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Choosing to take leave of everything while remaining in the heart of the world A choice that may seem to be “against” the world, but is actually “for” the world, because consecrating one’s life to the Lord is a revolutionary act in the world: the depth of faith challenging the superficiality of the world, the…

On Feb. 2, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, the Church has been celebrating the World Day of Consecrated Life for 27 years. The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus also celebrate this important occasion. We share with you an excerpt from the Holy Father Francis’ homily for the XXVI World Day…

In Milan, the Central Station was named after Mother Cabrini. The Association of Mantuans in the World and Lombards in the World, became the promoter of an itinerary to commemorate the Saint’s life, through three moments: An exhibition curated by Artist Meo Carbone to be held at the Pirelli Palace in Milan from February 1…

Cecilia is a Chinese girl who studies at our elementary school, Santa Francesca Saverio Cabrini, on Via Anagni in Rome. She is a fifth grader and her drawing was chosen to be posted on streetcars in Rome to mark the Chinese Year of the Rabbit, which falls in this 2023. It is a real joy…

“The ‘education of the heart is an educational method that evangelizes us and others; it is a path that leads us to live our lives with serenity, to engage it fruitfully, and to pass it on to those who follow us.” “Mother Cabrini: Education of the Heart, the Path of Interiority” by Sister Maria Barbagallo…

Sister Bridget Zanin, MSC, joined the Cabrini University community on Tuesday, November 29.  She has served as a Missionary Sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MSC) since 1962. As a teenager in Brazil, she was called on a spiritual path that led her from her home to the United States Midwest and eventually Radnor,…

Tell us a bit about yourself: My name is Sr. Elfinesh Zergena, and I was born and raised in Afama Adil, Boloso Sore Woreda, Wolayta Zone, in southern Ethiopia. I have been with the Missionary Sisters since 2003 when I began my formation journey; before that, I was a High School student. In 2016, I…

Thanks to God, with the intercession of Mother Cabrini, and our Mother of Guadalupe, we finished with joy another missionary year as a school.The Technical Institute “La Inmaculada” crowned this school year with a general academic performance of 95%. We have delivered to the Nicaraguan society: Sixty-six technical graduates Seventy-five students completing their primary studies…

A year-long thank you! This short video collects some of the highlights of this 2022 that is coming to an end. Thanks to those who have been part of it and those who will be part of it, building and enriching step by step the present memory and future history of our Congregation! Long live…

We began the month of November remembering our Saints, and through their cooperative efforts, the primary students have worked on different Saints. The technique of the broken template has allowed us to record everything we have learned about the values and virtues of men and women like us, who were chosen by God, and called…

On December 22, 1917, Mother Cabrini died. Today in celebrating this important anniversary, we want to make a tour among the most important relics of our Saint.But first, let us begin by discovering what lies behind the term “relic” from an historical point of view.When the memory of a saint is meant to be honored,…

On December 9, 2022, a big celebration took place at the St. Maria Assunta Community, in Pagirinya Refugee Settlement, in northern Uganda. Since July, a committee had started to think about and plan the celebration, in order that everything would happen in the best way. Finally, on December 9, five groups of women from Pagirinya and one from…

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8 was a great day for the Sacred Heart International Novitiate in New York, as Bezunesh Elias Tadiso, a young woman from Ethiopia, began her Novitiate in New York. We had the joy of celebrating her entrance into the MSC Novitiate together with Bezunesh. Sr Diane Olmstead, Provincial Superior of the…

A large statue of St. Cabrini was placed in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on December 8, 1946, five months after her Canonization. It is located in the central nave. Here, marked by mighty pillars, are 39 niches with the figures of the Founding Saints of Religious Orders and Congregations. In one of these, twelve…

Last November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Award: Meritorious Woman of Lodi was presented to Sr. Denise Alves Morra, MSC. Sr. Rachele, MSC, and Sr. Assunta, MSC, represented Sr. Denise, at the awarding ceremony. In attendance were Mrs., Arleni Peña Del Orbe, Consul of Santo Domingo and other dignitaries,…

Mission to Paraguay Here are some shots from the mission in Paraguay and the Youth Center in Brazil. Lots of activities to learn with games, colors but most of all by being together! Here are the children who are doing activities at the mission in Santo Domingo. Youth Center in Brazil

November 13 and 14 were two days of great celebration for our Institute. Many in fact were the celebrations and festivities in all provinces 84 years after Mother Cabrini’s Beatification and on the occasion of the 142nd anniversary of the Institute’s founding. At the National Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini in Chicago there was…

As 2022 comes to a close, a lot is happening at Cabrini Immigrant Services in New York! A new cohort of trainees is settling in, our staff is working tirelessly to meet the needs of newly arrived immigrants, and we are beginning preparations for year-end celebrations. Read on to learn more about what we have…

Sister Suany traveled to Wallacha with the aspirants to learn about our MSC mission there.Joy, gratitude and ‘welcome are the feelings felt by the sisters in this area.The aspirants who participated were Yvette and Gloria from Cameron, Maureni and Ruth from Kenya, and Asrat from Ethiopia.

