Frances Xavier Cabrini

thumb|Francesca Cabrini Frances Xavier Cabrini MSC (born Maria Francesca Cabrini; 15 July 1850 – 22 December 1917), also known as Mother Cabrini, was a prominent Italian-American religious sister in the Catholic Church. She was the first American to be recognized by the Catholic Church as a Saint Quotes [Turned on an astonished notary] I can count on an exceptional counselor, the Holy Spirit. Quoted in Lucetta Scaraffia, Francesca Cabrini, AA.VV., Italiane, vol. I, Dipartimento per l'informazione e l'editoria, Roma, 2004, p. 18. [Writing, in 1889, to her nuns from the steamship that took her to New York] Take courage, stand aside and run without stopping and be afraid to look back.+ Quoted in in Lucetta Scaraffia, Francesca Cabrini, AA.VV., Italiane, vol. I, Dipartimento per l'informazione e l'editoria, Roma, 2004, p. 17. Quotes about Cabrini's modernity was evident first and foremost in her actions, in her incessant movement in space, in her constant travels on the most modern means of transport, whose technical novelty the nun appreciated, which made her feel the world was very small: «the world is too small, I would like to embrace it all». Lucetta Scaraffia, quoted in Francesca Cabrini, AA.VV., Italiane, vol. I, Dipartimento per l'informazione e l'editoria, Roma, 2004, p. 18. Not only was her relationship with space, but also with time modern, so dominated by haste and speed: «hastily, hastily and cheerfully, my daughters», she wrote to the nuns, even urging them to act «ardently and quickly», a phrase with an almost futurist flavour, which perfectly captures the meaning of his movement in the world. Lucetta Scaraffia, quoted in Francesca Cabrini, AA.VV., Italiane, vol. I, Dipartimento per l'informazione e l'editoria, Roma, 2004, p. 18. See also Emigration External links Cabrini, Frances Xavier Category:1850 births Category:1917 deaths Category:Catholics from Italy Category:Catholic saints Category:Nuns