Since 1907 U. S. Catholics have been seeking the canonization of Mother Seton, and their hopes are high that the Vatican will make her the first U. S.-born saint.* Mother Seton founded the Catholic parochial school system and the Sisters of Charity in the U. S. Today, 8,911 nuns of her order, eight colleges, 160 high schools and academies, 447 parochial elementary schools and many a hospital and asylum are her monuments. Last week, Rev. Leonard Feeney, poet and associate editor of the Jesuit weekly, America, argued her claims to sainthood in an...
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