St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Patron of immigrants
Died: 1917
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin (Feast day November 13) St. Frances was born in Lombardi, Italy in 1850, one of thirteen children. At eighteen, she desired to become a Nun, but poor health stood in her way. She helped her parents until their death, and then worked on a farm with her brothers and sisters.
One day a priest asked her to teach in a girls' school and she stayed for six years. At the request of her Bishop, she founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart to care for poor children in schools and hospitals. Then at the urging of Pope Leo XIII she came to the United States with six nuns in 1889 to work among the Italian immigrants.
Filled with a deep trust in God and endowed with a wonderful administrative ability, this remarkable woman soon founded schools, hospitals, and orphanages in this strange land and saw them flourish in the aid of Italian immigrants and children. At the time of her death, at Chicago, Illinois on December 22, 1917, her institute numbered houses in England, France, Spain, the United States, and South America. In 1946, she became the first American citizen to be canonized when she was elevated to sainthood by Pope Pius XII. St. Frances is the patroness of immigrants.
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I have a piece of cloth from one of my great-grandmothers that was worn by St Frances Xavieer Cabrini. I have traces from my family living in Chicago as far back as 1843 - I wonder if one of them had direct contact with her. I'm going to pray to her while I hold this small piece of cloth in my hand - perhaps she will bring me what it is I need.
I love u saint FRACES XAVIER CABRINI PLS PRAY FOR ME AND MY MARRIAGE
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Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, Please continue to intercede for us.
My 1st time to read abt the life of st Frances cabrini...dis is the day that the Lord has made.we will rejoice and be glad in it..i have other saints too, i ask to intercede 4 me but now i'm blessed to ask her guidance and spirit for i have children working in other countries. Patroness of immigrants i fervently ask your help.amen.
There is a Sister Cabrini (CSB) in San Antonio, Texas who is an absolutely wonerful woman. She has dedicated her life, now 83 years old, to teaching children. She taught me the rosary, the commandments, and how to believe in God, The Father Almighty-as a child believes. She has been an inspiration to me for over half a century, and STILL exudes her knowledge and faith in the most casual of conversation. I now know how she got her name. God Bless you Sister Cabrini, and Saint Cabrini.
Great Dear Staint frances xavier cabrini
I love this site because of all the wonderfull storys of so much good
please pray for me and my family
Amen
13th nov 2012:st frances xavier cabrini;
Dear St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, I dedicate my pilgrimmage, visit and tour of Manila and Cebu. Take care of us. Give me the grace to be close to the Sacred Heart of Jesus all the days of my life and especially at the hour of my death. Dear Saint come to the aid of all ailing children. Give them healing and respite. Amen.
I am blessed to live in the city of Chicago and worship within the restored Shrine of Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini. Through her wonderous intercession and dedication to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, our prayers have been answered. I Thank You Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini and dedicate my heart to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. May God Bless everyone that turns to you in prayer, in Jesus name I graciously pray. Amen.
Mother Cabrini I humbly request your intercession in my prayer for my fiance who is Brazilian. She had to return to Brazil because her visa had expired and now there are many legal complications keeping her from returning to the USA which she wants badly to do. Please help her and all hard working, honorable immigrants who only wish for a better life and please help us and all families torn apart by this devisive issue which both sides of our government neglect to address and solve. Amen!
Mother Cabrini, I humbly implore your holy and powerful intercession in my needs in USA. I hold my green card since 2005 thanks to GOD, I implore your help to earn my citizenship . Intercede for me and for all the poors and needy , together with the Immaculate Conception our mother in the name of Jesus-Christ our Lord. Amen !
This gave me a green light as to who the saint was.I thought that she was a male saint like saint Francis of Assisi,but to my surprise I was so amaized to find out that she was she and no he.Thanks to Catholic online free information on saints and their lives.Long live Catholic Online,long live for ages.
It was very good to learn
What a joy to be able to know better saint Frances-Xavier Cabrini : when I was considerably younger I was under the influence of her holiness although not very much in contact with the knowledge of her life and of the devotion towards this saint . But now I can make up for all that !
Just as an addition, left out of her biography...There is a very nice Mother Cabrini shrine just west of Denver Colorado, USA near the town of Golden. For anyone visiting this area that is inspired by her, it would be a very worthwhile visit.
For more information and directions, please visit the shrine's website at: http://www.mothercabrinishrine.org/
I'm doing her for my CC project!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! she is amazing
St. Francis X Cabrini....I thank you for listening to me and helping me through troubling times.
she is an awesome saint!
Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, Please pray for us and our children to grow in faith and humility. Thank you!
Does anybody know why she is a the patroness of immigrants. Would be really helpful :)