St Frances Xavier Cabrini
November 13: Feast of St Frances Xavier Cabrini First US citizen to become a saint St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was born Maria Francesca Cabrini on July 15, 1850 in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, Italy. Her father would often gather his children in the kitchen to hear him read from “Annals of the Propagation of the Faith”, a book on the lives of the saints. Even as a child, Frances was endeared to the stories of missionaries working in the Orient and desired to become one herself, which in her day was a man’s role. Her life story is how she allowed God to accomplish remarkable achievements in and through her - a most unlikely sickly girl. Her immense love of God empowered her to reach out to the poor, the needy and the immigrants. Mother Cabrini Xavier After she finished her education, Frances helped teach catechism to young children. She applied to the Daughters of the Sacred Heart for admission, but they turned her down twice because of her ill health. The town priest o