PALMA DI MONTECHIARO Come ogni anno, in prossimità delle feste natalizie, i missionari laici della associazione Santa Francesca Cabrini, la patrona universale dei migranti, presieduta da Antonietta Scopelliti, sono stati in prima linea con la loro generosità ed affetto nei confronti degli anziani della comunità rumena e degli extracomunitari che dimorano nella loro Casa di…
Read MoreMessage for Holy Christmas 2023 from the General Council
It’s the Lord’s Christmas. Here is a wish for a Holy Christmas and a peaceful New Year from our Superior General Sister Eliane. A message of light and serenity to all Cabrinian sisters and lay people. The video translated into the various languages is available on our cabriniworld.org Youtube channel. It is now Christmas Eve….
Read MoreThird Sunday of Advent
“In meditation, the faithful soul receives joy, light and the crown of glory.” Journal of a Trusting Heart, p. 197 For this third Sunday of Advent, we light the candle of joy. We hope, as Mother Cabrini said “because a radiant light each moment renders everything more beautiful” To the ends of the earth, p.74…
Read MoreDecember 1st and 5th at Cabrini Immigrant Services – New York
On Friday, December 1st we had busy day at CIS-NYC. In the morning, we collaborated with volunteers at Kearney (a global management consulting firm) to host a career development workshop for some of our Angel Fund Scholarship recipients and other young clients. The group learned about career planning, how to build a resume, and how…
Read MoreCabrini Australia – Commemorative Service November 2023
“The distance between us does not matter; we are always near each other, always enclosed in the small space of this very small world.” Mother Cabrini As part of Cabrini Weeks, on Monday, 20 November in the Memorial Garden at Cabrini Malvern, we held our annual Commemorative Service. Many gathered in a beautiful ceremony to…
Read MoreSeveral Concerts and Prayer Service at St. Frances Cabrini Shrine
—–> Friday, Dec 8 at 6:30 The FMDG Music School Free Holiday Concert The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School is dedicated to helping people study and pursue music while addressing the challenges posed by vision loss. This concert, featuring adult students, will present a variety of vocal, piano, instrumental, and choral pieces suitable for the…
Read MoreWhat happened on December 8…
On this date, when Sister Maria Antonietta Della Casa was General Superior, a statue of Mother Cabrini was erected. Here is the parchment attesting to this important event. On December 8, 1900, Mother Cabrini reminded the Sisters: “Oh! How beautiful is Mary Immaculate … Mary is the most tender mother of the Missionaries of the…
Read More« Oggi c’è una rabbia nuova. Mi sento investita di un ruolo»
Con Marcella è entrata nella Storia. Romana Maggiora Vergano, che interpreta la figlia di Paola Cortellesi nel bellissimo (e amatissimo) C’e ancora domani , viene premiata oggi per il Tff come giovane rivelazione per il Premio Virna Lisi, che viene invece assegnato a Greta Scarano. Assolutamente condivisibile la motivazione della giuria: «Con una performance di…
Read MoreSabotage at the Hospital
Five years after Columbus Hospital opened in Chicago Mother Cabrini planned an extension specifically designed for poor Italians. It was to be located on the densely packed West Side, close to Little Italy. A suitable property was purchased early in 1911. Opposition to Mother Cabrini’s Plan Chicago street scene, Little Italy The neighbors wanted nothing…
Read MoreSt. Frances Cabrini Provincial Assembly 2023
The Assembly of the Province of St. Frances Cabrini, which brought together sisters and lay people, took place from November 2 to 6 at the Sacred Heart of Jesus House in São Paulo, Brazil. It was a moment of grace, of planning missionary life, of reviewing our journey and seeking new paths. In the light…
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving Day
Intergenerational Fall Fun!We hear so much about intergenerational programs and the wonderful effect it has on both the young andthe elderly.Several of our high school students from Cabrini Immigrant Services (CIS) in Dobbs Ferry, NY, visited some of theresidents at St. Cabrini Nursing Home.The students loved speaking with the residents and helping them create colorful…
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