Seton Shrine

St Joseph Valley Emmitsburg
Elizabeth Ann Seton. Born two years before the end of the revolution in a wealthy Anglican family, married and five children, after the death of her husband she converted and moved to Baltimore and started the first free catholic school. She then came to this valley where she started an order of nuns the Sisters of Charity. Bishop John Carroll gave her the title "Mother" which is often used by those who speak of her. She died in 1821. During the War between the States this area was a Union Supply depot. The Sisters were the first to arrive at Gettysburg to aid the wounded
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