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,…
Read MoreA Mass of sending-off of Sister Maria Eliane Azevedo Da Silva, General Superior
A Mass of sending-off of Sister Maria Eliane Azevedo Da Silva, General Superior, was held in the Chapel of Mother Cabrini College in São Paulo. Sister Carlinha Gomes Fernandes and Sister Sandra Irene Golcalves Pereira also participated in the Eucharistic celebration. Happy journey to Sister Eliane and the whole Institute! En la capilla del Colegio…
Read MoreUNANIMA’s Meeting, September 2022
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…
Read MorePatroness of Emigrants St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, known more simply as “Mother Cabrini,” was proclaimed Heavenly Patroness of Emigrants by Pope Pius XII on Sept. 8, 1950, for her extraordinary apostolic activity on behalf of Italian Emigrants with the Apostolic Brief “Superiore iam aetate” on Sept. 8, 1950. This is the text in Latin https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/la/briefs/documents/hf_p-xii_apl_19500907_superiore-iam-aetate.html Two years later,…
Read MoreSister Thérèse Hope Merandi, MSC answers to the question “Why do you stay in religious life? What gives you hope?” – by Global Sisters Report
Why not? Why not stay in religious life! I have been nurtured, grown, and benefited from it and come to know intimately our Lord Jesus Christ in these 57 years since I entered the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Cabrinian charism of being “bearers of the love of Christ in the…
Read MoreSr. Denise Morra in Bogotà
Certificate in care and protection of children, adolescents and vulnerable persons in Bogota I am sharing with you the first month of the course in Colombia. We are 23 students from 6 Latin American countries. We have already made progress studying: Childhood and Human Rights and Psycho-affective development and abuse situations. It has been a…
Read MoreMother Cabrini Shrine Gala 2022
The 21st Annual Gala is not only a celebration of St. Frances Cabrini herself, but of the people who continue to make the Shrine the unique and special place that it is today. Please join us on September 16 for a joyous evening filled with fun and celebration! Can’t attend but still want to help?…
Read MoreCabrini Guatemala presents the “Health Fair”
The video you are about to see was made by Cabrini Guatemala during the health day and is in Spanish. A day dedicated to nutrition and held at the San Jose Dispensary. This awareness of proper nutrition and exercise is deepened especially during this day but sees the daily work and support of universities, associations…
Read MorePrayer for Feast of the Assumption
PrayerPrepare your hearts well,I beg you, to receive the baby Jesus in your souls.Prepare yourselves in such a way as to bringto the motherhouse and to the Institutethe greatest graces of sanctification. (Cfr. Lett. 294) Mary teaches us well how prepare our hearts.May She grant us her virtues to create in us a warm shelterwhere…
Read MoreHomily by Father Leonir Chiarello, Superior General of the Scalabrinian Priests
The Word of God that we heard on the feast of St. Mary Magdalene is like a light that helps us project the work that you have just concluded in the General Chapter but also in our life of faith. The apostles except John, come the time almost as a figure of what Mary of…
Read MoreNews from St. Philip’s mission in eSwatini
Last Saturday was a very special day for the St. Philip’s parish youth, they had a day of retreat. More than sixty young people were able to attend, some came from outstations and others from St. Ignatius parish. God blessed us abundantly. Fr. Dlamini has thought us as Catholic teachers doing touching lessons for young people. Br. Mkhonta reflected on how to keep…
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