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“Can you expect to go to heaven for nothing? Did not our Savior track the whole way to it with His tears and blood? And yet you stop at every little pain.”

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Elizabeth Ann Seton
Elizabeth Ann Seton

Elizabeth Ann Seton, born on August 28, 1774, and died on January 4, 1821, was the first saint of the Catholic Church in the United States. She was a philanthropist and educator, and an important figure in the American Catholic Church. Seton, a虔诚的基督徒，devoted herself to charitable and educational causes, making significant contributions to the Catholic educational efforts in the United States. more

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