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banner[0]='<img src=images/dyk/gifs/dyk_1.gif name=didyaknow width=99 height=108 hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0 align=right id=shim80><br>Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton opened the first free Catholic school in the United States on February 22, 1810. The Daughters of Charity have continued her legacy of education to children around the world. The Sisters are often fondly remembered for their education ministries.<br><a href=http://www.thedaughtersofcharity.org/ministries/education.htm class=didyahead target=_blank>Find out more...</a>'

banner[1]='<img src=images/dyk/gifs/dyk_2.gif name=didyaknow width=99 height=108 hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0 align=right id=shim80><br>The Daughters of Charity are called to go out and seek the poorest of poor. &#8220;by serving the poor we honor what the Son of God did whilst on earth....&#8221;<br>&#8220;Conferences of St. Vincent de Paul to the Daughters of Charity,&#8221; March 16, 1642<br><a href=http://www.thedaughtersofcharity.org/who/who.htm class=didyahead target=_blank>Find out more...</a>'

banner[2]='<img src=images/dyk/gifs/dyk_3.gif name=didyaknow width=99 height=108 hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0 align=right id=shim80><br>The Sisters of Charity from Emmitsburg staffed the first Catholic orphanage in the United States which opened in Philadelphia in 1814. The Sisters continue to serve children and help families struggling with poverty through their social service ministries.<br><a href=http://www.thedaughtersofcharity.org/ministries/social_service.htm class=didyahead target=_blank>Find out more...</a>'

banner[3]='<img src=images/dyk/gifs/dyk_4.gif name=didyaknow width=99 height=108 hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0 align=right id=shim80><br>The Sisters of Charity from Emmitsburg provided nursing care as early as 1823 at the Baltimore infirmary, which later became the University of Maryland Hospital. The Sisters continue to be well-known for their healthcare ministries.<br><a href=http://www.thedaughtersofcharity.org/ministries/health.htm class=didyahead target=_blank>Find out more...</a>'

banner[4]='<img src=images/dyk/gifs/dyk_5.gif name=didyaknow width=99 height=108 hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0 align=right id=shim80><br>The Daughters of Charity nursed the injured of the Civil War on many battlefields, including Gettysburg. The Sisters continue to be well-known for their healthcare ministries to persons who are most in need. When visiting the Seton Shrine, you may walk the Maryland Civil War Trails and learn more.<br><a href=http://www.thedaughtersofcharity.org/archives/civil_war.htm class=didyahead target=_blank>Find out more...</a>'

banner[5]='<img src=images/dyk/gifs/dyk_6.gif name=didyaknow width=99 height=108 hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0 align=right id=shim80><br>A distinctive feature of the Daughters of Charity was the cornette, making them one of the most widely recognized religious orders by their habit. By 1964, the Daughters replaced the wearing of the cornette with a veil.<br><a href=http://www.thedaughtersofcharity.org/archives/archives.htm class=didyahead target=_blank>Find out more...</a>'

banner[6]='<img src=images/dyk/gifs/dyk_11.gif name=didyaknow width=99 height=108 hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0 align=right id=shim80><br>Elizabeth Bayley Seton founded the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph\'s on July 31, 1809, here at Emmitsburg, MD. Although other congregations of religious were present, this was the first foundation of religious women native to the United States.<br><a href=http://www.thedaughtersofcharity.org/who/how.htm class=didyahead target=_blank>Find out more...</a>'

banner[7]='<img src=images/dyk/gifs/dyk_7.gif name=didyaknow width=99 height=108 hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0 align=right id=shim80><br>The Daughters of Charity St. Joseph\'s Provincial House in Emmitsburg has 14 entities, including the Seton Retreat Center and the Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine. They all work together to carry on the tradition and works of Saint Vincent de Paul, Saint Louise de Marillac, and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton.<br><a href=http://www.thedaughtersofcharity.org/who/what.htm class=didyahead target=_blank>Find out more...</a>'

banner[8]='<img src=images/dyk/gifs/dyk_9.gif name=didyaknow width=99 height=108 hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0 align=right id=shim80><br>Elizabeth Ann Seton was originally buried in the Sisters of Charity cemetery at Emmitsburg and re-interred in the mortuary chapel in 1846. Prior to Beatification, her remains were placed over the main altar at St. Joseph College chapel. In 1968, her sacred remains were moved to St. Joseph\'s Provincial House chapel, now known as the Basilica of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton.<br><a href=http://www.thedaughtersofcharity.org/archives/archives.htm class=didyahead target=_blank>Find out more...</a>'

banner[9]='<img src=images/dyk/gifs/dyk_8.gif name=didyaknow width=99 height=108 hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0 align=right id=shim80><br>The Daughters of Charity are not "nuns" but "Sisters"&#151;apostolic religious women who belong to a community, society, or company. Unlike nuns, who remained cloistered, the Sisters were to be "in the world but not of the world."<br><a href=http://www.thedaughtersofcharity.org/who/what.htm class=didyahead target=_blank>Find out more...</a>'

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