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Oct 6, 2020 · Updated:7:40 PM MDT October 5, 2020. COLORADO, USA — Colorado observed its first Cabrini Day Monday, making it the first state holiday that honors a woman. Signed by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis ...
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Frances Xavier Cabrini MSC (Italian: Francesca Saverio Cabrini; July 15, 1850 – December 22, 1917), also known as Mother Cabrini, was an Italian-American Catholic religious sister. She founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus , a religious institute that was a major support to her fellow Italian immigrants to the United States.
- November 13 (US, 1961 to date), December 22 (elsewhere)
- July 7, 1946 by Pope Pius XII
- November 13, 1938, by Pope Pius XI
Oct 3, 2020 · Frances Xavier Cabrini, an Italian-American immigrant, arrived in Colorado in 1902. She founded the Mount Carmel convent and grade school before also opening the Queen of Heaven Orphanage in Denver .
On March 10, 2020 the Colorado Legislature passed Frances Xavier Cabrini House Bill 20-1031. On Friday March 20, 2020 Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed HB 1031 into law, establishing Frances Xavier Cabrini Day as a Colorado State Holiday. The first paid state holiday in the nation that recognizes a woman, Cabrini Day will be observed in ...
Oct 5, 2020 · Colorado honors the legacy of Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American saint and the namesake of Cabrini University, with a paid state holiday on the first Monday of October. Learn how Mother Cabrini, a missionary and humanitarian, influenced Colorado and the world with her service, entrepreneurship, and cultural integration.
Oct 2, 2023 · In honor of the life of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the Colorado state legislature created the state holiday in 2020, the first one celebrating a woman.
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Frances Xavier Cabrini Day will be observed on the first Monday in October beginning this year. The new, legal holiday was created to replace Columbus Day (second Monday in October). House Bill 20-1031 created the new holiday and was passed by the legislature on March 10, 2020 and signed into law by Governor Polis on March 20, 2020.
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