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…
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This afternoon at 5:30 pm at Residenza San Raffaele in San Raffaele Cimena there will be a presentation of the book “Erano arrivate da terre lontane” followed by an aperitif.To learn a little about the history of the former convent in San Raffaele Cimena read here: For almost a century, the Congregation of the Missionary…
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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…
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“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…
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Un Master online in Global Health, Salute Globale, unico in Italia e tra i pochissimi nel mondo. Un piccolo gioiello italiano all’Università di Milano (UniMi) organizzato dal MACH, Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science che, ormai al quarto anno e con 50 studenti d i tante nazionalità già avviati nel mondo del lavoro, riapre…
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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…
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“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…
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Cabrini Center Opening Celebration Day
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The Sisters of Charity of Maria Bambina is an institute founded in Lovere, Italy in 1832. The Institute is present today in many parts of the world and, through works of mercy, responds to the many needs of the people of our times. One of their apostolic services, in solidarity and charity, is the care…
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An elderly woman came into the Shrine last Sunday having traveled here – alone – by mass transit from New Jersey. We see her fairly regularly. She is so frail it is hard to believe she can walk across the parking lot. But the woman took a bus, a train, climbed the steps from the…
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Vocation Fair On August 19 and 20, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of the Province of St. Frances Cabrini were present at one of the largest Catholic vocation events in Brazil. The Vocation Fair 2023, held at the Mother of God Shrine (Father Marcelo Rossi), featured stands from various congregations and brought…
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