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Mother Seton School Receives Sea Services Gather for Mass at
Donation from Local Business Seton Shrine in Emmitsburg
On September Courtesy Photo Cameron Rogers
1, 2016, the new
owners of Silo
Hill Car Wash in Members of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant
Emmitsburg presented Marines and Public Health Services were recognized at the annual Pilgrimage
Mother Seton School for the Sea Services Mass on October 2, 2016, at the Basilica of the National
principal, Sister Brenda Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Monahan, D.C., with
a $500 donation. The Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington,
gift was the result of D.C., and son of a ship captain, celebrated the Mass. It was organized, among
funds raised during the others, by retired Adm. William Fallon. Hymns were sung by the Catholic
Mother Seton School Choir from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.
Family Fun Day, held
at the car wash in The story of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, who converted after traveling to Italy
July. For five hours, with her ailing husband, is familiar. The widow underwent many hardships,
one hundred percent but founded the Sisters of Charity, schools and orphanages. She died in 1821
of the proceeds made and was canonized as the first American-born saint in 1975.
at the car wash were Kirby Delauter (left) and Tina Delauter (right), owners of Silo Hill
earmarked for Mother Car Wash in Emmitsburg, present Sister Brenda Monahan, D.C., Less well known is that two of her sons, Richard and William, served on
Seton School. The principal of Mother Seton School, with a donation of $500. The gift the USS Cyane and USS Macedonian, respectively. Her devotion to them led
event was organized by is the result of proceeds raised during Silo Hill’s MSS Family Fun Day then-Monsignor John O’Connor, a former Navy admiral and chaplain who
would go on to become the cardinal of the Archdiocese of New York, to lead
event in July. the effort to have her named “Patroness of the Sea” in the late 1970s.
Kirby and Tina Delauter, who recently acquired Silo Hill Car Wash. Admiral Fallon, whose education includes a Catholic high school in New
“Kirby and I are grateful to be part of the Emmitsburg business community, Jersey and Villanova University, said Mother Seton’s work and entombment
and are happy to support Mother Seton School’s educational efforts,” said at the shrine that bears her name made it a natural location for the
Tina Delauter, MSS Class of 1977. “We felt compelled to give back to my alma acknowledgement of those who serve at sea.
mater this year as a way of honoring
my mother, Patricia Zanella, who “They face a lot of dangers,” he said, of the U.S. armed forces. “It’s good
loved all children and valued our to pay tribute to them.”
Catholic education at MSS.”
“Our school community was very During his homily, similarly, Cardinal McCarrick spoke of Mother Seton’s
happy to benefit from the partnership dedication to her sons in the Navy, and praised the service of the men and
with the Delauters,” said Sister women in the armed forces.
Brenda. “Their generosity helps us to
strengthen our mission in providing “I see a group of people who love their country,” he said. “We are not
an academically excellent, Christ- alone in wanting peace around the world.”
centered education to our children.”
Almost every pew in the shrine’s basilica was occupied. A Joint Ceremonial
Drop Your Change this Color Guard led the opening procession, and remained at attention for the
Holiday Season National Anthem. The Knights of Columbus Brute Council 1860, based in
Emmitsburg, also participated in the Mass.
Don’t forget to drop your
change to benefit area food Afterward, worshipers conversed while enjoying a courtesy dinner provided
by the shrine’s staff.
banks.
James Cotter of Vienna, Va., retired U.S. Air Force, came on a bus with
other pilgrims. He described the Mass as “wonderful” and expressed his
enthusiasm for seeing Cardinal McCarrick.
“It’s a really good ceremony, it always has been,” said Michael Weaver,
an Army veteran from Gettysburg, Pa., who attended with his daughter,
Michelle. “Mother Seton kind of brought the religion to the region.”
Joy and John Murray, a couple from Lanham, said that they thought the
Pilgrimage Mass was “beautiful.” They come to the shrine every year for it.
“I really enjoyed it,” said Michelle Rodriguez, who went to the Mass with
her father Michael. “It’s interesting to be able to walk around the places a
saint walked.”
Carol Birzer, a Navy veteran, spoke highly of the Catholic Choir from the
Naval Academy, which had not sung in the previous Pilgrimage for the Sea
Masses she had attended at the shrine.
“It’s nice knowing we had a saint here,” said Birzer, of the grounds where
Mother Seton she lived and taught.
Tony DiIulio, the program director at the shrine, said he hoped the site’s
beauty and history continue to draw people.
“I see (Mother Seton) as a model parent,” he said. “I also think, for anyone
who has hard times, she’s a model on how to remain faithful and committed
to the Lord.”
