St frances xavier cabrini biography
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Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
Image: Statue of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini in the portico of the sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary in Pompei | photo by Dario Crespi
Saint of the Day for November 13
(July 15, 1850 – December 22, 1917)
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini’s Story
Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first United States citizen to be canonized. Her deep trust in the loving care of her God gave her the strength to be a valiant woman doing the work of Christ.
Refused admission to the religious order which had educated her to be a teacher, she began charitable work at the House of Providence Orphanage in Cadogno, Italy. In September 1877, she made her vows there and took the religious habit.
When the bishop closed the orphanage in 1880, he named Frances prioress of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. Seven young women from the orphanage joined her.
Since her early childhood in Italy, Frances had wanted to be a missionary in China but, at
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Frances Xavier Cabrini
Italian-American Catholic religious sister and saint
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini MSC | |
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| Born | Maria Francesca Cabrini (1850-07-15)July 15, 1850 Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire |
| Died | December 22, 1917(1917-12-22) (aged 67) Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Resting place | St. Frances Xavier Cabrini helgedom, Upper Manhattan, New York, United States |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | November 13, 1938 by Pope Pius XI |
| Canonized | July 7, 1946 by Pope Pius XII |
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| Patronage | Immigrants |
Frances Xavier CabriniMSC (Italian: Francesca Saverio Cabrini; born Maria Francesca Cabrini; July 15, 1850 – månad 22, 1917), also known as Mother Cabrini, was a prominent Italian-American religious sister in the långnovell Catholic Church. She was the first American to be recognized by the Vatican as a
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Mother Cabrini
Who is Frances Cabrini?
The youngest of thirteen children, Frances Cabrini was born on July 15, 1850 in a small village called S’ant Angelo Lodigiano near the city of Milan, Italy. She grew up enthralled by the stories of missionaries and made up her mind to join a religious order. Because of her frail health, she was not permitted to join the Daughters of the Sacred Heart who had been her teachers and under whose guidance she obtained her teaching certificate.
However, in 1880, with seven young women, Frances founded the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She was as resourceful as she was prayerful, finding people who would donate what she needed in money, time, labor and support. She and her sisters wanted to be missionaries in China; she visited Rome to obtain an audience with Pope Leo XIII. The Pope told Frances to go “not to the East, but to the West” to New York rather than to China as she had expected. She was to help the tho