A Time for Miracles (1980)

This is the inspiring story of America's first native-born saint, Mother Seton. Kate Mulgrew gives a moving performance as St. Elizabeth Seton, a convert to Catholicism who overcame the great tragedy of the deaths of her young husband and two children, and went on to found the American Sisters of Charity and the first American Catholic schools. A film of unusual strength and beauty. Also starring Lorne Greene, John Forsythe, and Rossano Brazzi.

DVD Features:

Languages: English

Subtitles: None

Scene Selections

Bonus Material:

Biographical information on three leading actors

Product Description

A Good Family Movie

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie of the life of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint. It is very well done and is well suited for family viewing as few films are today.

While the movie is pleasant and easy to watch, there certainly is suffering in Mother Seton's life when she is widowed while so young and later loses two of her children. She was a great example to those who knew her. Mother Seton died in 1821 at the age of 46, only sixteen years after becoming a Catholic. She was canonized on September 14, 1975.
May 26, 2007

Saint Catherine Ann Sutton

This movie shows the hardship that Catholics had in the early 1800s. It shows, as well, that a determined believer can reach to one's goal of helping the public by educating their children and instilling in them the goodness that pays at the end. January 3, 2007

Wonderfully done!

The story was very close to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton's life. I would highly recommend this DVD to anyone who wants to know more about this American saint's life. August 22, 2006

It really could have been more realistic.

This is sweet family fare, but that is what it is -- sweet. Where is the dirt of the 18th century? Where are the stinks and the vile smell -- even from the Roman curia?

Unfortunately this all reeks of one of Kate Mulgrew's "Irish Spring" commercials.

Saints aren't usually this nice. They are rebels who seek not only to serve God, but to upturn the status-quo. Mother Seton seems to work with the status-quo quite well. Where is the persecution? Where is the burning anger a saint often feels?

Isn't there more?

Just too sweet for my taste. February 8, 2006

Time For A Change

In this day and age when the majority of movies consist of explosions, profanity, and lame plots, it's nice to go back a few years and enjoy a film like "A Time for Miracles." Based on the life of Elizabeth Seton, this movie encompasses the difficult aspects of doing God's Work and accepting the consequences from it. A very young Kate Mulgrew gives a believable performance as Elizabeth, although her old-age make-up lacks considerably. John Forsythe and Lorne Greene also star rounding out a rather high caliber cast for a work of this nature. December 16, 2001

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