Mother Seton’s Stone House
July 31 marks the anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s by Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. On July 31, 1809, Mother Seton and her companions moved into their first farmhouse in St. Joseph’s Valley, today known as the Stone House. Learn more about Mother Seton using these resources from FAMVIN.
Mother Seton House on Paca Street in Baltimore
Today marks the 284th birthday of the city of Baltimore, founded on July 30, 1729.
In June of 1808, Elizabeth Ann Seton and her three daughters came to Baltimore from New York City to establish a boarding school for girls. The house in which they lived, located on Paca Street, can be seen today as part of St. Mary’s Spiritual Center and Historic Site.
During her year in Baltimore, Mother Seton made her decision to take religious vows, making her first profession of vows on March 25, 1809, the Feast of the Annunciation. On June 22, 1809, Mother Seton and four young women who took vows as postulants that Spring, left Baltimore for Emmitsburg, where Mother Seton founded a permanent school for girls.
Members of Mother Seton’s community, the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s, returned to Baltimore in 1821 to start St. Mary’s Free School and Asylum, the first of many ministries in Baltimore sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s, and later, the Daughters of Charity.
Today the Daughters of Charity’s ties to Baltimore remain strong. Current ministries in Baltimore include St. Agnes Hospital, St. Elizabeth Rehabilitation Nursing Center and Caroline Center.
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Back by popular demand, our Battle of Gettysburg exhibit, “Our buildings and very earth trembled”, has been held over! We’ve put away the original manuscripts and art, but many of the photographs from the exhibit can still be seen during our public exhibit hours, Wednesdays from 1-4:30 PM. Come on by! If you wish to do research in our Civil War collections, stop by our reading room. Research hours are from Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 4:30 PM. No appointment is needed.
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