How You Can Help **THIS EVENT HAS ENDED ** The Shrine is currently accepting new and clean, gently-used winter clothing to distribute to bused-in asylum seekers. We accept the following items for men, women, and children: Winter coats Hoodies and sweatshirts Sweatpants (especially sizes S and M) Hats, gloves, scarves…
Mother Cabrini’s Relationship with Mary Mother Cabrini’s profound, tender relationship with the Virgin Mary permeates the letters she wrote. She considered Our Lady of Grace the foundress of the order and frequently encouraged the Missionary Sisters to imitate her. “She is lovable, love her,” she urged, “She is sublime and…
Mother Cabrini’s Death Mother Cabrini died in Chicago on December 22, 1917. She died peacefully, and according to one of her earliest biographers, Mother Saverio de Maria, MSC, her “post-mortem face reassumed almost immediately its natural color, and it remained so for the 12 days she lay in state.” The…
You’re invited to join the Shrine’s Executive Director, Julia Attaway, any day from December 27-30 at 10:30am for a special talk about the life and spirituality of St. Frances Cabrini. We guarantee you’ll learn things you didn’t know! Each talk will last about an hour. You’ll have time before or…
Save the Date: Saturday, January 7 at 4pm The Early Music group RenChorNY presents a rare Christmas program by Heinrich Finck (c. 1500) on the date the feast took place under the Julian calendar. The excellent acoustics of St. Frances Cabrini Shrine are a perfect fit for this a capella…
Mother Cabrini’s deep relationship with Jesus can help guide us to richer spiritual growth this Advent. These quotes are taken from her retreat notes. Let us pray with her as we begin to prepare for Christ’s birth. Advent calls us to remove the hard edges in our hearts that prevent…
Mother Cabrini’s Feast Day The Feast of St. Frances Cabrini, patron saint of immigrants, falls on November 13. This year we will celebrate with five Masses over two days: Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 13. Individual veneration of a first-class relic of Mother Cabrini will be available following each…
Mark your calendars for a series of four terrific concerts this October to benefit organizations working directly with newly-bused in asylum seekers. The lineup includes: Venezuelan Classical Saturday, October 8 at 7:30pm Featuring Venezuelan soprano Maria Brea, with Manuel Laufer, piano and Francesca Khalifa, piano Latin Jazz Saturday, October 15…
Mother Cabrini’s Letters Mother Cabrini was a prolific letter writer. Each year she wrote hundreds of letters to prelates, to her Missionary Sisters, and for business transactions. Much of her day was spent in correspondence. One of the great joys of reading the saint’s letters is that we get a…
“Free yourselves and put on wings…” ~ St. Frances Xavier Cabrini St. Frances Cabrini and the Doves On the morning of July 15, 1850 a flock of white doves descended upon the yard of Agostino Cabrini. The frugal Italian farmer quickly shooed them away from his newly-harvested wheat. As he…