Today was our long awaited field trip to Emmitsburg, to visit the site of the home and school that was built by St Elizabeth Ann Seton.
We had gone there a few years ago, but the two younger boys really don't remember it.
It is such a special place. The grounds are beautiful this time of year and the Basilica and the historic buildings are so amazing.
To think that Mother Seton lived and did her work right in those rooms!
I couldn't take pictures in the main house, which was a shame because it is so well preserved and has so many wonderful artifacts inside.
I did take pictures in the stone house though. It was the house that the small community first lived in while the bigger house was being built. My camera was not really cooperating very well and so I didn't try to take too many indoor pictures.
The kids loved ringing the bells!
The place is just such an inspiration to us in our lives as the teachers of our children. Mother Seton raised up her children the way God wished and then she went on to do all the other things He asked! She never said "No, that's just asking too much." She did what He called her to do and she had the Grace to do it. I am awed by her Faith and fortitude.
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Pray for us!
