Have you been to Mother Cabrini Shrine lately? Come and celebrate Cabrini Day with us! On Monday, October 2nd, we will have a special Cabrini Day Mass at 12 noon in our newly renovated chapel. This is a great opportunity to attend Mass, walk the steps, visit our gift shop, light a candle in the…
Read MoreCountess Sarah Maria Aloisa Spottiswood Mackin and the MSC in Paris
125 years ago, on 29th September 1898, Mother Cabrini established the first MSC house in France. It was a short walk from the Arc de Triomphe at 20, Rue Dumont d’Urville, Paris. It was not possible to establish a school in France due to anti-clerical legislation, so Mother Cabrini opened a residence for ladies to…
Read MoreA Wall, a Pickaxe, and a Willing Attitude
Expanding Horizons “Why do you need to add to this building?” Monsignor Serrati asked, “You have enough room for what you have!” In the scant six years since Mother Cabrini founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the order had grown from seven Sisters to well over a hundred. In addition to…
Read MoreMother Cabrini Honors St. Rose
In October of 1895, Mother Cabrini and a companion, Mother Chiara, set forth from Panama to go to Buenos Aires. Their sea journey took them to Ecuador, many ports in Peru, and Chile. Upon arrival in Los Andes, Chile, they had a choice: either to continue around the south of the continent, or to cross the cordillera by mule to…
Read MoreDi Sanzo: con il professor Candeloro per ricordare l’importante contributo delle donne italiane all’estero
“Nella Sala Stampa di Montecitorio, ho promosso l’incontro dal titolo “Santa Francesca Saverio Cabrini e le donne italiane a Chicago” , a partire dalla lettura del libro curato dal professor Dominic Candeloro, Kathy Catrambone, Gloria Nardini e tradotto in italiano dalla professoressa D’Alfonso , intervenuta in presenza alla Camera insieme a Candeloro, con altre curatrici del libro collegate dalla…
Read MoreMadre Cabrini, la patrona de los inmigrantes
Frances Cabrini nació en el norte de Italia el 15 de julio de 1850. Nació dos meses prematura, pero eso no impediría que esta gigante espiritual, que no llegaba al metro y medio de estatura, llevara a Cristo a tanta gente como pudiera. María Francisca Cabrini era la menor de trece hermanos en una familia Frances Cabrini nació en el norte de Italia…
Read MoreA Bullet on a Train
“Didn’t I write and tell you that I am alive miraculously?” begins a 1904 letter from Mother Cabrini. She’d been traveling by train from the orphanage in Denver to the orphanage in New Orleans. Just after passing Dallas “the enemies of the railroad” attacked. Bullets peppered the train. Mother Cabrini reported that one bullet “aimed…
Read MoreMary, “friend” of humanity, woman of immense joys and sorrows
by Elena Bulzi Gold, blue, red. These are the chromatic notes that dominate the mosaic of the Assumption of Mary created by Aligi Sassu in 1964, in the apse basin of the Lodi Cathedral. The red, for example, is not a purple, the expensive color of the upper classes, a sign of power, but it…
Read MoreMother Cabrini’s Marian Spirituality on the “School of Mary” program
In the coming weeks, from August 7 to 11, and the following week, from August 14 to 18, check out 10 episodes about Mother Cabrini’s Marian Spirituality on the “School of Mary” program right after the 6pm Mass on #tvaparecida. Each day a sister or lay person presents one aspect.
Read MoreChristopher Lo Bianco Letter for the Feast of the Sacred Heart
Dear friends, We hope this message finds you well and filled with the blessings of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. As faithful members of the Catholic community, we are writing you today to share the significance of the Feast of the Sacred Heart, and the incredible work being done by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus through their programs and institutions. The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, celebrated annually on the 19th day after Pentecost, holds a special place in our Catholic faith. It is a solemn…
Read MoreIn preparation for the Feast of the Assumption
“God’s grace is never lacking. He always bestows sufficient grace for us to reach that holiness which he desires for us.” ~ St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, The Spiritual Wisdom of St. Frances Cabrini for difficult times SPA- Entre una y otra ola ITA – Tra un’onda e l’altra POR – Entre uma onda e outra
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