“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
Read MoreSanta Cabrini scese nell’abisso per i migranti
Capo di questa congregazione è la Madre Francesca Cabrini, donna con grandi occhi e un sorriso attraente. Non sa l’inglese, ma è donna di proposito.Francesca e le sue suore erano sbarcate a New York appena tre mesi prima, viaggiando con altri 1.500 migranti in terza classe. Al loro arrivo non c’era nessuno ad attenderle e dovettero arrangiarsi alla…
Read More“Epistolario de Santa Francisca Javier Cabrini”
The IV volume entitled “Epistolario de Santa Francisca Javier Cabrini” has been released, which corresponds to the II tome in Italian from letter 545 on page 238 to 676 on page 463.We thank Ms. Ana María Cerri for this extraordinary work.
Read MoreWaiting in Paris
“I have missed the train on account of the Holy Father,” Mother Cabrini wrote wryly to the Sisters in 1898. She’d wanted Leo XIII to bless her latest initiative: establishing a house in Paris. However, the pope was ill and sent his greetings via the Nuncio, instead. Then, just as Mother Cabrini was set to…
Read MorePress review of July 15 celebrations
SANT’ANGELO Today the procession to remember the patron saint Santa Cabrini In Sant’Angelo, the Cabrini July is entering its highlights. After a week of celebrations, meetings and moments of reflection, today and tomorrow the community is ready to take part in the events that have always drawn the largest number of people to the city…
Read MoreMother Cabrini’s Birthday Celebration!
Happy 173rd Birthday, Mother Cabrini! July 15, 1850 – 2023 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini is best known for her extraordinary apostolic activity in the United States and South America in the service of Italian emigrants to whom she was sent by Pope Leo XIII. Her apostolic mysticism matured in the light of two great sources: the spirituality of the Sacred Heart…
Read MoreFor July 15 – Vatican Mass
A Mass has been requested for the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the entire Cabrinian family in this particular week and Cabrinian month.
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