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Mother Seton School Receives Sea Services Gather for Mass at
Donation from Local Business Seton Shrine in Emmitsburg
On September Courtesy Photo Cameron Rogers
1, 2016, the new
owners of Silo
Hill Car Wash in Members of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant
Emmitsburg presented Marines and Public Health Services were recognized at the annual Pilgrimage
Mother Seton School for the Sea Services Mass on October 2, 2016, at the Basilica of the National
principal, Sister Brenda Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Monahan, D.C., with
a $500 donation. The Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington,
gift was the result of D.C., and son of a ship captain, celebrated the Mass. It was organized, among
funds raised during the others, by retired Adm. William Fallon. Hymns were sung by the Catholic
Mother Seton School Choir from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.
Family Fun Day, held
at the car wash in The story of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, who converted after traveling to Italy
July. For five hours, with her ailing husband, is familiar. The widow underwent many hardships,
one hundred percent but founded the Sisters of Charity, schools and orphanages. She died in 1821
of the proceeds made and was canonized as the first American-born saint in 1975.
at the car wash were Kirby Delauter (left) and Tina Delauter (right), owners of Silo Hill
earmarked for Mother Car Wash in Emmitsburg, present Sister Brenda Monahan, D.C., Less well known is that two of her sons, Richard and William, served on
Seton School. The principal of Mother Seton School, with a donation of $500. The gift the USS Cyane and USS Macedonian, respectively. Her devotion to them led
event was organized by is the result of proceeds raised during Silo Hill’s MSS Family Fun Day then-Monsignor John O’Connor, a former Navy admiral and chaplain who
would go on to become the cardinal of the Archdiocese of New York, to lead
event in July. the effort to have her named “Patroness of the Sea” in the late 1970s.
Kirby and Tina Delauter, who recently acquired Silo Hill Car Wash. Admiral Fallon, whose education includes a Catholic high school in New
“Kirby and I are grateful to be part of the Emmitsburg business community, Jersey and Villanova University, said Mother Seton’s work and entombment
and are happy to support Mother Seton School’s educational efforts,” said at the shrine that bears her name made it a natural location for the
Tina Delauter, MSS Class of 1977. “We felt compelled to give back to my alma acknowledgement of those who serve at sea.
mater this year as a way of honoring
my mother, Patricia Zanella, who “They face a lot of dangers,” he said, of the U.S. armed forces. “It’s good
loved all children and valued our to pay tribute to them.”
Catholic education at MSS.”
“Our school community was very During his homily, similarly, Cardinal McCarrick spoke of Mother Seton’s
happy to benefit from the partnership dedication to her sons in the Navy, and praised the service of the men and
with the Delauters,” said Sister women in the armed forces.
Brenda. “Their generosity helps us to
strengthen our mission in providing “I see a group of people who love their country,” he said. “We are not
an academically excellent, Christ- alone in wanting peace around the world.”
centered education to our children.”
Almost every pew in the shrine’s basilica was occupied. A Joint Ceremonial
Drop Your Change this Color Guard led the opening procession, and remained at attention for the
Holiday Season National Anthem. The Knights of Columbus Brute Council 1860, based in
Emmitsburg, also participated in the Mass.
Don’t forget to drop your
change to benefit area food Afterward, worshipers conversed while enjoying a courtesy dinner provided
by the shrine’s staff.
banks.
James Cotter of Vienna, Va., retired U.S. Air Force, came on a bus with
other pilgrims. He described the Mass as “wonderful” and expressed his
enthusiasm for seeing Cardinal McCarrick.
“It’s a really good ceremony, it always has been,” said Michael Weaver,
an Army veteran from Gettysburg, Pa., who attended with his daughter,
Michelle. “Mother Seton kind of brought the religion to the region.”
Joy and John Murray, a couple from Lanham, said that they thought the
Pilgrimage Mass was “beautiful.” They come to the shrine every year for it.
“I really enjoyed it,” said Michelle Rodriguez, who went to the Mass with
her father Michael. “It’s interesting to be able to walk around the places a
saint walked.”
Carol Birzer, a Navy veteran, spoke highly of the Catholic Choir from the
Naval Academy, which had not sung in the previous Pilgrimage for the Sea
Masses she had attended at the shrine.
“It’s nice knowing we had a saint here,” said Birzer, of the grounds where
Mother Seton she lived and taught.
Tony DiIulio, the program director at the shrine, said he hoped the site’s
beauty and history continue to draw people.
“I see (Mother Seton) as a model parent,” he said. “I also think, for anyone
who has hard times, she’s a model on how to remain faithful and committed
to the Lord.”
Copyright © 2015 Catholic Review Media. All rights reserved. Used with
permission.
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