Canonization of Elizabeth Ann Seton, by Pope Paul VI, as first native-born American Saint, September 14.
1810
Move to St. Joseph’s in the Valley and the establishment of a school for girls and catechism classes for “poor whites and blacks”.
1809
Move to Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, with small group of sisters, June 21. Foundation by Elizabeth Ann Seton of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph’s at Emmitsburg, MD, the first native community of religious women founded in the United States, July 31.