In the famous Venezia Nuova quarter of Livorno, Italy, is the 18th century palace in which Elizabeth and her daughter were hosted by the Filicchi family.


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by Famvin Media Resources | January 20, 2026 | Formation, Vincentian Places | 0 Comments
In 1809, Elizabeth moved to Saint Joseph’s Valley, where she founded the first community for religious women in the United States—the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s.
by Famvin Media Resources | January 13, 2026 | Formation, Vincentian Places | 0 Comments
The house which Elizabeth Seton occupied the year she remained in Baltimore was on Paca Street, adjoining the grounds of St. Mary’s Seminary and College.
by Famvin Media Resources | January 6, 2026 | Formation, Vincentian Places | 0 Comments
Returning to America as a widow, Elizabeth could not forget what she had encountered in Italy. She began to secretly attend St. Peter’s Church, the first Catholic church in New York City.
by Famvin Media Resources | December 30, 2025 | Formation, Vincentian Places | 0 Comments
A church in Livorno, Italy is dedicated to Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. In 2004 the remains of her husband William Seton were transferred from the old English cemetery to this church, and dedicated with a religious ceremony.

by Famvin Media Resources | Dec 2, 2025 | Formation, Vincentian Places
In the famous Venezia Nuova quarter of Livorno, Italy, is the 18th century palace in which Elizabeth and her daughter were hosted by the Filicchi family.

by Famvin Media Resources | Nov 25, 2025 | Formation, Vincentian Places
The hilltop Sanctuary of the Madonna of Montenero, Patron of Livorno and of Tuscany, is one of the first Catholic churches where Elizabeth attended Mass and had a spiritual awakening to the presence of Christ in the tabernacle.

by Famvin Media Resources | Nov 18, 2025 | Formation, Vincentian Places
After her fifth child was born in 1802, William’s tuberculosis worsened. In 1803, Elizabeth, William and their oldest daughter traveled to Livorno, Italy with the hope that he would recover his health.
by Famvin Media Resources | Aug 19, 2025 | Formation, Vincentian Places
By April 1853 the Ozanams were situated in Pisa. Frederic knew his state of health was serious.
by Famvin Media Resources | Aug 12, 2025 | Formation, Vincentian Places
Approximately nine months before his death, Ozanam made a pilgrimage to Notre-Dame de Buglose. He could not resist the temptation to visit the nearby birthplace of his beloved patron, Saint Vincent de Paul.
by Famvin Media Resources | Aug 5, 2025 | Formation, Vincentian Places
The Ozanams embarked on several journeys in Ozanam’s last years, which they desperately hoped would allow his health to improve.
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 29, 2025 | Formation, Vincentian Places
In 1851 Ozanam visited London to view the international exhibition at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, celebrating modern industry and civilization. At the same time he was deeply troubled by the poverty of the working class of England.
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 22, 2025 | Formation, Vincentian Places
When he visited the city of Saint-Étienne, Ozanam was saddened by scenes of the modern industrial world that brutalized both men and nature.
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 15, 2025 | Formation, Vincentian Places
In 1833, Ozanam and his friends left Paris on the Feast of Corpus Christi to participate in the religious procession held at Nanterre.
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 8, 2025 | Formation, Vincentian Places
When Ozanam was appointed to lecture on German literature, he journeyed throughout Germany to research carefully and to appreciate fully the milieu of the subject he was about to teach.
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 1, 2025 | Formation, Vincentian Places
In 1840 Ozanam traveled to Sens, where his friend François Lallier resided.
by Famvin Media Resources | Jun 24, 2025 | Formation, Vincentian Places
When Ozanam rented a country house in Sceaux, not far from Paris, his friend Jean-Jacques Ampère visited him on a regular schedule.