Berkeley, Friday, December 26, 2025 1:18 am [Update Saturday, December 27, 2025 0:05 PM]
Feast day: January 4, 2026
The church remembers on January 4 the lives, and ask for the intersection, of Saint Angela of Foligno, a Franciscan, and St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton.
Since we are living in the the USA, would you like to do the novena to mother Seton?
Here are sources about Mother Seton:
But, we can also split the reading, and you can do a parallel novena about St. Angela of Foligno.
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/01/04/st–angela-of-foligno–franciscan.html
Day 1: St. Elizabeth Seton. See comment Day 1.
Day 2: Dec 27. St. Elizabeth Seton. Founder of the Sister of Charity, which was the first American religious community for women.
Day 3: Dec 28. St. Elizabeth Seton. Mother of five children.
Day 4: Dec 29. St. Elizabeth Seton. Founder of the first American parish school and established the first American Catholic prphanage.
Day 5: Dec 30. St. Elizabeth Seton. Patron Saint of Catholic schools, educators & teachers, loss of parents, and widows.
Day 6: Dec 31. St. Elizabeth Seton. Born on August 28, 1774. And although she was less than a year old when the American Revolutionary War break out, on April 19, 1775, it is great to hear than American Saint was alive at the birth of the country, which was on July 4, 1776.
Day 7: Jan 1. St. Elizabeth Seton. In 1777 her mother passed away and on 1778 her baby sister passed away.
Day 8: Jan 2. St. Elizabeth Seton. At age of 19, she married a business man, William Magee Seton. At age of 30, Mother Seton was a widow.
Day 9: Jan 3. St. Elizabeth Seton. Mother Seton is buried in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Fest day: January 4.
The wikipedia source might not be bad:
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Day 1: From Quotes of St Elizabeth Ann Seton: “Do I realize it? The protecting presence, the consoling grace of my Redeemer and God. He raises me from the dust to feel that I am near Him. He drives away all sorrow to fill me with His consolations. He is my guide, my friend and supporter – with such a guide, can I fear? With such a friend, shall I not be satisfied? With such a support, can I fall? Oh! Then, my adored refuge, let not my frail nature shrink at your command… Rather, let me say, “Lord, here am I the creature of your will, rejoicing that You will lead, thankful that You will choose for me. Only continue to (grant) me Your soul-cheering presence. And in life, or in death, let me be Your own”. St Elizabeth, pray for us.
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