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SUMMARY:Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
DESCRIPTION: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\nSaint Frances Xavier Cabrini\nSaint of the Day for November 13\n(July 15\, 1850 – December 22\, 1917)\nClick to hear audio clip ► \nSaint Frances Xavier Cabrini’s Story\nFrances 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. \nRefused 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. \nWhen 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. \nSince her early childhood in Italy\, Frances had wanted to be a missionary in China but\, at the urging of Pope Leo XIII\, Frances went west instead of east. She traveled with six sisters to New York City to work with the thousands of Italian immigrants living there. \nShe found disappointment and difficulties with every step. When she arrived in New York\, the house intended to be her first orphanage in the United States was not available. The archbishop advised her to return to Italy. But Frances\, truly a valiant woman\, departed from the archbishop’s residence all the more determined to establish that orphanage. And she did. \nIn 35 years\, Frances Xavier Cabrini founded 67 institutions dedicated to caring for the poor\, the abandoned\, the uneducated and the sick. Seeing great need among Italian immigrants who were losing their faith\, she organized schools and adult education classes. \nAs a child\, she was always frightened of water\, unable to overcome her fear of drowning. Yet\, despite this fear\, she traveled across the Atlantic Ocean more than 30 times. She died of malaria in her own Columbus Hospital in Chicago. \n\nReflection\nThe compassion and dedication of Mother Cabrini is still seen in hundreds of thousands of her fellow citizens who care for the sick in hospitals\, nursing homes\, and state institutions. We complain of increased medical costs in an affluent society\, but the daily news shows us millions who have little or no medical care\, and who are calling for new Mother Cabrinis to become citizen-servants of their land. \n\nSaint Frances Xavier Cabrini is the Patron Saint of:\nHospital Administrators\nImmigrants\nImpossible Causes\nIndia
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-frances-xavier-cabrini/2017-11-13/
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