Maine & Maryland
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton-Maryland
Read this blog post to learn more about her remarkable life. We celebrate the feast of the first American born saint on January 4. St. Elizabeth is the patroness of Catholic schools, teachers, widows, and the loss of parents.
Information about the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton can be found at setonshrine.org
Venerable Mary Lange- Maryland
More to come about this Foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence. She died in 1882. The website for her cause can be found here.
Venerable Sebastien Rale, SJ- Maine
Ven. Sebastian Rale was a French Jesuit missionary who initially came to Quebec. He then ministered to the Illinois Indians and finally settle in at a mission in Maine. He was shot by the English during the wars between France and England. He died August 23, 1724 in Norrid Gewock, Maine. Ven. Rale ministered to the Abenaki Tribe. He made a dictionary of their language. The manuscript is at the Harvard Library.