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Highlights
- Frances Xavier Cabrini worked in Italy as a teacher and then the supervisor of an orphanage; she became a Roman Catholic nun in 1877.
- She founded an order of nuns, the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, in 1880.
- Though she had hoped to do missionary work in China, Mother Cabrini went to the United States in 1889, at the request of Pope Leo XIII, to aid Italian immigrants through charitable and religious work.
- In 1891, she took over the running of a small hospital in New York City, and in 1892, she established Columbus Hospital there.
- She subsequently directed the establishment of hospitals, schools, orphanages, and convents throughout the United States and in Latin America.
- She became a United States citizen in 1909.
- In 1946, she became the first U.S. citizen canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church; she is considered the patron saint of immigrants.
 Related Web Sites
- Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
- National Women's Hall of Fame: Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
- About Mother Cabrini and Her Mission
- Frances Xavier Cabrini
- Mother Cabrini
 Related Reading
Borden, Lucille Papin. Francesca Cabrini: Without Staff or Scrip. New York: Macmillan, 1945.
De Leeuw, Adele and Cateau. "The Greatest Gift: Francesca Cabrini," in Nurses Who Led the Way. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1961.
Farnum, Mabel Adelaide. The Life of Mother Cabrini, American Saint, a Story of Youth. New York: Didier, 1947.
Marinacci, Barbara. "A Saint Among the Immigrants: Francesca Xavier Cabrini," in They Came from Italy: The Stories of Famous Italian-Americans. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1967.
Maynard, Theodore. Too Small a World: The Life of Francesca Cabrini. Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing, 1945.
Montgomery, Mary Ann. Mother Cabrini's Dream: A Story About Mother Frances Cabrini. New York: HarperCollins, 1979. [Available at Amazon.com]Sullivan, Mary. Mother Cabrini: Italian Immigrant of the Century. Center for Migration Studies, 1992. [Available at Amazon.com]
Cover illustration by Chris Pelicano, from Mother Cabrini: Missionary to the World, copyright © 1997, Ignatius Press.
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Mother Cabrini: Patron of Immigrants
