LIFE OF SAINT FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI

A dvd cartoon in English on Mother Cabrini life produced by Tabor Producciones
Francesca Cabrini was born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano (Italy) in 1850. Since she was a child she wanted to be a missionary in China. She became a teacher and was invited to Codogno to reorganise a small orphanage. Later the Bishop of Lodi invited her to found a missionary Congregation. In 1880 the Institute of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was founded. Her missionary activity took place in Europe and the Americas, especially for Italian emigrants. He travelled a lot to carry out his foundations. She died in Chicago in 1917, was canonised in 1946 and in 1950 was proclaimed Patroness of all Emigrants.