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A Brief Timeline of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini’s Life and Work. July 15, 1850: Francesca Cabrini is born in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, Italy (about 20 miles from Milan). She is the 13th child of her family. Just before her birth, a flock of white doves fly over her family’s home. 1880: Mother Cabrini founded the Missionary Sisters of the ...
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St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was beatified on November 13, 1938, by Pope Pius XI and canonized by Pope Pius XII on July 7, 1946, making her the first United States citizen to be canonized. Her feast day is celebrated on November 13 and she is the patron saint of immigrants.
They can be found on six continents and 15 countries throughout the world – wherever there is a need. Learn more about Frances Cabrini and the history of the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 610 King of Prussia Road, Radnor, PA 19087. Phone: 610-902-1039.
Hundreds of devout Catholics from the United States were in attendance, as well as the highest dignitaries of the Church and lay noblemen. Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American to be canonized, lies buried under the altar of the chapel of Mother Cabrini High School in New York City.
On July 7, 1946, as the scorching summer heat in Rome caused the candles in St. Peter’s to melt, Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized a saint. Mother Cabrini crossed the Atlantic Ocean 24 times. Her travels brought her to Colón, Panama; Puntarenas, Costa Rica; Mendoza, Argentina; Callao, Peru; Coquimbo, Chile; Barcelona, Spain; Liverpool ...
She made 24 trans-Atlantic crossings and established 67 institutions: schools, hospitals, and orphanages. On December 22, 1917, in Chicago, she died. In 1946, she was canonized a saint by PopePius XII in recognition of her holiness and service to mankind.
The story of our Foundress, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, is the story not only of every missionary, but of every Christian. It is not what she accomplished, or how far she traveled that made her a great missionary saint. It was how she allowed God to accomplish remarkable achievements in and through her.
