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St. Anne 1901 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas Constructed in 1963 [3] St. Anthony of Padua 6350 N. Fort Apache Rd, Las Vegas Founded in 2006, church dedicated in 2016 [11] St. Bridget 220 N. 14th St, Las Vegas [12] St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 1811 Pueblo Vista Dr, Las Vegas Founded in the 1980s [13] St. Francis of Assisi 2300 Sunridge Heights Pwky ...
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton SC (August 28, 1774 – January 4, 1821) was a Catholic religious sister in the United States and an educator, known as a founder of the country's parochial school system. Born in New York and reared as an Episcopalian, she married and had five children with her husband William Seton.
Patron saint Notes Asia: Francis Xavier [1] John the Evangelist is the patron saint of Asia Minor, but not the entire continent. [2] [3] Africa: Moses the Black Our Lady of Africa: Cyprian is patron saint of Africa, the Roman province (Tunisia), not the entire continent. [4] The Americas: The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe) [5] [6]
Tours are also scheduled of the historic buildings where Mother Seton started the first congregation of women religious in the U.S. and one of the first Catholic schools for girls in the early 1800s.
Sep. 1—The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg is scheduled to open its new museum and visitor center this month, with new interactive exhibits and special artifacts.
National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton; Retrieved from "https: ...
In 1995, Pope John Paul II divided the Diocese of Reno-Las Vegas into the Diocese of Reno and the Diocese of Las Vegas. He appointed Daniel F. Walsh, previously bishop of Reno-Las Vegas, as the first bishop of Las Vegas. The second bishop of Las Vegas was Joseph A. Pepe of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, named by John Paul II in 2001. [7]
Elizabeth's sisters-in-law Cecilia and Harriet Seton joined her. As a preliminary to the formation of a new community, Mrs. Seton took vows privately before Archbishop Carroll and her daughter Anna. In 1810, Bishop Flaget was commissioned by the community to obtain from France the rules of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.