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Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton SC (August 28, 1774 – January 4, 1821) was a Catholic religious sister in the United States and an educator, known as a founder of the country's parochial school system. Born in New York and reared as an Episcopalian, she married and had five children with her husband William Seton. Two years after his death, she converted to Catholicism in 1805. (Full article...)
Prayer: We must pray literally without ceasing--without ceasing--in every occurrence and employment of our lives . . . that prayer of the heart which is independent of place or situation, or which is rather a habit of lifting up the heart to God as in a constant communication with Him.

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Patronage: Catholic Schools; seafarers; widows; Shreveport, Louisiana; and the State of Maryland
See also: Apollinaris Syncletica; Angela of Foligno; Manuel González García, Spain; Zdislava Berka, Czech Republic