December 22
On this day the Catholic Church remembers
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

religious, patroness of immigrants · 1850 – 1917
I can do all things in him who strengthens me.
— Phil 4:13

An Italian nun who was afraid of water, yet crossed the ocean 24 times. The pope sent her to the Italian immigrants in America, where she founded 67 schools, orphanages and hospitals. She became the first American citizen to be canonised. Fear is no obstacle to a mission.

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