Who is Mother Cabrini?
Learn more about the Patron Saint of Immigrants.
She is the patron saint of immigrants. As an immigrant herself, Francesca Cabrini, made it her mission to aid the new arrivals. She is highly associated with the great influx of Italian immigrants coming to the United States in the late 1800s, but her hands touched every corner of the Earth.
Mother Cabrini tackled the hardship of immigration and getting established in a foreign country from several positions. Immigrants needed to learn the language and skills, so she built schools. Immigrants needed quality healthcare, so she built hospitals and clinics. Immigrant children who were either abandoned or orphaned needed care, so she built orphanages. Immigrants who were moved and received a calling to join her, so she built convents. She built communities for some of the most vulnerable people. She was, and still is, a savior. Her love for Jesus drove her to create the impact that continues to this day. She shared the love of the Sacred Heart to all who would listen.
Frances truly lived by the words of Matthew 25:35-40,
“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me. Then the righteous will answer him, saying ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you [as] a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one the least of my brothers, you did it to me.’”
