IN MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH ANN BAYLEY SETON
BORN NEW YORK CITY AUG. 28, 1774
DIED EMMITSBURG, MD, JAN. 4, 1821
MADE PROFESSION OF FAITH AND RECEIVED FOR THE FIRST TIME THE SACRAMENTS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OLD ST. PETERS
1805 AND 1806
FOUNDRESS OF
AMERICAN SISTERS OF CHARITY
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
BY HER
SPIRITUAL DAUGHTERS COMMUNITIES
OF
EMMITSBURG, MD.
ST. LOUIS, MO.
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.
HALIFAX, N.S.
CINCINNATI, O.
CONVENT STATION, N.J.
GREENSBURG, PA.
MAY 9, 1931
SAINT ELIZABETH ANN SETON
CANONIZED SEPT. 14, 1975
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St. Peter's Free School
First Catholic School in New York
Started by St. Peter's Parish 1800
Erected by the Office of Superintendent of Schools
Archdiocese of New York
January 30, 2000
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PIERRE TOUSSAINT
1766-1853
CATHOLIC NEGRO LAYMAN
MEMBER OF OLD SAINT PETER'S PARISH FOR 66 YEARS
REVERED FOR HIS EXEMPLARY LIFE AND MANY WORKS OF CHARITY - THIS TABLET AFFIXED JUNE 29 1953 BY THE JOHN BOYLE OREILLY COMMITTEE FOR INTERRACIAL JUSTICE
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