St. Francis Xavier Cabrini

American Catholic History

Noelle & Tom Crowe

History, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Education

5 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, born two months premature and the youngest of 13 in northern Italy, overcame the odds time and again. She and her sisters of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus made a huge difference for Italian immigrants in the U.S. and elsewhere. She personally founded 67 schools, hospitals, and orphanages in New York, Chicago, Denver, New Orleans, Seattle, and other cities in the U.S. and other countries. She had to overcome her own fragile health, plus the (initial) opposition of the Archbishop of New York, Michael Corrigan, plus a regular lack of funds and other resources. But through a deep faith in God’s providence, combined with her own tenacity and business savvy, she did amazing work.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to American Catholic History, brought to you by the support of listeners like you.
0:11.0	If you like this podcast and would like to support our work, please visit Americancatholichistory.org
0:17.5	slash support. I'm Noelle Heister Crowe. And I'm Tom Crow.
0:21.5	Today we're talking about the first American to be canonized Mother Francis Xavier Cabrini.
0:28.1	She was a tireless and tiny Italian nun who knew she wanted to be a missionary from an early age,
0:34.2	and throughout her life, in spite of great obstacles put in her way, she never doubted
0:39.0	that God would provide. And by the evidence, she was right. He did. Now, very frequently, he
0:46.1	provided only after it seemed all of the doors were closed to her success, but he provided.
0:52.0	Her experience can really be summed up in one line she wrote later in life.
0:57.0	We spend millions, though we haven't any money.
1:00.0	It was so true.
1:01.7	She was constantly begging and fundraising for money to purchase a building or maintain a school,
1:06.6	hospital, or orphanage.
1:08.4	Sometimes begging wasn't necessary as in a few instances when people who
1:12.1	heard her talk about her dreams and visions just donated things like buildings. But what she
1:18.1	accomplished compared to how little she had, well, it's just inspiring. And it's a bit embarrassing
1:24.3	to the rest of us. All right. So let's tell her story.
1:28.0	She was born Maria Francesca Cabrini on July 15, 1850.
1:33.1	Okay, hang on right there.
1:35.1	You know who else was born in 1850?
1:37.3	Sister Blandina Seagale.
1:39.7	But she was born in Genoa.
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