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St.Vincent Health traces its history and mission to the work of Saints Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac for creating an alliance called the Daughters of Charity to serve the sick poor in Paris, France. Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton founded the Daughters of Charity in the United States.
Saint Elizabeth joined the Catholic Church after she was widowed at a young age. Soon after her conversion to Catholicism, Saint Elizabeth opened a girls' school in Baltimore, the first parochial school system in the United States.
As her work expanded and other women came to join her, Saint Elizabeth looked to the Daughters of Charity as a model for her community. On March 25, 1809, she took her first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, and become known as Mother Seton.
She died on Jan. 4, 1821, at the age of 47, and was canonized on Sept. 14, 1975. | 
