrine Chapel?
During this major American conflict, dozens of Sisters of Charity served as volunteer nurses treating wounded soldiers on both sides of the battle lines.
What is the American Civil War?
Catholic education heavily integrates spiritual development alongside academic subjects, placing strong emphasis on these three theological virtues.
What are Faith, Hope, and Charity (Love)?
Along with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Pope Pius X, relics of this French-born missionary saint are embedded in the altar of Seton Parish.
Who is St. Rose Philippine Duchesne?
Born into a prominent family in New York City in 1774, her father, Dr. Richard Bayley, was a famous physician and the first professor of anatomy at this university.
What is Columbia University (King's College)?
The Shrine is surrounded by the historic campus of Mount St. Mary's, founded by this French priest who originally invited Mother Seton to Maryland.
Who is Fr. John Dubois?
Over time, the order branched into independent communities across North America, including major congregations in Halifax, Cincinnati, and this New York location founded by Mother Seton's successors.
What is Mount Saint Vincent (New York)?
In the 1925 landmark decision of Pierce v. Society of Sisters, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down an Oregon law requiring this.
What is a law requiring all children to attend public school.