Iron County Record | 1931-04-01 | Page 3 | May be Canonized

MAY BE CANONIZED F m 6 I Mother Elizabeth Seton founder of ot the Sisters of Charity who will be bethe bethe bethe the first woman of ot North r Ame lea to tobe tobe tobe be canonized by the Itoman Homan Catholic church If It the petition signed by hy Americans Is granted by hy the pope Mother Seton Heton who lived In New r York and ond Maryland was horn born near Howling Bowling Green on August 28 1771 She was a daughter of ot Dr Richard Halley protessor professor professor pro pro- fessor at nt Kings King's college now Columbia Columbia Colum Colum- bia bla university and first became Interested Interested interested Inter Inter- ested in Catholicism while traveling in fn Italy with her husband William Magee Magee Ma Ma- a. a gee Seton a wealthy The school which she ultimately founded l lIn in Baltimore was the foundation of ot the parochial system In the United States