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  St. Elizabeth Health Services
Your influence for good is appreciated at St. Elizabeth - Come and make a difference with us!
Elizabeth Health Services has been providing health care to humanity on the Oregon Trail for over one hundred years.
Elizabeth Health Services offers a Financial Grant Program for patients who cannot meet their financial obligations for services rendered.
www.stelizabethhealth.com   (243 words)

  
  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Elizabeth of Hungary
She was a daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary (1205-35) and his wife Gertrude, a member of the family of the Counts of Andechs-Meran; Elizabeth's brother succeeded his father on the throne of Hungary as Bela IV; the sister of her mother, Gertrude, was St.
With the aid of Elizabeth the Franciscans in 1225 founded a monastery in Eisenach; Brother Rodeger, as his fellow-companion in the order, Jordanus, reports, instructed Elizabeth, to observe, according to her state of life, chastity, humility, patience, the exercise of prayer, and charity.
Nevertheless, the entire German people still honour the "dear St. Elizabeth" as she is called; in 1907 a new impulse was given to her veneration in Germany and Austria by the celebration of the seven hundredth anniversary of her birth.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/05389a.htm   (2015 words)

  
 Domestic-Church.Com: Saint Profile: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Foundress and first superior of the Sisters of Charity in the United States, Elizabeth Bayley was born in August of 1774 to a wealthy and distinguished Epicopalian family in New York City.
Saint Elizabeth was born to a distiguished episcopalian family on the 28th of August, 1774.
She came to be known as "Mother Seton." The same year Elizabeth moved the sisters to Emmitsburg and adopted a modified form of the Rule of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul.
www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19980101/SAINTS/STESETON.HTM   (1453 words)

  
 Biography of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Elizabeth, along with her sister-in-law Rebecca Mary Seton (1780-1804), her soul-friend and dearest confidant, nursed the sick and dying among family, friends, and needy neighbors.
Elizabeth was among the founders and charter members of The Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children (1797) and also served as treasurer of the organization.
Elizabeth formed her sisters in the Vincentian spirit according to the tradition of Louise de Marillac (1591-1660) and Vincent de Paul (1581-1660).
www.emmitsburg.net /setonshrine/bio.htm   (3970 words)

  
 The hidden life: Edith Stein -- II. 1 THE SPIRIT OF ST. ELIZABETH AS IT INFORMED HER LIFE
It is the story of the Hungarian royal child, Elizabeth, who was born in the castle in Pressburg at the same time as the magician Klingsor in Eisenach read of her birth in the stars, and predicted her future fame and meaning for the Thuringia region.
Elizabeth forgot irretrievably all the rules of breeding when her heart began beating stormily, and she followed the rhythm and beat of her heart.
Sometimes Conrad commands and Elizabeth submits obediently to him, e.g., when he takes away the beloved companions of her youth and substitutes housemates that are hard to bear, when he increasingly restricts her joy of personally giving alms and finally entirely prohibits it.
www.karmel.at /ics/edith/stein_12.html   (4400 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Elizabeth always showed great affection for her stepmother, who was a devout Anglican, and for her stepbrothers and sisters.
Elizabeth and her husband presided over the large orphaned family; she shared his financial anxieties, aiding him with her sound judgment.
Her boys were brought there to St. Mary's College, and she opened a school next to the chapel of St. Mary's Seminary and was delighted with the opportunities for the practice of her religion, for it was only with the greatest difficulty she was able to get to daily Mass and Communion in New York.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13739a.htm   (1925 words)

  
 Maria J. Cirurgiao and Michael D. Hull
Princess Elizabeth (Isabel) of Aragon, who became the queen of King Dinis of Portugal, and ultimately was raised to the honors of the altar as St. Elizabeth of Portugal, was born in Saragossa, Spain, around 1271.
Elizabeth remained Dinis' tender and loyal wife, and she obediently acceded to his will, even when he asked of her the utmost that any man could request of his wife: that she take into her care, and tutor, his illegitimate children.
Elizabeth was of one mind with her husband, in matters of justice for her subjects.
www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/ELIZPORT.htm   (3271 words)

  
 The Legend of Elizabeth 1207-1231 - by Ruth Sawyer
So that when Elizabeth took her seat beside her consort she appeared in the sight of all who beheld her as fair as the lady of Heaven herself.
Fearing more that Elizabeth might come to a grievous want, and fearful always that she might take upon herself some dread disease with all her nursing of the sick, Ludwig sternly bade her feed the poor no more, nor tend the sick.
Elizabeth and her young children she drove forth into the night, while a terrible storm raged.
www.cin.org /legsteli.html   (2185 words)

  
 SBC - A Saint from New York   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Elizabeth came to love and respect her stepmother as much as is possible in such cases, but her father became for her, henceforth, pretty much of a mother and father combined.
Elizabeth as she was known to her family, friends, and many social acquaintances was quite different from the Elizabeth known to God and God alone.
Because of the fear of yellow fever, Elizabeth was left to wash and dress alone the body of her dead husband.
www.catholicism.org /pages/seton.htm   (6741 words)

