Why pilgrims come
A sacred place worth the journey.
The Lower Manhattan shrine beside the surviving house connected with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized.
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The pilgrim’s guide
What makes this visit meaningful
The Seton Shrine lets pilgrims meet the first native-born American saint as a New Yorker: wife, mother, widow, convert, and founder. Pair it with St. Peter’s Church, where she entered the Catholic Church.
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A New York home
Remember Seton’s family life, loss, and spiritual search in the city where she was born.
02
Road to Catholicism
Connect the shrine with St. Peter’s Church and her reception into the Church.
03
From Manhattan to mission
Follow the beginnings of a vocation that transformed American Catholic education and religious life.
Feasts, anniversaries & celebrations
Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann SetonConnected to this place through Residence and shrine.