Chapter Four: Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton

Question 1

rector

Answer 1

a member of the clergy who was charge of a parish

Question 2

dysentery

Answer 2

infection of the intestines resulting in severe diarrhea caused by bacteria or an amoeba

Question 3

acumen

Answer 3

the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain

Question 4

unmoored

Answer 4

insecure, confused, or lacking contact with reality

Question 5

suffragan

Answer 5

a bishop appointed to help a diocesan bishop

Question 6

Sulpician

Answer 6

a member of a congregation of Roman Catholic priests founded in 1642 by a priest of St. Sulpice, Paris

Question 7

What is the childhood of Elizabeth Ann Seton

Answer 7

She was born into upper-class New York and raised as a member of the Church of England. She experienced much loss, including the loss of her mother at the age of three.

Question 8

Describe some of the losses Elizabeth faced in her immediate family?

Answer 8

She lost her mother when she was three; her sister at a young age, her father to yellow fever and her husband died from tuberculosis

Question 9

What was Elizabeth’s relationship with the Filicchi family?

Answer 9

• The Filicchi’s were business partners of her husband’s firm.
• When Elizabeth traveled to Italy to seek healing for William, they stayed with the Filicchi family.
• They first introduced Elizabeth to Catholicism

Question 10

Why was Elizabeth hesitant to convert?

Answer 10

Catholicism was considered very unpopular and lower class at the time. She would have lost friends and a chance of employment and been ostracized from society.

Question 11

Which order did Elizabeth Ann Seton serve as foundress?

Answer 11

Sisters of Charity of St.Joseph

Question 12

List several major historical events that occurred during Elizabeth Ann Seton’s life

Answer 12

• Revolutionary War
• First U.S. Bishop consecrated
• War of 812