1. Elizabeth Ann Seton SAMANTHA GONZALEZ RENEE CHENG

2. Biography  Born August 28, 1774 in New York City.  Parents were Dr. Richard Baley and Catherine Charlton.  Her mom died in 1777 and her father remarried Charlotte Amelia Barclay.  Her new mom was an active member in church and would bring elizabeth with her.  She loved nature, poetry, music.  She married William Magee Seton when she was 19 and they had five children.  Even though she had to take care of her family she still helped the poor.  After her husband died she was introduced to Roman Catholicism.  She died on january 4, 1821 at age 46.

3. Important events in her life…  She was received in the Catholic Church on 14 March 1805 by Rev. Matthew O Brien.  She moved to Emmitsburg, Maryland where she established Saint Joseph's Academy and Free School which was dedicated to the education of Catholic girls.  She also established a religious community dedicated to care of poor children.  It was also the first religious congregation to be founded in the United States.  The congregation was called the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph.

4. Important events  The rest of her life she was dedicated to leading and developing the congregation  She took her vows of poverty, chastity and obedience on march 25, 1809 and from there she was called Mother Seton.  The Sisters of Saint Joseph also established two orphanages and another school.  The last three years of her life she felt god was ready to call her and that gave her joy.

5. Her hardships  Personal conflict was that she got tuberculosis  The death of two daughters and her husband  People telling her to leave catholic church  People were telling her this because at the time being a Catholic was difficult because of the wars at the time.  Many of her friends and family rejected her when she became a catholic.

6. Head, Heart, Hands  She built a school, and orphanage.  Founding The Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph  She would pray with the bible  She took her vows.

7. Prayer and Quote  She would pray and read the bible ever since she was little  Her favorite psalm was psalm 23  “The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills it; and thirdly, to do it because it is his will.”  God has given me a great deal to do, and I have always and hope always to prefer his will to every wish of my own.”

8. Christian Witness  She can be called a Christian witness to faith because she cured Sister Gertrude Korzendorfer of cancer, Ann Theresa O’Neill of acute lymphatic leukemia, and curing Carl Kalin of encephalitis

9. What we can learn  We can learn that we can always follow god.  If we go through hard times we can always turn to god and the bible.  To follow our dreams and if people tell us to quit something we love don’t listen to them because we know what we can and cant do.