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First American Sister of Charity: Elizabeth Bayley Seton, The by John Clement Reville (1867 - )Author: LibriVox
This is a picturesque and moving account of the life and work of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774-1821), the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. This widowed mother of five established schools in New York and Maryland and was the first to found a congregation of Religious Sisters in the United States, the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, whose motherhouse stands today in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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A Lady of Old New York
Episode 1
Wednesday, 31 December, 1969
