Encouraged to base her community in Emmitsburg, where a seminary for the training of priests was already established, Mother Seton arrived in 1809, accompanied by her children and the first Sisters in the order. They took up residence in the Stone House, a four-room structure originally built ...
Lastly, if a cobble be wanting, the Mason-bee will establish her nest on any sort of stone, on a mile-stone or a boundary-wall. The Sicilian Chalicodoma has an even greater variety of choice. Her most cherished site is the lower surface of the projecting tiles of a roof. There is ...