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Frances Xavier Cabrini MSC (Italian: Francesca Cabrini (birth name), July 15, 1850 – December 22, 1917), also known as Mother Cabrini, was a prominent Italian-American religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church. She was the first American to be recognized by the Vatican as a saint.
In 1889, at the suggestion of Pope Leo XIII, the sisters came to New York, and opened convents in the archdioceses of Chicago, Denver, Newark, Seattle, and Los Angeles and the dioceses of Brooklyn and Scranton. [3] In 1892 they established Columbus Hospital in New York City, [4] which later became Cabrini Medical Center and operated until 2008.
The academy was located in Burbank, California, and served the Catholic population of the San Fernando Valley. [2] It was sponsored by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, founded by Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first citizen of the United States to be declared a saint by the Catholic Church. [3] The school closed in June 1970.
The way of life of the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles is rooted in the Gospel, the Church, and the spirituality of Carmel as lived out through the charism of their foundress, Venerable Mother Maria Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Their mission statement is three-fold: "Educating for Life with the Mind and ...
The federation of Sisters of Charity includes: Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (France; two provinces in U.S.: the Province of St. Louise, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Province of the West, headquartered in Los Altos, California.) [ 3 ]
It tells the story of Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, a Catholic religious sister who arrives in 1889 to serve the desperately poor Italian-American community in Five Points, New York.
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8 February 2000 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California, United States Founder, Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart Los Angeles [105] [106] Heroic Virtues Introduction of Cause: 19 April 2016 Gertrude Agnes Barber: 16 September 1911 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States 29 April 2000 in Beckley, West Virginia, United States