Today, after 134 years, we recall Mother Cabrini’s departure for her first mission to the United States.Pope Leo XIII pointed Mother to the West instead of the East, and she promptly obeyed, and only a month after this decision, that is, on March 19, 1889 in the convent of Codogno, Mother Frances Xavier, almost forty…
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Today, March 15, 2023, St. Frances Cabrini will be inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame with an official ceremony and celebration at the Sheraton Downtown Denver Hotel. Mother Cabrini will receive this prestigious award for her outstanding achievements as a champion of immigrants, children and the poor. She was nominated by the Dante…
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Remembering Saint Cabrini, a native of this land, the Pope goes with his thoughts to the experience of his own family emigrating to Argentina. The Pontiff then recalls that it was in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano that a great saint was born: Francesca Xavier Cabrini, founder in Codogno of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and proclaimed…
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With the start of Catholic Sisters Week and International Women’s Day on March 8 th , this is a time of commemorating extraordinary religious women and the many ways they have enriched our lives. Whether it’s Sisters, Saints or our fellow practicing Catholics, women of faith never fail to leave us feeling inspired. At Cabrini…
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Women who go beyond. This is how missionaries can be defined, here paraphrasing Madeleine Delbrêl’s definition. Those women who set out towards distant horizons and remote places where they live in the sense of being witnesses and, often, die as martyrs. In addition, those are the women who «without a boat» cross cultural, social and…
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From Feb. 23 – 25 the Board Members met in NYC at Cabrini Apartments on E. 19th Street. The representatives from each of the 23 member congregations of religious women form a unique group, spanning 85 countries. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet them plus the administrative staff. For the past three years, Sr….
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The Aula Magna in Pontifical Lateran University
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Lenten Penance and the Synodal Journey Dear brothers and sisters! The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke all recount the episode of the Transfiguration of Jesus. There we see the Lord’s response to the failure of his disciples to understand him. Shortly before, there had been a real clash between the Master and Simon Peter,…
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MILANO – Continua l’infaticabile opera dell’eclettico artista Meo Carbone ( nella foto , una sua opera) nel raccontare l’Emigrazione italiana con la mostra ‘Madre Cabrini, l’Angelo dei migranti. Ieri – Oggi – Domani’, dedicata a Madre Francesca Saverio Cabrini, allestita in Palazzo Pirelli di Regione Lombardia ed esposta fino al 15 febbraio 2023. Questo prezioso contributo costituisce un’altra tappa del significativo percorso…
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from Maria Williams, Cabrini Scholar I have just discovered an out of out-of-print English edition of the Travels of Mother Cabrini is now available for free online Internet Archive: Travels of Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini : foundress of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus : Frances Xavier Cabrini : Free Download, Borrow,…
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“Sufferers must not feel separated by the virus of indifference.” On Saturday, the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes, framed with flowers and lamps, radiated the light of Hope. On the occasion of the World Day dedicated to the sick, Bishop Maurizio Malvestiti’s celebration welcomed the prayers of many people who have turned to the…
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