30th Day of Lent - Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton đ« The First American Born - Saint Patron of Educators and American Pride - Invoked perseverance with Hope that âThe Best Is Yet to Comeâ
Celebrate Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Today, April 5, 2022! Â
   Today, we celebrate Elizabeth Ann Seton, best known for her creative mind that envisioned the Seton Schools
   Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton is our favorite American saint; we greatly admire her courage and perseverance. Â
   Saint Elizabeth faced many an obstacle in her life. Her Mom and sister both died before she was 5 years old. Things got better, until they didnât. She married and bore 5 children and around the time of the War of 1812, she and her husband added 7 of her husbandâs siblings to their family. But then her husband died from tuberculosis and Elizabeth was left to shoulder the parenting responsibilities alone. She carried on bravely.Â
   Saint Elizabeth possessed great inner strength. She was a âLife Coachâ ahead of her time. She built Saint Josephâs Academy and Free School in Emmitsburg, Maryland. It was the first Free Catholic School in America.
  In 1975 she was Canonized by Pope Paul VI who told the audience:
âElizabeth Ann Seton was wholly American!
Rejoice for your glorious daughter.
Be proud of her.
And know how to preserve her fruitful heritage.â
   Saint Elizabeth was one of the first saints we wrote about âback-in-the-dayâ when we were envisioning, beginning and building SaintforSinners/SaintsforHOPE. Sometimes we think we created SaintsforSinners before the internet was the internet.Â
   Speaking of our building and beginnings, we heard from the person who actually created our very first website, the âWholly Americanâ Connie Zimmermann, who wrote us this note yesterday:
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   We are definitely getting positive feedback. Itâs fitting to add that Connie has kept creating since the days she helped us build SaintsforSinners.Â
  Hereâs an update about Connie: She is now the âFirst American Bornâ and American Proud Creator of theÂ
www.AmericanCentralStore.com
   Thank you, Connie. Youâve brightened many a dreary day and we are grateful for your perseverance! You built it and created our âField of Dreams.â For those who donât quite understand this, take a look on the world wide web and discover our message and meaning.