Today is the 6th World Day of the Poor. “Jesus Christ became poor for your sake” (cf. 2 Cor 8:9) is the title of the Message released on June 14 by Pope Francis. It is important to celebrate this date not only for the whole Church, but also for our Congregation. In fact, on November…

These days in Madrid, in preparation for the feast days of November 13 and 14, students at St. Frances Xavier Cabrini School are reciting this prayer. We also join in the prayers of these young people to Mother Cabrini, may she help young people around the world to have hope for the future. Prayer to…

These days, November 6-18, COP27 is taking place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The executive director of UNANIMA International, Jean Quinn, who is attending this important UN Conference in person, has written a letter to all partner congregations including ours. The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus are part of the UNANIMA network….

On September 6 2022, the community of St. Philip in Eswatini had a farewell ceremony for Sr. Laura Sanchez, who is leaving the mission. We had a holy mass to express our gratitude and say goodbye to her. Then we continue celebrating, sharing a special meal and an Ethiopian coffee ceremony. We also invited some…

The significance of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was our special package with Sister Bernadette Anello for the two weeks (9/26-10/7).  It was a blessing to have her illuminate the spirituality of our Institute. Praying the Sacred Heart Novena made our classes so very meaningful. Sister Patricia Spillane’s booklet has comprehensive concepts of the Heart…

On November 1 each year, we commemorate the memory of their lives and martyrs, that is, we remember how important their sacrifices and deeds were to Christian history.All Saints’ Day is celebrated mainly in countries associated with the Western church tradition. With different customs and traditions, November 1 is celebrated in the following countries: Andorra,…

About twenty days ago, we the MSCs celebrated the canonization of Father John Baptist Scalabrini in St. Peter’s Square with the Scalabrinian family. Scalabrini and Mother Cabrini were indeed two important individuals, at that time. They had in common a special attention to migrants. After founding the Institute of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart…

After recalling the priest who baptized him, Father Enrico Pozzoli, a native of Senna Lodigiana, the Pontiff pointed to the fertility of the Lodi land, in terms of holiness, with a saint who has begotten: Frances Xavier Cabrini, a native of Sant’Angelo Lodigiano. Pope Francis shares the reasons for his closeness to that territory and…

Today we see a beautiful mission in the Santa Francesca Cabrini province, specifically in Argentina. About ten days ago some young people from the school in Rosario, Argentina carried out a real mission. In fact, the students of the last years of the secondary school and the special school “Santa Maria” went on a mission…

This morning, Oct. 25, the Generalate Curia was visited by Bishops Bishop Jose Eudes Campos do Nascimento, bishop of the Diocese of São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and Bishop Pedro Cunha, current bishop of the Diocese of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil. They visited the Generalate Community, welcomed and accompanied by the Superior General, Sister…

We started our week by celebrating St. Daniel Comboni’s Day, in the Settlement of Pagirnya, in the community dedicated to this great missionary saint. All these people coming from South Sudan were evangelized through the missionary works founded by Daniel Comboni. These people carry in their minds and hearts such a lively faith and such…

World Mission Day will be celebrated on Sunday, October 23, entitled “To Me You Will Be Witnesses.” Three are the key words of Pope Francis’ Message : witness, to the ends of the earth and the Holy Spirit. – The plural form (you) emphasizes the communitarian-ecclesial character of the missionary call of the disciples. Every…

On the occasion of World Mission Day yesterday, October 19, Sr. Maria Eliane Azevedo Da Silva , Superior General, visited the Cabrini Institute in Via Anagni. After the Eucharistic celebration in the Institute’s school chapel in Rome in which students, teachers and sisters celebrated this important occasion together, there followed a visit to the classrooms…

Holy Name Cathedral to Celebrate the Life and Legacy of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini with a Special Mass and Unveiling of a Newly Commissioned Statue on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022A first-class relic embedded in a bas-relief of the saint, known by many as Mother Cabrini, will be blessed during the noon Mass. The cathedral will…

By Salvatore Cernuzio “At this particular moment in our history, marked by increasingly troubling conflicts that undermine multilateralism, it is necessary to consolidate our efforts in favor of integral ecology – an issue that – like climate change – is in danger of being overshadowed.” Speaking on Tuesday, the feast day of St. Francis of…

