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New Beginnings—Leave-Taking, August 13, 1817

New Beginnings—Leave-Taking, August 13, 1817

by Director of Communications | Aug 13, 2017 | 200th Anniversary, NEWS

The Story Let us imagine Mother Seton as she stood at the door of the White House in Emmitsburg on the morning of August 13, 1817, and wished Cecilia and Felicity God-speed. She, a native New Yorker, knew what neither Sister could have imagined; indeed, she understood...

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