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Historic and religious site of first American-born saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. All welcome to visit the museum, historic homes and Basilica with her Shrine. Open Daily 10am-5pm
Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first citizen born in the United States to be given the title of “Saint.” Mother Seton was canonized by Pope Paul VI. Open Daily 10am-5pm
The Shrine's Basilica is a tribute to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton's life and legacy of giving and serving. Learn the history of the Basilica on a guided tour. Open Daily 10am-5pm
Icons of Faith: Blessed Miguel Pro and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. In the images and mementos of Bl. Miguel Pro’s martyrdom and Mother Seton’s sacrificial life, we see everlasting signs of Christ’s incarnation in the Church and the world. It was the newspaper picture that changed the world.
The quotes below are from Elizabeth’s writings, published in Elizabeth Bayley Seton Collected Writings I-IIIB, edited by Regina Bechtle, S.C., and Judith Metz, S.C. Acting well our part in present difficulties is the only way to ensure the Peace of futurity (the future). From Collected Writings Volume I, page 62
The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton welcomes visitors of all backgrounds to discover the life and legacy of Elizabeth Ann Seton as a source of inspiration and encouragement for all people. The Shrine team strives to fulfill this mission each day.
A convert to Roman Catholicism, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was foundress of the American Sisters of Charity, which was the first sisterhood native to the United States. She was the first person born in the United States to become a canonized saint on, September 14, 1975.
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton found herself bound for Baltimore, the next step on a journey of faith that had already taken her across an ocean and into worlds she never imagined, a journey that paralleled the revolutionary growth of the Catholic Church in America.
By the time she died in 1821, at the age of 46, the seas of her windswept life had tossed her from one unexpected shore to another: from a happily-married socialite to a 29 year-old widow raising five children. From a socially influential Anglican to an obscure Catholic.
The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton invites Americans and people all over the world to reacquaint themselves with the values and lessons of the first native-born U.S. saint on her 250 th birthday, August 28, 2024.