Elizabeth Seton
Subtitle: American saint
By: Catherine O'Donnell
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9781501705786
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Christian saints; Biography
Description: "A biography of Elizabeth Seton (1774-1821), a convert to Catholicism who founded the American Sisters of Charity and is the first native-born American citizen to become a Roman Catholic saint"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Two families; title: Betsy Bayley; title: A home of one's own; title: Courage flies; title: Knot of oak; title: The other side of the fence; title: These dear people; title: The battle joined; title: This storm; title: A convert in New York; title: Duty or obedience; title: A new being; title: Some charitable persons; title: Half in the sky; title: Endeavor; title: Trials of the passage; title: Death, judgment, hell, heaven; title: War and bustle; title: Our meaning; title: Swift rolling earth; title: Written by herself; title: I see my God; title: Eternity.