Más de 165.000 personas han visto ya La carta en las primeras 24 horas de su estreno. La película, que cuenta la historia de la encíclica Laudato Si’ y el poder de la humanidad para detener la crisis ecológica, se presentó en el Vaticano en un día muy especial: la fiesta de San Francisco de…

The vocation to be educators of the heart To the Salesian pilgrims who came to Rome for the canonization of Artemide Zatti  October 08, 2022 It is part of the “Salesian vocation” to be “educators of the heart, of love, of affectivity.” This is what Pope Francis stressed while addressing Salesian pilgrims gathered in Rome…

It is with joy that we receive the second volume in Spanish of the Letters of St. Frances Cabrini. In 2019 Sister Barbara Staley, when she was Superior General of the Institute together with her General Council, requested the translation of the four volumes already published into the mother tongue of the Institute, Italian. The…

On Saturday, October 8, Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Religious Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, came to visit the Curia. Cardinal Fr. João presided over the Eucharistic Celebration in the Chapel of the General Curia; after stressing the importance of walking together in the mission of…

Yesterday was the canonization of Father John Baptist Scalabrini and Artemide Zatti.This the Holy Father’s homily focused on walking together and gratitude starting with the Gospel of the ten lepers.Here is an excerpt that focuses a synodal vision in light of the Word of the XXVIII Sunday of Ordinary Time. “Bishop Scalabrini, who founded two…

Sr. Regina Palamara, MSC, a California native, and a former resident of Roosevelt Island, NY, was featured recently on the local television station in the Burbank/Los Angeles area as the station was celebrating its 75thanniversary on the air. The following account appears on the station’s website. KTLA 5 evening anchor Cher Calvin may not have…

Un santo per i migranti Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, il vescovo che lottò contro miseria e sfruttamento «Ho visitato popolose città e collettività nascenti, campi fecondati dal lavoro e immensi piani non tocchi dalla mano dell’uomo, ho conosciuto emigranti che avevano toccato il fastigio della ricchezza, altri che vivevano nell’agiatezza, e più l’oscura immensa falange dei…

The 21st Annual Mother Cabrini Shrine Gala was not only a celebration of Mother Cabrini herself, but of the people who continue to support and make the Shrine what it is today. Over the last two years, friends and donors have come together to raise nearly $5 million for the Heart of Jesus Capital Campaign…

On Oct. 3, 2022, Sr. Maria Eliane Azevedo da Silva left for Rome, Italy, for her mission to lead the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the world; a very special Mass was celebrated for this occasion for her sending from the Province of St. Frances Cabrini, with the…

A conference dedicated to St. Pius X. The event will take place this afternoon at Palazzo Soardi (from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m.) and is entitled: The Work of the Catholic Church for Emigration in the time of St. Pius X, former Bishop of Mantua. The proposal comes from the Association “Mantovani nel mondo” and has…

PAGIRINYA FROM MAY 2nd TO SEPTEMBER 30th. Sewing Course Group – This group started on May 2nd 2022 with 25 women, four from each Pagirinya’s Community. It was a partnership with JRS Adjumani, that lent 25 sewing machine, all the material and support for the trainees. The course was developed in five months and the…

Frances Xavier Cabrini Day, also known as simply Cabrini Day, is a state holiday in Colorado celebrated on the first Monday of October. It was instituted in 2020 as a replacement for Columbus Day. Frances Xavier Cabrini, also known as Mother Cabrini, was an Italian-born Roman Catholic nun who spent a major part of her life in the United States….

Among the Cabrinian fruits we have the joy of announcing that an alumnus of Regina Coeli College, founded in 1928 in the state of Minas Gerais, Monsignor Francisco de Oliveira Vidal has been appointed bishop. Full details on the website: https://www.cnbb.org.br/papa-francisco-nomeia-bispo-para-a-diocese-de-alagoinhas-ba-vacante-desde-janeiro-de-2021/ POPE FRANCIS APPOINTS BISHOP FOR DIOCESE OF ALAGOINHAS (BA) VACANT SINCE JANUARY 202127/09/2022 Pope…

Cabrini Immigrant Services (CIS), in Dobbs Ferry, NY is so proud to announce that it has two new citizens! Alba Parada, from El Salvador, became a US Citizen in July and Somchai Soponong, from Thailand, became a US Citizen in August. Alba worked with her CIS tutor, Nancy Rodriguez and Somchai worked with his tutors,…

From September 15 to 17, 2022, I attended the second annual UNANIMA’s meeting, which took place at Thomas Berry Place, Queens, NYC. It was a special time together after 2 years of online meetings. All Sisters representatives were very excited to meet one another and sharing all that has happened during this long time. Besides…