  
 Alumni of St. Elizabeth's's Dreambook
I was born at St. Elizabeths on 12-24-64.
I was born at St. Elizabeth's on 10/30/63.
I was born on 6/2/65 at St. Elizabeth's.
books.dreambook.com /st_e/st_e.html   (9026 words)

  
 Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of November 17
When she heard the news, Elizabeth is said to have run crazily throughout the castle shrieking, "O Lord my God, the whole world and all that was joyful in the world is now dead to me! But Thy will be done!" But there was worse to come (some of the details are uncertain).
Elizabeth had developed a love of poverty from the Friars Minor but had been unable to act upon it while she was Landgraeffin.
Elizabeth of Hungary is the patroness of bakers, beggars, confraternities engaged in good works, countesses, the falsely accused, the homeless, nursing services, Sisters of Mercy, charitable organizations, lacemakers, widows, and young brides.
www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/1117.htm   (8212 words)

  
 Patron Saints Index: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Elizabeth of Thuringia; Elisabeth of Thuringia; Elisabeth of Hungary
Her gifts of bread to the poor, and of a large gift of grain to a famine stricken Germany, led to her patronage of bakers and related fields.
Elizabeth was a lifelong friend of the poor and gave herself entirely to relieving the hungry.
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainte01.htm   (671 words)

  
 GiGiBeads - St. Elizabeth of Hungary Chaplet
The Spirit of St. Elizabeth As It Informed Her Life - A long look at Elizabeth of Hungary, tries to go beyond the romantic aspects of her life, to her love for God.
Elizabeth, Saint, daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary - Short biographical entry in the Columbia Encyclopedia.
Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society: St. Elizabeth of Hungary - The story of her life, suited to children.
gigibeads.net /prayerbeads/saints/elizabethhungary.html   (656 words)

  
 January 4 Saint   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Elizabeth was born in New York City on August 28, 1774.
Elizabeth and Anna remained in Italy as guests of the Filicchi family.
Elizabeth was declared a saint by Pope Paul VI on September 14, 1975.
www.tntt.org /vni/tlieu/saints/St0104.htm   (366 words)

  
 CIN - January 4th - St. Elizabeth Bayley Seton, Todd Drain
When she returned to New York her family and friends protested much the attraction St. Elizabeth had for the Church, but she persevered and was Confirmed into the Church on the fourteenth of March, AD 1805.
She came to be known as "Mother Seton." The same year Elizabeth moved the sisters to Emmitsburg and adopted a modified form of the Rule of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.
Given all that St. Elizabeth involved herself in, it was a wonder that she also composed hymns, music and even numerous spiritual discourses.
www.cin.org /saints/td0104.html   (537 words)

  
 Handbook   (Site not responding. Last check: )
We at St. Elizabeth Elementary School are a Catholic school committed to assisting parents in their primary right and responsibility to form and educate their children into mature witnesses of Christ.
Elizabeth Elementary School abides by the provisions set forth by the Buckley Amendment; namely, parents do not cease to be parents when they no longer have custody of their children.
Elizabeth Elementary School does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, national origin, age, or disability if, with reasonable accomodation on the part of the school, the disabled person could be accomodated.
www.sainteliz.org /handbook.htm   (8591 words)

  
 St. Elizabeth, Jamaica   -   a prime destination for the truly adventurous
Elizabeth has long been ignored as a tourist destination and the small farming and fishing communities still retain the flavor of 'old-time' Jamaica, making it a prime destination for the truly adventurous.
The southwest corner of St. Elizabeth is one of Jamaica’s undiscovered gems.
The area on the St. Elizabeth side of Scott’s Cove is called Fonthill and was one of the twenty-two estates in Jamaica owned by the Beckford family.
www.great-adventures.com /destinations/jamaica/StEliz.html   (2842 words)

  
 Patron Saints Index: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Born into a wealthy and influential Episcopalian family, the daughter of a physician, and raised in the New York high society of the late 18th century.
Her mother died when Elizabeth was three years old, her baby sister a year later.
She married the wealthy businessman William Magee Seton at age 19, and was the mother of five.
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainte04.htm   (417 words)

  
 St. Elizebeth Ann Seton   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In 1968, the relics of Elizabeth Ann Seton were transferred to the newly erected Seton Shrine Chapel of Saint Joseph's Provincial House of the Daughters of Charity.
On August 28, 1976 the chapel was solemnly dedicated as the Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Chapel by the Most Reverend William D. Borders, Archbishop of Baltimore.
The Altar of the Relics of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
www.screensaves.com /seton.htm   (231 words)

  
 Home - St. Elizabeth Medical Center
Elizabeth in America's Top 50 Hospitals for 2007
Elizabeth Awarded $1.48 Million Grant To Target Women's Cardiac Health
Elizabeth Sleep Disorders Center Relocates to a Larger, More Homelike Facility on South Unit Campus
www.stelizabeth.com   (91 words)

