Friday, December 24 9:00 pm only (no noon Mass) Saturday, December 25 11:00 am The Shrine will close following Mass Sunday, December 26 9:30 & 11:00 am (English) and 3:00 pm (Spanish) Tuesday, December 28-Friday, December 31 noon Saturday, January 1 11:00 am The Shrine will close following Mass
Mother Cabrini’s missionary zeal is alive and well. The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart remain active serving the most needy in 17 countries, including in Uganda, South Sudan, and Nicaragua. The Shrine is blessed to have several younger Sisters join us each Sunday. Lately a couple of candidates have…
A blessed Feast day to all! Please join us today, November 13, or tomorrow the 14th for our celebration of the Feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. We will hold five Masses in four languages over two days. Saturday, November 13 Mass in English 9:30am Mass in Italian 12 noon…
One of the joys of 2021 at the Shrine has been the addition of a satellite office of Cabrini Immigrant Services of NYC. Cabrini Immigrant Services supports hundreds of immigrant families through immigration legal services, case management and counseling, food distribution, and community education. Throughout the year they make notes…
Mother Cabrini was fourteen when Margaret Mary Alacoque was beatified. The year was 1864. At the time, Francesca Cabrini was attending a school run by the Daughters of the Sacred Heart in the nearby town of Arluno. The beatification was undoubtedly cause for great rejoicing there. Following the example of…
We invite you to join us on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (Thursday, October 7) at 7pm for “In Praise of Mary,” a concert of harp, flute and voice by the amazing Ruth Cunningham. Ruth is a founding member of the noted early music group Anonymous 4….
For centuries, immigrants and migrants have provided the labor that drives New York City’s economy, the families that fill its neighborhoods, and the creativity that animates its culture. Join us at the Shrine for an illustrated lecture by Robert W. Snyder, Manhattan Borough Historian and professor emeritus at Rutgers University,…
Join us on six Tuesdays at 6:30pm to discuss In Weakness, Strength, a short but insightful overview of Mother Cabrini’s life and spirituality. Bring your questions, curiosity, and desire to learn about and from St. Frances Cabrini. The group begins on September 21. The book is $8.95 and available in…
Giuseppe Sarto began his papacy as Pius X on August 4, 1903. Like Francesca Cabrini, he was a native of Lombardy. We know he was acquainted with Mother Cabrini; in a letter from New York dated October 2, 1903 she wrote, “I will turn towards Europe to Rome where I…
Much has been written about Mother Cabrini’s care for children and the sick. Less well-known is that her compassion extended to caring for the souls of prisoners. “The sisters go regularly to the American prisons to visit the inmates and to teach Christian doctrine. They take special care to prepare…