Virgin · Feast day November 13
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
The feast day of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini is November 13, a memorial in the US Catholic calendar. Traditionally invoked as patron of immigrants. Below: a short life and 2 sourced quotations in their own words.
| Feast day | November 13 |
|---|---|
| In the US calendar | Memorial |
| Title | Virgin |
| Died | 1917 |
| Patron of | immigrants |
| In their own words | 2 sourced quotations |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | None left in the published calendar (through December 31, 2028) |
Life
The smallest and frailest of thirteen children of an Italian farm family, refused by two religious orders for her health. She founded her own — the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart — and asked the pope to send her to China; he sent her to the emigrants of America instead.
She crossed the ocean nearly thirty times, founding sixty-seven schools, orphanages, and hospitals. The first United States citizen to be canonized, she is patroness of immigrants.
Patron of
Tradition invokes St. Frances Xavier Cabrini as patron of immigrants.
Patronages are traditional, not an official list. All patron saints in Bless, A to Z.
In their own words
Each quotation names the work it comes from. Bless quotes these in the comments beside the verses listed under In Scripture.
We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend on material success, nor on sciences that cloud the intellect. Neither does it depend on arms and human industries, but on Jesus alone.
I can do all things in Him who strengthens me.
In Scripture
In Bless, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini’s words appear in the comments beside these verses. This page’s labels say how each is linked: “on this verse” means the saint wrote about that very verse; “on this theme” means the quotation shares its theme. Scripture is quoted from the Catholic Public Domain Version.
On this theme
A Canticle in steps: of Solomon. Unless the Lord has built the house, those who build it have labored in vain. Unless the Lord has guarded the city, he who guards it watches in vain.
Psalm 126:1 · CPDV Beside their words: “We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend on material…”
On this theme
And he answered and spoke to me, saying: This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying: Not by an army, nor by might, but in my spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
Zechariah 4:6 · CPDV Beside their words: “We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend on material…”
On this theme
Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.
Philippians 4:13 · CPDV Beside their words: “I can do all things in Him who strengthens me.”
In the calendar
The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.
Readings
No dates are left in Bless’s published calendar, which runs through December 31, 2028. St. Frances Xavier Cabrini keeps November 13 in Bless’s calendar of saints: see the saints of November.
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