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...history. Over the centuries, their church had designated thousands of saints, including 22 from Uganda, 20 from Japan, and 40 from England, but never had a native-born citizen of the U.S. been canonized.* Now the church was to remedy that as Pope Paul VI infallibly proclaimed Mother Elizabeth Seton (TIME, Dec. 23) a saint who should be venerated "in the company of saints with pious devotion...
Ever since Vatican II, canonizations have been less ornate than they used to be. No trumpets would blare during Mother Seton's Mass, nor would (banners wave in St. Peter's Square, where the ceremony was scheduled to be held. Still, the more than 50,000 onlookers in the square would witness a mighty spectacle as the white-robed Pope proceeded from St. Peter's to a specially constructed outdoor altar. Behind it, a huge tapestry depicted Mother Seton looking down from heaven on North America...
...special day for Catholic women and celebrate the International Women's Year, the Pope would for the first time permit a nun to read one of the lessons in his presence. She was Sister Hildegarde Marie Mahoney of Convent Station, N.J., the head of the Federation of Mother Seton's Daughters. And four women, one each from France, Italy, Spain and Canada, had been chosen to present petitions for canonization during the 2½-hour ceremony...
...nearly a century, thousands of American Catholics had prayed and worked for this moment. Canonization would mean that Mother Seton was "the first American girl who 'made good' according to God's exact standards," Jesuit Writer Leonard Feeney once observed. Whatever God's standards, those of the Catholic Church are strict indeed. Vatican officials had sifted and sifted again through more than 3,000 letters and other writings by Mother Seton to assess her character and deeds...
Harvard track star Mel Embree came in fourth in the high jump in the Penn Relays last weekend with a jump of 7 ft. even. Ben Fields of Seton Hall lept 7 ft. 1 1/2 in, to win the event. Embree was the only contestant from Harvard to participate in the Penn Relays...