Julie Walters Elizabeth Bayley Seton or Mother Seton as she is often called was a member of New York s high society wife mother then widow famous convert founder of the American Sisters of Charity and finally canonized saint This dramatized account of her life includes all these well known highlights as well as the lesser known suffering she endured along the way being virtually abandoned by her father as a child her long quarantine in an Italian prison while her husband lay dying in her arms her intense persecution by New York society when she converted to Roman Catholicism and her struggles with church authority while she was establishing her community Through it all shines her absolute reliance on God and her deep sense of his intimate presence The persona and story of Elizabeth Ann Seton Saint for a New Nation rings true and nurtures one s soul while also providing enjoyable reading Julie Walters creative and inte