SAINT FRANCES CABRINI
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini By Edward Matulanya Here are Background, early life, religious Life, works, canonization, and Legacy of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini. Early Life and Background of Saint Francesca Cabrini Francesca Cabrini was born on July 15, 1850, in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, near Milan, Italy (O'Malley, 2017). She was the youngest of thirteen children in a devout Catholic family. Despite limited formal education, Frances displayed strong organizational and spiritual maturity from a young age (Faggioli, 2013). Religious Life of Saint Francesca Cabrini In 1880, Frances Cabrini founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Codogno, Italy, with a focus on education and care for poor children (O'Malley, 2017). She took the religious name Frances Xavier Cabrini, honoring St. Francis Xavier. Works in the United States Francesca Cabrini At the invitation of Cardinal John Henry Newman, Cabrini and her order traveled to New York City in 1889 to serve Italian ...