by Communications Office | Feb 13, 2021 | Heritage, NEWS
Our Congregation’s Seton, Bayley and Jevons family artifacts collection will soon be traveling to its new home at the Seton Shrine in Emmitsburg, where many more pilgrims will be able to view it and learn about Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton as a wife, mother, seeker,...
by Communications Office | Feb 13, 2021 | NEWS
The following is from the Winter 2021 issue of Vision. The Sisters of Charity of New York celebrated the opening of the Archives and Museum in 1982 in Elizabeth Boyle Hall, the landmark 19th Century carriage house on the Riverdale campus. The Elizabeth Seton Museum,...
by Communications Office | Feb 9, 2021 | NEWS
The following is from the Winter 2021 issue of Vision. One summer morning in July 1953, the day following the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Jean and Thomas Donachie, passengers crowding onto the local bus, were delighted to discover that the Daily News featured the...
by Communications Office | Feb 5, 2021 | NEWS, SC Legacy, Vision
The following is from the Winter 2021 issue of Vision. In May 1801, William Magee Seton rented a stately brick house at 8 State Street, formerly occupied by a friend of Dr. Richard Bayley, Elizabeth’s father. This move was fortunate but not preferential. Difficult...
by Communications Office | Feb 4, 2021 | NEWS, Vision
The following is from the Winter 2021 issue of Vision. There is a familiar that is often used when speaking of family resemblances: “she’s the spittin’ image of,” followed by the name of their nearest and dearest. The actual saying is: “she’s the spirit and image of ”...