elizabeth ann seton samantha gonzalez renee cheng
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Elizabeth Ann Seton
SAMANTHA GONZALEZ
RENEE CHENG
Biography
Born August 28, 1774 in New York City.
Parents were Dr. Richard Baley and Catherine Charlton.
Her mom died in 1777 and her father remarried Charlotte Amelia Barclay.
Her new mom was an active member in church and would bring elizabeth with her.
She loved nature, poetry, music.
She married William Magee Seton when she was 19 and they had five children.
Even though she had to take care of her family she still helped the poor.
After her husband died she was introduced to Roman Catholicism.
She died on january 4, 1821 at age 46.
Important events in her life…
She was received in the Catholic Church on 14 March 1805 by Rev. Matthew O Brien.
She moved to Emmitsburg, Maryland where she established Saint Joseph's Academy and Free School which was dedicated to the education of Catholic girls.
She also established a religious community dedicated to care of poor children.
It was also the first religious congregation to be founded in the United States.
The congregation was called the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph.
Important events
The rest of her life she was dedicated to leading and developing the congregation
She took her vows of poverty, chastity and obedience on march 25, 1809 and from there she was called Mother Seton.
The Sisters of Saint Joseph also established two orphanages and another school.
The last three years of her life she felt god was ready to call her and that gave her joy.
Her hardships
Personal conflict was that she got tuberculosis
The death of two daughters and her husband
People telling her to leave catholic church
People were telling her this because at the time being a Catholic was difficult because of the wars at the time.
Many of her friends and family rejected her when she became a catholic.
Head, Heart, Hands
She built a school, and orphanage.
Founding The Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph
She would pray with the bible
She took her vows.
Prayer and Quote
She would pray and read the bible ever since she was little
Her favorite psalm was psalm 23
“The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills it; and thirdly, to do it because it is his will.”
God has given me a great deal to do, and I have always and hope always to prefer his will to every wish of my own.”
Christian Witness
She can be called a Christian witness to faith because she cured Sister Gertrude Korzendorfer of cancer, Ann Theresa O’Neill of acute lymphatic leukemia, and curing Carl Kalin of encephalitis
What we can learn
We can learn that we can always follow god.
If we go through hard times we can always turn to god and the bible.
To follow our dreams and if people tell us to quit something we love don’t listen to them because we know what we can and cant do.