Wood Plaque - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton by J. Lonneman

We remember St. Elizabeth Seton as the founder of the first American religious community for women, the Sisters of Charity. St. Elizabeth also created the first Catholic parish school and the first Catholic orphanage in America. She became the first American-born citizen to be beatified (1963) and then canonized (1975). She accomplished these great works despite tremendous opposition, hardship and personal sorrow.