st joseph's cemetery

Mother Seton, founder of the Sisters of Charity of St Joseph's, established the first Catholic community for women. Her original burial place was in this cemetery, surrounded by the headstones of the sisters. Elizabeth Ann Seton was beatified in 1963 as the first native born saint of the United States. The Mortuary Chapel was built in remembrance by her sons., who didn't learn of death in 1821 until years later.

National Shrine of Elizabeth Ann Seaton
Emmitsburg, Maryland