#st. frances xavier cabrini

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'Mother Cabrini is one of those saints whose extraordinary feats can only be attributed to something miraculous, to something beyond any human being's most noble of intentions or earnest efforts. Seriously, how can a small, sickly person—who was told by her doctors that she wouldn't live past her thirties (she died at 67)— found over 67 hospitals across North and South America with no regular source of income? People like her make me wonder how secular humanists chock up such supernatural acts of charity to mere "benevolence" […]

All that being said, I must admit to how painful it was to watch Angel Studios' rendering of her story. The film smacked of all of my worst pet peeves: blatant and simplistic moralizing, kitschy sentimental piety, and a flimsy commitment to artistic integrity. It managed to take the story of an Italian Catholic and pass it through the food processor of the American Protestant imagination...so as to make it easier to digest for American audiences, I suppose [...]

My main purpose of pushing Paglia and Wilde's line of thought is to emphasize that art should not "spoon feed" the right moral conclusions to viewers. Rather, it should provoke us to contemplate the nature of humanity, morality, and God...and to arrive at the answers ourselves—trusting in our intelligence and good will rather than spoon-feeding us like dumb children. Conveying a "good" moral message does not make up for making a crappy piece of art. It especially pisses me off when Christians do this. Good Christian art should not be preachy. A good piece of Christian art should bank on its inherent beauty to provoke viewers to pursue the Good, rather than telling them what is Good.'

— Stephen G. Adubato: "'Cabrini,' 'American Fiction,' & the American aversion to subtlety"

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prayers to st. frances cabrini for the protection of all immigrants and asylum seekers in the US rn

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SAINT OF THE DAY (November 13)

On November 13, the universal Church honors St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, an Italian missionary who spent much of her life working with Italian immigrants in the United States.

Mother Cabrini, who had a deathly fear of water and drowning, crossed the Atlantic Ocean more than 30 times in service of the Church and the people she was serving.

She was born Maria Francesca Cabrini on 15 July 1850 in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, in the Lombard Province of Lodi, then part of the Austrian Empire.

She was the youngest of the thirteen children of farmers Agostino Cabrini and Stella Oldini. Only four of the thirteen survived beyond adolescence.

From a young age, she longed to be a missionary in China, but God had other plans for her.

Orphaned in Italy before she was 18, she joined the Sisters of the Sacred Heart and took on the name “Xavier” in honor of St. Francis Xavier, the great missionary to the Orient.

At the advice of Pope Leo XIII, who told her “Not to the East, but to the West,” she focused her missionary efforts on the United States.

Accepting Archbishop Corrigan of New York's invitation, she came to America and spent nearly 30 years traveling back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean, as well as around the United States, setting up orphanages, hospitals, convents, and schools for the often marginalized Italian immigrants.

Eventually, St. Frances became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

She died on 22 December 1917.

She was beatified by Pope Pius XI on 13 November 1938. She was canonized by Pope Pius XII on 7 July 1946, just before a new wave of immigrants began to arrive in the U.S.

St. Frances Cabrini is the patron of immigrants.

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"𝘉𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦..."

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All & Everyone, Everyone & All, meet Francesca Saverio Cabrini, my new human hero.

She accomplished so much in her lifetime, and I strive to do as much good in the world as she did.

Recently, Angel Studios made an entire film about her, and I think showing it in theatres during March was very intentional. I cried while watching it, which doesn't happen with a lot of films. It was fabulous, and I highly recommend you see it.

Cabrini was an Italian nun who lived in a time when Italian immigrants were hated by the people already living in America.

As a teen, when she first wanted to become a nun, she was denied several times by different places because she had a weak constitution due to a near-death experience she had as a child, when she almost drowned.

Denied her request to start and lead a mission in China, she was allowed to go to New York, to start an orphanage there.

Once there, in a town called Five Points, she found that even the rats had it better than the children in the streets, most of which were Italian immigrants. She started the orphanage with what little she had, but it became quickly apparent that there wasn't nearly enough room.

Despite great odds, she founded several orphanages, and eventually even fought to establish a hospital, hiring mostly Italians, with the aim to provide the highest services, to both the American socialite and Italian immigrant, and run entirely by women.

She went on to found many hospitals of the same nature, all over the world, even deep in China where she had originally longed to serve.

She had to fight every moment of her life to be allowed to do good, simply because faithless men did not believe what she proposed was even possible, much less worth it.

She was not always alone, though. She made genuine friends along the way, and it's important to know that she embarked on the journey with fellow Sisters by her side. She did not try to do things alone. She relied on their support many times, as any wise, good leader ought.

Remember her name, and her example, and teach all those you know about this incredible person who deserves far more recognition.

To learn more about her, I highly recommend you watch the film, and you can also read her Wikipedia article:

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Modern Bracket Round 1

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Patron saints for US election aftermath

Below are some saints I humbly recommend to pray to as the United States faces this new and challenging era after the results of our recent election. Those that use prayer for intercession may find comfort in learning more about the saints below, and building a communication with them.

