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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Oggi si celebra l’Esaltazione della Santa Croce. In essa si commemora la crocifissione di Gesù con il particolare obiettivo di sottolineare la centralità del mistero della croce nella teologia cristiana. Pensate che Santa Francesca Cabrini prende i voti a ventisette anni il 14 settembre 1877. Dice Madre Cabrini nel Volume 2 dell’Epistolario, Lettera n. 619:…
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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,…
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Today, on the birthday of Mother Cabrini, we remembered her especially with a morning gathering prayer, followed by a procession with candles, her statue, and a song dedicated to her into the Chapter Room. After the daily roll-call of Chapter Delegates and reading of the previous day’s minutes, the Chapter Assembly focused on the task of discussing…
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Today big celebration in the Cabrinian family! In fact, on July 15, 1850, 172 years ago, Mother Cabrini was born. Then a short portrait about her done by Sister Maria Barbagallo in 1992 and a card from the Guadalupe Province. We also share with you greetings from the Cabrinian Lay Missionaries of Argentina and the…
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On July 7, 1946, Mother Cabrini was canonized by Pius XII in the Vatican Basilica. But who was responsible for collecting and processing the documentation for Mother Cabrini’s canonization and beatification? Mother Saveria De Maria (1870 – 1945), was later also a close collaborator of the General Superior, Mother Antonietta Della Casa who succeeded Mother…
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Today is the Feast of the Sacred Heart, established by Pope Clement XIII in 1765. Let us discover together why this solemnity was for Mother Cabrini and is still so important for our Institute today, so much so that it is present in the naming of our missionaries. Mother Cabrini never theorized about her spiritual…
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