Friends & Followers

Read more about what Sister Judy Metz has to say in her article, which you can find here: https://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1344&context=vhj

It will be 70 years on April 11th, that Ann's parents brought her to the grave of Mother Seton in hopes of their daughter being cured. It was Good Friday, and by Easter Monday, Ann was cured showing no signs of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Just a few days prior the doctors thought her situation hopeless.

Antonio was part of the family that would be instrumental in teaching Elizabeth the Catholic faith.

Part 2 | Richard Bayley was a prominent New York City physician and the first chief health officer of the city. An expert in yellow fever, he helped discover its epidemiology, improved city sanitation, performed the first successful arm amputation at the shoulder, and authored the Federal Quarantine Act of 1799.

Richard Bayley was a prominent New York City physician and the first chief health officer of the city. An expert in yellow fever, he helped discover its epidemiology, improved city sanitation, performed the first successful arm amputation at the shoulder, and authored the Federal Quarantine Act of 1799.

A romantic but heart wrenching love story, this episode explores the life of Sam Seton, Elizabeth's brother-in-law. Elizabeth was the only mother figure in his life from the age of three. You can see Elizabeth's influence on him throughout his life.

Who was William Magee Seton before he married Elizabeth, and how did God use him to get Elizabeth to where he needed her to be? Find out in this week's episode!

Bishop Lori's following of Bishop Bayley - 8th Archbishop of Baltimore

Welcome to season 2! Sister Mary Clare Hughes reflects on Mother Seton's canonization day in 1975.

The month of June as June 23 is International Widows Day. Isabella Graham would start with Elizabeth and several other prominent women of New York, the Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children.

A brave Daughter of Charity takes on the wild west. The book mentioned in this episode, "At the end of the Santa Fe Trail" is available in our gift shop!

Louise de Marillac was beatified by Pope Benedict XV in 1920 and, on March 11, 1934, she was canonized by Pope Pius XI. Her feast day is May 9 (changed from March 15 in 2016). Her remains are enshrined in the chapel of the motherhouse of the Daughters of Charity at 140 rue du Bac, Paris.

Catherine Charlton Seton (1800-1891) born June 28, the fourth child and second daughter of Elizabeth Bayley and William Magee Seton. She was just 3 and ½ when her father died and went on to become a religious sister.

Rev. Simon Gabriel Brute de Remur, S.S., (1779-1839) was born in France, became a physician in 1803, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1808. He came to the United States in June 1810, bringing an extensive library of several thousand volumes with him which he shared with Elizabeth. Brute served at both St. Mary's College and Seminary, Baltimore, Maryland, and Mount St. Mary's, Emmitsburg, Maryland, where he developed deep spiritual bonds with Elizabeth Seton. He became the spiritual director and chaplain for the Sisters of Charity.

In this episode we meet a family that helped Elizabeth establish her school and became life long friends including helping her the last few months of her life. We hear from two Junior History Interpreters who play two Harper students who attended Mother Seton's school in Emmitsburg, MD and what it is like to portray them.

Sr. Regina Bechtle, Sister of Charity from New York speaks on Elizabeth Boyle whose birthday is October 16th 1790 (her 230th!)