Social justice — St. Martín de Porres Poverty — St. Francis of Assisi Women — St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Immigrants — St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Racial justice — St. Katharine Drexel Ecology and environment — St. Kateri Tekakwitha (the first Indigenous American saint) Education/teachers — St. John Baptist de La Salle

If you'd like, I have included some notes and extras below —

Please if you can, take some time to learn about St. Martín de Porres! His soul is beautiful and his work was absolutely selfless as he cared for others in the face of social abuse and adversity. He really is someone to aspire to be like.

I nominate St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in this particular instance as it's difficult to pin down a definitive patron saint of women (all of my cross-references didn't produce a strong label on any one saint; many were for mothers or some other aspect attributed to womanhood, so there are many options). But St. Elizabeth was the first American-born citizen to be canonized as a saint, and in her life she started a Catholic school for girls. She is most known for founding of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph’s, the first religious order in America who contributed significant humanitarian work. In the wake of the US election results, I think she is an apt choice for connecting with for intercession.

I'm a biased St. Joan D'Arc follower, but hear me out. She was the crux of saving her home country from the very literal brink of being lost to Britain in a war that spanned a century. She rallied the last skeleton crew of the remaining French monarchal power that had all but been defeated already, and helped to take their name and land back from the English. I will be continuing to pray to her regularly to help find ways to fight for our freedom and remain courageous. I encourage others to do the same if you pray to her, or would like to start.

While I wish I had a suggestion for a saint to pray to for the LGBTQIA+ community, as they are adopted through history (St. Sebastian) or are not strictly official. But there are some interesting perspectives to find online, I just couldn't find a saint I could comfortably name with my whole chest for this particular group. I was intrigued by some responses on this Quora thread on the matter in question.

As always, these are only suggestions based on my imperfect research, as I am still newly navigating my reclaimed faith. If you have other patrons to recommend, please add them in a reblog so that others may learn about them.

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Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini

1850 - 1917

Feast day: November 13 (New), December 22 (Trad)

Patronage: immigrants, hospital administrators

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, M.S.C., also called Mother Cabrini, was an Italian Religious Sister, who founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic religious institute which was a major support to the Italian immigrants to the United States. She was the first citizen of the United States to be canonized by the Catholic Church.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

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THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI The Patron of Immigrants Feast Day: November 13

Before she became the patron of immigrants, she was born Maria Francesca Cabrini on July 15, 1850, in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, in the Lombard Province of Lodi, then part of the Austrian Empire. She was the youngest of the thirteen children of farmers Agostino Cabrini and Stella Oldini. Only four of the thirteen survived beyond adolescence.

Born two months early, Maria was small and weak as a child and remained in delicate health throughout her life. During her childhood, she visited an uncle, Don Luigi Oldini of Livagra, a priest who lived beside a swift canal. While there, she made little boats of paper, dropped violets in them, called the flowers 'missionaries', and launched them to sail off to India and China. Francesca attended a school run by the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at thirteen, then she graduated cum laude with a teaching degree five years later.

After her parents died in 1870, she applied for admission to the Daughters of the Sacred Heart at Arluno. These sisters were her former teachers, but reluctantly, they told her she was too frail for their life.

Cabrini took religious vows in 1877 and added Xavier (Saverio) to her name to honor the Jesuit saint, St. Francis Xavier, the patron saint of missionary service. She had planned, like Francis Xavier, to be a missionary in the Far East.

In November 1880, Cabrini and seven other women who had taken religious vows with her founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The sisters took in orphans and foundlings, opened a day school to help pay expenses, started classes in needlework and sold their fine embroidery to earn a little more money. The institute established seven homes and a free school and nursery in its first five years. Its good works brought Cabrini to the attention of Giovanni Scalabrini, Bishop of Piacenza, and of Pope Leo XIII.

In September 1887, Cabrini went to seek the pope's approval to establish missions in China. Instead, he urged that she go to the United States to help the Italian immigrants who were flooding to that nation, mostly in great poverty. 'Not to the East, but to the West' was his advice.

Along with six other sisters, Cabrini left for the United States, arriving in New York City on March 31, 1889. While in New York, she encountered disappointment and difficulties. Michael Corrigan, the third archbishop of New York, who was not immediately supportive, found them housing at the convent of the Sisters of Charity. She obtained the archbishop's permission to found the Sacred Heart Orphan Asylum in rural West Park, New York, later renamed Saint Cabrini Home. She organized catechism and education classes for the Italian immigrants and provided for many orphans' needs. She established schools and orphanages despite tremendous odds. She was as resourceful as she was prayerful, finding people who would donate what she needed in money, time, labor, and support. Cabrini was naturalized as a United States citizen in 1909.

While preparing Christmas candy for local children, Cabrini died on December 22, 1917 at the age of 67 due to malaria in Columbus Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Her body was initially interred at what became Saint Cabrini Home, the orphanage she founded in West Park, Ulster County, New York. She was beatified on November 13, 1938, by Pope Pius XI, and canonized on July 7, 1946, by Pope Pius XII, a year after World War II ended. In 1950, Pope Pius XII named Frances Xavier Cabrini as the patron saint of immigrants, recognizing her efforts on their behalf across the Americas in schools, orphanages, hospitals, and prisons.

