{"id":8023,"date":"2026-01-28T16:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/?p=8023"},"modified":"2026-02-05T08:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:47:37","slug":"celebrating-the-lives-of-two-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/2026\/01\/celebrating-the-lives-of-two-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Lives of Two Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Please join Archives & Special Collections in partnership with Catholic Studies on February 12, 5-5:45pm<\/strong> for a special evening honoring two anniversaries: the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi and the 50th anniversary of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton\u2019s canonization.

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Recreation of a 1970s living room in which people might have watched the canonization of Elizabeth Ann Seton on TV as it unfolded.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

Archives & Special Collections is marking these important occasions with two exhibitions. In the Walsh Gallery, “One of Us: The Making of an American Saint” celebrates the life and legacy of Mother Seton. An exhibition in the Archives Reading Room showcases numerous editions of Little Flowers of Saint Francis, an anonymous text published at the end of the 14th century. These editions, which were collected by Professor William Connell, date from 1718-1927.<\/p>\r\n

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Reading room exhibit featuring rare texts and a portrait of Saint Francis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n


The evening will include walkthroughs of both exhibitions and talks that address the continued relevance of both Saint Francis and Saint Seton today:
5:00-5:15: Introduction to the Walsh Gallery’s exhibit “One of Us: The Making of an American Saint” led by Gallery Director Emily Handlin.
5:15-5:30: Discussion with Father Gerald Buonopane and Angelica J. Gonzalo about their trip to Livorno, Italy.
5:30-5:45: Talk by Professor William Connell on texts about St. Francis kept in the Rare Books collection.<\/p>\r\n

At 6:00 the evening continues with a lecture presented by Christopher Bellitto, Ph.D in the Chancellor\u2019s Suite, Bishop Dougherty Student Center, entitled “Why St. Francis of Assisi Still Matters.”<\/p>\r\n

\"Exhibit
While you are there, explore the actual canonization document and scrapbooks from those who were there. Courtesy of the Seton Shrine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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Please join Archives & Special Collections in partnership with Catholic Studies on February 12, 5-5:45pm for a special evening honoring two anniversaries: the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi and the 50th anniversary of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton\u2019s canonization. Archives & Special Collections is marking these important occasions with two exhibitions. … Continue reading “Celebrating the Lives of Two Saints”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5811,"featured_media":8399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5811"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8023"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8414,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8023\/revisions\/8414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}