  
 Litany of St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Elizabeth, whose nights were spent in prayer and contemplation,
Saint Elizabeth, repressor of all vain and dissolute conversation,
Enlighten, O God of compassion, the hearts of Thy faithful servants, and through the glorious prayers of blessed Elizabeth, make us to despise the pleasing things of this world and ever to delight in the consolations of Heaven, through Christ Our Lord.
www.catholicyouth.freeservers.com /litanies/saints/elizabeth_hungary.htm   (217 words)

  
 Saint Elizabeth, Mother of John the Baptist   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The name Elizabeth, which has been borne by several saints, means in Hebrew "worshiper of God." All that we know of Elizabeth, wife of Zachary and mother of John the Baptist, is to be found in the book of Luke.
According to the Gospel, Elizabeth had lived a blameless life with her husband in one of the hill-towns of Judea.
On Mary's arrival, she was amazed when Elizabeth, having foreseen knowledge, greeted her as "mother of my Lord." Elizabeth's salutation was in these words: "Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/ELIZABET.htm   (306 words)

  
 Elizabeth Ann Seton, Elizabeth Bayley, parochial schools, Sisters of Charity, Dave Kopel   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Her grandfather had been rector at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church on Staten Island, and neither her family nor friends accepted her decision.
In that first parochial school, Elizabeth Anne Seton trained the Sisters to become teachers and wrote the textbooks; all the while she continued her work to assist Maryland's poor, sick, and Black populations.
Prayer in honor of St. Elizabeth Seton; from the church founded on the day of her 1975 canonization, in Lafayette, Louisiana.
www.pitt.edu /~eflst4/seton2.html   (514 words)

  
 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Lord God, you blessed Elizabeth Ann Seton with gifts of grace as wife and mother, educator and foundress, so that she might spend her life in service to your people.
Grant me, I pray You, the grace to imitate her by accepting as Your charge and as an heir to heaven the child that is to be born of me. Bless, dear Lord, this coming event with safety both to my child and to myself.
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821), was canonized September 14, 1975.
www.webdesk.com /catholic/seton   (412 words)

  
 St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic School
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic School conducted an all school Hike for Life Walk, around the school campus last Friday, October 19, 2007, raising over $1,000.00...
His Excellency Bishop George Nkuo, teaches St. Elizabeth students about education in Kumbo, Cameroon, Africa during his recent visit on October 12, 2007...
See what St. Elizabeth School students are doing for children in Merida, Yucatan...
www.stelizabethofh.org   (364 words)

  
 ObituarySouth: Sister Mary Lucia Watterson / Helped found St. Elizabeth School   (Site not responding. Last check: )
They used the boiler room as the faculty room when Sister Mary Lucia Watterson and two other nuns founded St. Elizabeth School in Pleasant Hills in 1943.
When they started St. Elizabeth, some children "had overall transition problems coming from a public school into a Catholic school with smaller classes," said Sister Carney, whose religious name in 1943 was Sister Arsenius.
Other schools where she taught included St. Pius in McKeesport, St. Andrew and St. Cyril of Alexandria schools on the North Side, and St. Xavier Academy in Latrobe.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/05209/544598.stm   (415 words)

  
 St. Elizabeth pays largest gain-share bonus - 2005-03-30   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Elizabeth Medical Center today paid out its largest-ever gain-sharing check to employees, slightly more than $2,300 per full-time worker.
This the fifth year of gain-sharing at St. Elizabeth, and the hospital system said it has turned out to be both a good motivator for employees and a factor in recruitment and retention of health care professionals.
In the first year of the program, St. Elizabeth distributed checks of about $657, a St. Elizabeth spokeswoman said.
www.bizjournals.com /cincinnati/stories/2005/03/28/daily30.html   (518 words)

  
 St. Elizabeth flood -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Elizabeth flood -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Elizabeth flood was a flooding of an area in what is now the (A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1579; half the country lies below sea level) Netherlands.
Most of the (additional info and facts about Biesbosch) Biesbosch area has been flooded since.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/st._elizabeth_flood.htm   (156 words)

  
 November 17 Saint   (Site not responding. Last check: )
She was so heart-broken that she cried: "The world is dead to me and all that is joyous in the world." Louis' relatives had never liked Elizabeth because she had given so much food to the poor.
Within a short time, this beautiful, gentle princess and her three children were sent away from the castle.
She went to live in a poor cottage and spent the last few years of her life serving the sick and the poor.
www.tntt.org /vni/tlieu/saints/St1117.htm   (303 words)

  
 St. Elizabeth Medical Center - Utica, New York
Elizabeth Medical Center Holds Open House For New Emergency Department, Trauma Services, And Urgent Care Service -
Elizabeth School Based Health Center At Kernan School To Hold Program Discussion On MRSA -
Copyright © 2000 - 2006 St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Utica, NY.
www.stemc.org   (136 words)

  
 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church - HolyWomen.org
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church is a warm and vibrant family of faith.  With current registration at nearly 60 households, the parish continues to serve area Catholics with the same dedication and enthusiasm it has had since it was established more than 135 years ago.
The building of God's kingdom is the vocation of all the baptized.
We invite our parishioners to use their time and talent as a means to bring Christ into their daily lives and into the lives of others, and we encourage you to do the same!
www.gosites.org /holywomen/ste/index.htm   (147 words)

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