My Friendship with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
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About the Book
My Friendship with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is a book about a unique relationship between
someone born in 1774 and the author, born in 1948. It is the adventures of Mary Hilaire (Sally
Lynne) Tavenner and the fi rst native born American saint throughout the past forty years.
In this book you will learn the life of Mother Seton, read a fi rst hand account of
her canonization, as recorded by one of the 14,000 Americans present in Rome for the
event. The reader will learn about the process and documented miracles, which helped to
bring about her canonization. You will also read “behind the scene” memoirs of a $3 million
docudrama produced by Hollywood on the life of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
The book relays many personal experiences, anecdotes and information unique to
this particular collection of stories. If you have ever had a devotion to a particular saint, you
will enjoy reading the adventures of Hilaire (Sally) Tavenner and Elizabeth Bayley Seton.
About the Author
Dr. Mary Hilaire (Sally) Tavenner of Dutch Ink Publishing is an educator, public speaker, and author of six books; (seven, including her dissertation.) She has consulted for a 3 million docudrama on the life of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, attended Mother Seton’s Canonization in 1974 and Mother Marianne Cope’s Beatification in 2005. Tavenner taught several thousand children and adults during her career as an educator in New York, Ohio, Florida and Puerto Rico. She has served as an adjunct for the University of South Florida, Tiffin University, Cleveland State, Ashland University and Lorain County Community College. Dr. Tavenner is the President of the Friends of Helen Steiner Rice, a world-famous poet from her hometown of Lorain, Ohio. Dr. Tavenner is currently self-employed, working for “Dutch Ink”, a publishing business named in honor of her mother “Dutch”. “Dr. T” also teaches ESOL, part-time for Lorain City Schools Adult Education. Dr. Hilaire (Sally) Tavenner can be contacted via her website: www.dutchink.com and her books are available from her website as well as every bookstore in America, upon request.