Today, we celebrate the feast day of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. Mother Cabrini was the founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In 1889, Pope Leo XIII sent her and her religious sisters to New York City to attend to the many Italian immigrants suffering from poverty.
Her dedication to educating the children in her care is what inspired us to name her as the patron of the Maine Catholic Education Initiative. You can read about her on our website here: https://mainecatholiceducation.org/our-patron-saints
