The First American Sister of Charity: Elizabeth Bayley Seton: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The First American Sister of Charity: Elizabeth Bayley Seton, credited to John Clement Reville, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of THE FIRST AMERICAN SISTER OF CHARITY: ELIZABETH BAYLEY SETON, by JOHN CLEMENT REVILLE. Read by Dave7. This is a picturesque and moving account of the life and work of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774-1821), the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. This widowed mother of five established schools in New York and Maryland and was the first to found a congregation of Religious Sisters in the United States, the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, whose motherhouse stands today in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The First American Sister of Charity: Elizabeth Bayley Seton
• Author credits: John Clement Reville
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 1:32:41

Catalogue topics

• Catholic
• saint
• convert
• sister
• nun
• convent

Track guide

1. 1 - A Lady of Old New York — 25:27
2. 2 - The Angel of the Lazaretto — 16:28
3. 3 - The Cross in Barclay Street — 17:31
4. 4 - The Lillies of the Valley — 17:58
5. 5 - The Fruit of Her Hands — 15:20

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