Mother Seton House Endowment:

Your Invitation to give a Gift to Preserve Our Past ... and Secure Our Future! St. Elizabeth Ann Seton She was born Elizabeth Bayley on August 28, 1774, in New York City. Elizabeth was raised as an Episcopalian, the mother of five children and after the death of her husband William Seton, converted to Catholicism in 1805. Elizabeth Seton moved to Baltimore at the urging of Sulpician Father Louis William DuBourg. Upon her arrival she lived next to St. Mary’s Seminary.  The house is now part of St. Mary’s Spiritual Center & Historic Site. Elizabeth took vows before Bishop John Carroll in St. Mary’s Chapel, it was there that she was called “Mother Seton” and founded the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s in 1809 and moved to Emmitsburg, Maryland. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is the first U.S- born saint. St. Mary’s on Paca Street St. Mary’s on Paca Street is unique in the history of the Catholic Church in the United States. Some of the features that make this site unique are the following: It is the site of the first U.S. Catholic Seminary. It was home to the first U.S. born saint— St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. The site can boast one saint and over 12 other women and men on the road to sainthood. The site served as the spiritual home for three communities. Daughters of Charity/Sisters of Charity Oblate Sisters of Providence Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Lower Chapel

No other site has so impacted the landscape of the church in the United States. Consider the missionaries sent forth from here to evangelize the frontier, the early U.S. Bishops who were given the mantle of leadership by Bishop John Carroll, the religious congregations which have their roots on the site, and the thousands of alumni who served as pastors, preachers, teachers and missionaries.

Mother Seton House Endowment

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You are invited to give a gift to help preserve the Mother Seton House well into the future. Your gift, no matter how small or large, can help us grow the endowment into the future. Your gift to support this historic site will enable this site and its story evangelize and inspire future generations of faithful.

Shocking News

Did you know that more than 50% percent of adults die intestate, that is without having a valid will? Sadly, their procrastination may have a significant effect on their estate. Seldom will the distributions of their estate coincide with their true intentions.

Leaving a Legacy

St. Mary’s on Paca Street has been the recipient of bequests—both large and small alike—from alumni of St. Mary’s Seminary, friends of the Mother Seton House and those interested in the Historic Seminary Chapel. Although these generous donors felt they needed their capital during their lifetimes, they found it possible to make a living legacy gift. This legacy bequest, no matter how modest, speaks of the donors’ fondness for the site and of their association with St. Mary’s on Paca Street.

Mother Seton House Endowment
John C. Kemper, S.S.
St. Mary's Spiritual Center & Historic Site
600 North Paca Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

Phone: 410-323-5072
Fax: 410-433-6524
email: kemper1327@verizon.net