Mother Seton and The Sisters of Charity Step inside an amazing story of the heartbreaking and thrilling story of Mother Seton and The Sisters of Charity By Alma Power-Waters. The story begins in the teenage years of Elizabeth Ann Bayley when she gets married to William Seton. Tragedy struck when William was on a trip with Elizabeth and Anna in Italy to visit the Filicchi’s where He died of tuberculosis after ten years of marriage. Elizabeth became a Catholic because of this trip to Italy, when she came back to America she started a Catholic School and later a order of nuns. This was the amazing life of Mother Ann Seton who lived as a Catholic. The story begins in the teenage years of Elizabeth Ann Bayley before she gets married to William Seton in 1793. When the story begins when Elizabeth Ann Bayley was staring aimlessly out her balcony window wondering when her father would return. When her father returned he brought bad news about her maids sister who had just died from yellow fever on the boat. When Elizabeth Ann Bayley was invited to a party hosted by Setons where William would propose to Elizabeth Ann …show more content…
When Williams business was suffering because of pirates taking his cargo ships, William also got very sick on this trip and would later die. William thought all he needed was a change of scenery so he made a two month trip with Elizabeth and his eight year old daughter Anna to Italy where the Filicchi’s would watch over them. A few days after he arrived in Italy he died and the Filicchi’s let the Setons stay for four months before they went home to America which in this time Elizabeth learned a lot about the Catholic faith. This is what happened when tragedy struck when William was on a trip with Elizabeth and Anna in Italy to visit the Filicchi’s where He died of tuberculosis after ten years of