Description
The Frances Xavier Cabrini Medal is a medal awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of immigration and/or hospital administration. Cabrini was a young nun who desired to become a missionary, but her poor health prevented her from fulfilling this dream. After her death, Pope Leo XII urged her followers to establish schools and hospitals for the Italian immigrants living in the United States. Cabrini's work continues to this day, with institutions in the United States, England, France, Spain, and South America. She was canonized in 1946, making her the first American citizen to be so honored. Her feast day is November 13th.
Frances Xavier Cabrini medal - Patron saint of Immigrants & Hospital administrators
2.5cm x 1.5cm
priced per one
The Patron Saint of Immigrants. At eighteen years old she aspired to be a nun but poor health stood in her way, because of this she stayed home and helped around her parents house until they passed away. One day a priest asked St. Frances to teach in a girls school she stayed for 6 years. When her Bishop requested she founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, who cared for poor children in schools and hospitals. In 1889 she was urged by Pope Leo XII to come to the United States to work with the Italian Immigrants. She founded schools, hospitals, and orphanages in the U.S. At the time of her Death in 1917 she help found institutions in England, France, Spain, the United States, and South America. In 1946 she became the first American Citizen to be canonized. Feast Day Nov. 13th
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