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by bcadmin | Nov 11, 2022 | feast day, Featured, Mother Cabrini, News, Saints, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini | 0 |
A few years ago, the New York City public arts program decided to build more statues of women. When they held a poll to decide which statues to erect, Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini received the most votes. Nevertheless, they decided not to include her. Citizens spoke up, however, and on Columbus Day 2020 a permanent […]
by bcadmin | Feb 6, 2022 | Afghanistan, Catholic Charities, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, immigrants and refugees, Mother Cabrini, News, Volunteerism | 0 |
Their work transformed an unused former nursing home into Catholic Charities’ new Cabrini Center, which will offer temporary housing and resettlement services to Afghan refugees starting a new life in Fort Wayne.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 20, 2021 | Archdiocese of Chicago, Catholic missionaries, Catholic News Service, Chicago, Church in the US, Mass, Mother Cabrini, News, Poor church for the poor, Religious Sisters, Saints, St. Frances Cabrini, US bishops | 0 |
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Robert G. Casey in a Nov. 13 homily reflected on St. Frances Xavier Cabrini’s courage to carry out God’s will for her on earth, which often saw her crossing the Atlantic Ocean despite a fear of water.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 13, 2020 | Best of Week, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, miracles, Mother Cabrini, News, Saints, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini | 0 |
Somewhere in northern Italy, a frail little girl crouches by the side of a canal. She is dropping little boats made of paper in the swiftly flowing water, and nestled in each boat there is a violet. The girl imagines each violet is a missionary, and each boat is hurrying off towards India or China. […]
by bcadmin | Oct 13, 2020 | Andrew Cuomo, Battery Park City, Cabrini, children, Columbus Day, Featured, Immigrants, Mother Cabrini, Mother Cabrini Memorial Commission, New York Harbor, News, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Statue of Liberty, The poor, U.S. & World News | 0 |
A statue of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the patron of immigrants, now stands overlooking the New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 13, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Christopher Columbus, Church in the US, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Mother Cabrini, New York, News | 0 |
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo observed Columbus Day on Monday by dedicating a statue of the Italian-American saint known as Mother Cabrini in lower Manhattan.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 11, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Christopher Columbus, Church in the US, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Mother Cabrini, New York, News | 0 |
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will mark Columbus Day by dedicating a statue of the Italian-American saint known as Mother Cabrini in lower Manhattan.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 15, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Christopher Columbus, Church in the US, Colorado, Mother Cabrini, News, St. Frances Cabrini | 0 |
The Colorado Senate March 11 approved a measure to do away with the state’s observance of Columbus Day, a federal holiday, and instead create a day to honor St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the patron of immigrants.
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