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January 4th - St. Elizabeth Bayley Seton
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January 4th - St. Elizabeth Bayley Seton.
Elizabeth, born August 28, 1774 at New York City, was the daughter of Richard Bayley and Catherine Charlton Bayley. Her father was a very prominent physician and professor at King's College, later Columbia University. Her mother died when she was young, but her father saw to it that she had a good education and careful moral teaching. Her maternal grandfather had been the Episcopal rector of St. Andrew's Church in Staten Island, N. Y.
Even as a young girl, Elizabeth had a great interest in the poor. She would minister to them whenever she could. At the age of twenty she married William Magee Seton, a wealthy merchant. They had a happy life and she gave birth to five children. The Seton fortune was lost and William's health was so badly affected that they undertook a sea voyage with their eldest daughter Anna Maria and went to the home of the Filicchi family in Leghorn, Italy. Six weeks later William died. Elizabeth stayed for a few months with the Filicchi family where she came to know the Catholic faith. When she returned to the U.S. she met strong opposition, especially from her Episcopal pastor. However she was received into the Catholic Church in 1805.
Life became even more difficult for her. Most of her family and friends turned away from her. Because of prejudice in the work force she wasn't even able to find employment to help support her family and so decided to go to Canada where she felt she would be more accepted. However she was approached by Father William DuBourg, who was the superior of the Sulpicians in Baltimore. He asked her to found a school for girls. So in 1807 she moved with her family to Baltimore.
Her school was an immediate success. Not only did many students come, but also many young women came as assistants. It was shortly after this that Father DuBourg as well as Bishop John Carroll of Baltimore suggested she begin a religious community. The bishop gave her a rule of life and received her vows and encouraged her to admit young women into the sisterhood and thus was born the Sister of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. They adopted a religious habit and the community soon flourished.
Mother Seton moved the community to Emmitsburg, Maryland in 1809 and adopted a more modified rule than the one given by Bishop Carroll. It is to Mother Seton that we owe the foundation of the American parochial school system. She trained teachers and translated several spiritual books from the French into English. She also wrote many textbooks for use in her schools.
Besides taking care of the schools and ministering to the poor and needy in her neighborhood, she also spent time writing spiritual treatises for her sisters. She opened an orphanage in New York City and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her life was spent in giving all in God's service. She died at Emmitsburg on January 4, 1821. Although she only lived for forty six years, her love for the poor and her dedication to the moral and academic education of young girls has left a great legacy to posterity.
This Version taken from:
http://www.christdesert.org/public_texts/martyrology/
Saint Quote:
The one who is our very Life descended into our world, and bore our death, and slew it with the abundance of His own life. Thundering, He called out to us to return to Him in heaven.
-- St. Augustine
Bible Quote:
He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and there is no injustice in him. (John 7:18)
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Ave Maris Stella
Hail, Star of the sea!
Blessed Mother of God, yet ever a virgin!
O happy gate of heaven!
Thou that didst receive the Ave from Gabriel's lips,
confirm us in peace,
and so let Eva be changed into an Ave of blessing for us.
Loose the sinner's chains, bring light to the blind,
drive from us our evils, and ask all good things for us.
Show thyself a mother, and offer our prayers to him,
who would be born of thee, when born for us.
O incomparable Virgin, and meekest of the meek,
obtain us the forgiveness of our sins,
and make us meek and chaste.
Obtain us purity of life, and a safe pilgrimage,
that we may be united with thee in the blissful vision of Jesus.
Praise be to God the Father and to the Lord Jesus,
and to the Holy Ghost:
to the Three one self-same praise. Amen.
V. Hail Mary, full of grace, alleluia.
R. The Lord is with thee, alleluia.
Elizabeth, born August 28, 1774 at New York City, was the daughter of Richard Bayley and Catherine Charlton Bayley. Her father was a very prominent physician and professor at King's College, later Columbia University. Her mother died when she was young, but her father saw to it that she had a good education and careful moral teaching. Her maternal grandfather had been the Episcopal rector of St. Andrew's Church in Staten Island, N. Y.
Even as a young girl, Elizabeth had a great interest in the poor. She would minister to them whenever she could. At the age of twenty she married William Magee Seton, a wealthy merchant. They had a happy life and she gave birth to five children. The Seton fortune was lost and William's health was so badly affected that they undertook a sea voyage with their eldest daughter Anna Maria and went to the home of the Filicchi family in Leghorn, Italy. Six weeks later William died. Elizabeth stayed for a few months with the Filicchi family where she came to know the Catholic faith. When she returned to the U.S. she met strong opposition, especially from her Episcopal pastor. However she was received into the Catholic Church in 1805.
Life became even more difficult for her. Most of her family and friends turned away from her. Because of prejudice in the work force she wasn't even able to find employment to help support her family and so decided to go to Canada where she felt she would be more accepted. However she was approached by Father William DuBourg, who was the superior of the Sulpicians in Baltimore. He asked her to found a school for girls. So in 1807 she moved with her family to Baltimore.
Her school was an immediate success. Not only did many students come, but also many young women came as assistants. It was shortly after this that Father DuBourg as well as Bishop John Carroll of Baltimore suggested she begin a religious community. The bishop gave her a rule of life and received her vows and encouraged her to admit young women into the sisterhood and thus was born the Sister of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. They adopted a religious habit and the community soon flourished.
Mother Seton moved the community to Emmitsburg, Maryland in 1809 and adopted a more modified rule than the one given by Bishop Carroll. It is to Mother Seton that we owe the foundation of the American parochial school system. She trained teachers and translated several spiritual books from the French into English. She also wrote many textbooks for use in her schools.
Besides taking care of the schools and ministering to the poor and needy in her neighborhood, she also spent time writing spiritual treatises for her sisters. She opened an orphanage in New York City and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her life was spent in giving all in God's service. She died at Emmitsburg on January 4, 1821. Although she only lived for forty six years, her love for the poor and her dedication to the moral and academic education of young girls has left a great legacy to posterity.
This Version taken from:
http://www.christdesert.org/public_texts/martyrology/
Saint Quote:
The one who is our very Life descended into our world, and bore our death, and slew it with the abundance of His own life. Thundering, He called out to us to return to Him in heaven.
-- St. Augustine
Bible Quote:
He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and there is no injustice in him. (John 7:18)
<><><><>
Ave Maris Stella
Hail, Star of the sea!
Blessed Mother of God, yet ever a virgin!
O happy gate of heaven!
Thou that didst receive the Ave from Gabriel's lips,
confirm us in peace,
and so let Eva be changed into an Ave of blessing for us.
Loose the sinner's chains, bring light to the blind,
drive from us our evils, and ask all good things for us.
Show thyself a mother, and offer our prayers to him,
who would be born of thee, when born for us.
O incomparable Virgin, and meekest of the meek,
obtain us the forgiveness of our sins,
and make us meek and chaste.
Obtain us purity of life, and a safe pilgrimage,
that we may be united with thee in the blissful vision of Jesus.
Praise be to God the Father and to the Lord Jesus,
and to the Holy Ghost:
to the Three one self-same praise. Amen.
V. Hail Mary, full of grace, alleluia.
R. The Lord is with thee, alleluia.
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