#FeastDay
God our Father, you called Frances Xavier Cabrini from Italy
to serve the immigrants of America.
By her example teach us concern for the stranger, the sick, and the frustrated.
By her prayers help us to see Christ in all the men and women we meet...⬇️
God our Father, you called Frances Xavier Cabrini from Italy
to serve the immigrants of America.
By her example teach us concern for the stranger, the sick, and the frustrated.
By her prayers help us to see Christ in all the men and women we meet...⬇️
⬆️...Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.⬇️
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.⬇️
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850 - 1917)
(from Universalis)
She was born in Lombardy, the youngest of thirteen children. Because of her frail health she was refused admission to two convents. She devoted herself to teaching,...⬇️
(from Universalis)
She was born in Lombardy, the youngest of thirteen children. Because of her frail health she was refused admission to two convents. She devoted herself to teaching,...⬇️
⬆️ ...and founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, whose aim is to spread devotion to the Heart of Jesus by spiritual and corporal works of mercy, running homes for the old and the sick, orphanages, and schools...⬇️
⬆️...In 1889 the Pope sent her to New York, where she founded an orphanage. In all she founded 67 institutions across the United States, South America and Europe. She died of malaria at Chicago in 1917.
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