In stunning colors, a mural depicting the history of the community-care activities of the Daughters of Charity sweeps across the west wall of Seton's cafeteria-dining room for fifty-two feet at a height of twelve feet. The panorama opens with a portrait of St. Vincent de Paul and closes with Sister Carmen Ptacnik, D.C., comforting a patient.

The idea of the Heritage Wall came from the Seton Health Services Foundation, and a committee composed of Sister William Eileen Dunn, D.C., Sister Marjory Ann Baez, D.C., Bernadette Smith, and Frank Malifrando.

The mural was designed by Ellen Silva an independent artist hired by Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center.*

After the design was completed, Ellen and her staff transferred an outline drawing of the mural on to the dining-room wall. Seton associates were invited to a 2 hour "paint-In" to fill in the colors. They came by the dozens, took up brushes dipped in bold pigments, and, guided by a small rendering of the finished design, brought to life the persons and events portrayed.

Ellen completed the mural-and corrected not-quite-even lines or borders applied by the enthusiastic, but not always accurate, Seton volunteers who, even as they painted, became part of the ongoing history portrayed in the mural.