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This is the cover of the book Elizabeth Seton: American Saint by Catherine O Donnell. The book is reviewed by Brian T. Olszewski. (CNS) Help us expand our reach! Please share this article Elizabeth Seton: American Saint by Catherine O Donnell. Cornell University Press (Ithaca, New York, and London, 2018). 508 pp, $36.95. Most Catholics have probably heard of or read about St. Elizabeth Seton, the first American-born citizen to be declared a saint, as following her canonization in 1975, it was not uncommon for new or merged parishes and schools to be named in her honor. A few paragraphs about her in various lives of the saints compilations note her journey from wealth to poverty, married to widowed, and Episcopal Church to Catholic Church. They feature her founding of the Sisters of Charity and the establishment of the nation s first free Catholic school for girls. ....
These are the covers of Dagger John: Archbishop John Hughes and the Making of Irish America by John Loughery, and My Father s Wake: How the Irish Teach Us to Live, Love and Die by Kevin Toolis. The books are reviewed by Kathleen Finley. (CNS) Help us expand our reach! Please share this article Dagger John: Archbishop John Hughes and the Making of Irish America by John Loughery. Cornell University Press (Ithaca, New York, 2018). 407 pp., $32.95. My Father s Wake: How the Irish Teach Us to Live, Love and Die by Kevin Toolis. Da Capo Press (New York, 2018). 275 pp., $26. Whether one s heritage is Irish or not, the inhabitants of the Emerald Isle continue to fascinate us. These two books offer a look at the past and the present, the gifts and the shadow side of the Irish and Celtic heritage. ....
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