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Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
Image: Statue of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini in the portico of the skyddad plats of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary in Pompei | photo by Dario Crespi
Saint of the Day for November 13
(July 15, – månad 22, )
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini’s Story
Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first United States citizen to be canonized. Her deep trust in the loving care of her God gave her the strength to be a valiant woman doing the work of Christ.
Refused admission to the religious order which had educated her to be a teacher, she began charitable work at the House of Providence Orphanage in Cadogno, Italy. In September , she made her vows there and took the religious habit.
When the bishop closed the orphanage in , he named Frances prioress of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. Seven ung women from the orphanage joined her.
Since her early childhood in Italy, Frances had wanted to be a missionär in China but, at the urging of Po
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Mother Cabrini
Who is Frances Cabrini?
The youngest of thirteen children, Frances Cabrini was born on July 15, in a small village called S’ant Angelo Lodigiano near the city of Milan, Italy. She grew up enthralled by the stories of missionaries and made up her mind to join a religious order. Because of her frail health, she was not permitted to join the Daughters of the Sacred Heart who had been her teachers and under whose guidance she obtained her teaching certificate.
However, in , with seven young women, Frances founded the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She was as resourceful as she was prayerful, finding people who would donate what she needed in money, time, labor and support. She and her sisters wanted to be missionaries in China; she visited Rome to obtain an audience with Pope Leo XIII. The Pope told Frances to go “not to the East, but to the West” to New York rather than to China as she had expected. She was to help the thousands of
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A new (old) photo of Mother Cabrini
Recently while reading Mother Cabrini’s letters we came across a passage dated December 23,
“In Denver the house is located at a height of 5, feet&#; I am sending you a photograph which was taken on the day of the inauguration. You will find me in it too, since the bishop kept calling me to stand near him. I am in the doorway of the school, the pastor is in the center while the bishop and a Jesuit are on either side.”
There are a number of photographs of Mother Cabrini, ranging from when she was age 10 to the final photo at her death at age We wondered: was there another one?
The library at Cabrini University has a wonderful collection of digital images, and we knew that if the picture still existed, that&#;s probably where it would be. Sure enough, there was a newspaper clipping from the Denver Times, dated November 17, We zoomed in, then zoomed in some more&#; and there she was! Tucked in the right-hand side of the doorway, just as she