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St Frances Xavier Cabrini

Mother Cabrini was born on July 15, 1850 in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Italy. Being enthralled by missionaries and their work she made up her mind to join a religious order. Because of her frail health Mother Cabrini was not able to join the Daughters of the Sacred Heart who had been her teachers and under whom she obtained a teaching certificate. However, in 1880 she along with seven young women founded  the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She was resourceful managing to find people to donate their time, labor, and money to cover the needs of her order and its charitable acts. Mother Cabrini and her fellow sisters wanted to go to China as Missionaries but in an audience with Pope Leo XIII she was told "Not to go East but to go West." Mother Cabrini was to go to New York. She and several sisters emigrated to the United States leaving Italy on March 23, 1889 and arriving in New York City on March 31st. Mother Cabrini was to serve the Italian immigrants in New York where she was met with poverty and chaos. Despite tremendous odds Mother Cabrini and her sisters provided for the many needs of the Italian immigrants establishing schools and orphanages. Mother Cabrini arrived in Seattle (my home town) on 1903 exclaiming upon her arrival in the Northwest, "Here we are, not far from the North Pole." While in Seattle she worshipped at St. James Cathedral and she founded Cabrini Medical Tower only but a block away from the cathedral. Mother Cabrini would go on to found hospitals and schools throughout the world. Mother Cabrini died on December 22, 1917, in Chicago. Before her death Mother Cabrini became a United States citizen. In 1946, she became the first American citizen to be canonized. She was elevated to sainthood by Pope Pius XII.

Saint Mother Cabrini is the patron saint of immigrants. Her feast day is November 13.

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Christmas Novenas, Notre-Dame de Chartres / Our Lady of Chartres / The Chartres Pilgrimage) (1935), St Frances Xavier Cabrini and the Saints for 22 December

Christmas Novena to the Divine Infant JesusBy St Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1696-1787)THE SEVENTH DAY:https://anastpaul.com/2022/12/22/christmas-novena-to-the-divine-infant-jesus-by-st-alphonsus-day-seven-22-december/ The Monthly Novena to theMiraculous Infant Jesus of PragueThe Seventh Day Notre-Dame de Chartres / Our Lady of Chartres, (Pèlerinage de Chartres / The Chartres Pilgrimage) Mother…

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I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know him or have forgotten him.

-St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

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SAINTS DECEMBER 22

St. Chaeromon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Nilopolis, in Egypt. When the persecution was instituted by Emperor Trajanus Decius, Chaeromon Was quite elderly. He and several companions fled into the Arabian desert and were never seen again. The bishop and his companions are listed as martyrs. Feastday Dec. 22

ST. FRANCESCA SAVERIO CABRINI, VIRGIN, FOUNDRESS OF THE MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS. Pope Francis has described St Frances Xavier Cabrini as a woman who understood that the modern world would be marked by people fleeing their homes in search of peace, and that these were the people she wished to take care of. The Church remembers her on December 22nd as the patron saint of migrants. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/12/22/st--francesca-saverio-cabrini--virgin--foundress-of-the--mission.html

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SAINT OF THE DAY (November 13)

On November 13, the universal Church honors St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, an Italian missionary who spent much of her life working with Italian immigrants in the United States.

Mother Cabrini, who had a deathly fear of water and drowning, crossed the Atlantic Ocean more than 30 times in service of the Church and the people she was serving.

Frances Cabrini, from a young age, longed to be a missionary in China, but God had other plans for her.

Orphaned in Italy before she was 18, she joined the Sisters of the Sacred Heart and took on the name “Xavier” in honor of St. Francis Xavier, the great missionary to the Orient.

At the advice of Pope Leo XIII, who told her “Not to the East, but to the West,” she focused her missionary efforts on the United States.

Accepting Archbishop Corrigan of New York's invitation, she came to America and spent nearly 30 years traveling back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean as well as around the United States setting up orphanages, hospitals, convents, and schools for the often marginalized Italian immigrants.

Eventually, Frances became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

She died from chronic endocarditis at age 67 in Columbus Hospital in Chicago on 22 December 1917.

She was beatified by Pope Pius XI on 13 November 1938. She was canonized by Pope Pius XII on 7 July 1946, just before a new wave of immigrants began to arrive in the U.S.

St. Frances Cabrini, the Universal Patron of Immigrants in the Catholic Church, was known for her love of God and her service to His people.

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St. Frances Cabrini

St. Frances Cabrini Feast date: Nov 13 On November 13, the universal Church honors St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, an Italian missionary who spent much of her life working with Italian immigrants in the United States. Mother Cabrini, who had a deathly fear of water and drowning, crossed the Atlantic Ocean more than 30 times in service of the Church and the people she was serving. St. Frances…

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