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| A Time for Miracles | 
 enlarge | Director: Michael O'herlihy
Actor: Kate Mulgrew; Jean-pierre Aumont; Rossano Brazzi; John Forsythe; Lorne Greene; Jean Leclerc; Leonard Mann (ii); Robin Clarke; William Prince; Dominic Chianese; George Murdock; Milo O'shea; Danny Moran; Todd Fine; Timothy Patrick Murphy; Erica Katz; Amy Linker; Ellen Barber; Doug Johnson; Sharon Foote
Studio: Vision Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 56401
Format: Ntsc
Language: English (Unknown)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 100
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 727985005850
EAN: 0727985005850
ASIN: B0000DHFG1
Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 1980
Release Date: June 1, 1980
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Product Description
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
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 A Good Family Movie May 26, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
Saint Catherine Ann Sutton January 3, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
Wonderfully done! August 22, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
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.
 It really could have been more realistic. February 8, 2006
0 out of 11 found this review helpful
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.
Time For A Change December 16, 2001
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
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.
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