On July 30th, Talitha Kum invites all networks, partners and friends to join our online activation marking the UN’s World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Together, we want to tell a story of care. Our aim is to show that care can make a difference along every step of the journey to combat human trafficking –…
Read MoreCabrini Guatemala: Our Ongoing Commitment to Combat Malnutrition in Underserved Communities
An Historical Perspective: Our Work in Context The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart (MSCs) currently in Guatemala are managing two healthcare facilities. The ‘St. Joseph Dispensary’ (DSJ) was set up in 1975 in Zone 6 of the capital city, while the ‘Mother Cabrini Dispensary’ in the village of Bárcena, 45 minutes from the capital,…
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Mother Cabrini
On July 15, the entire Cabrini World remember the birth of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini. On this occasion, in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, Mother Cabrini’s hometown, takes place the traditional flight of the dove. The children of the summer camp in the front row, with their eyes wide open and their noses in the air. All around…
Read MoreTogether for the 75th Anniversary of Mother Cabrini’s Canonization
Yesterday we celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Mother Cabrini’s Canonization. During the day, the Sisters met online from all the parts of the world to spend a moment of joy and sharing the love for the mission. It was also a moment to pray for the Sisters and communities who are going through difficult times,…
Read MoreHallmark Anniversary of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini’s Canonization
Reflection from the General Council Sr. Bernadette Anello, MSC Pope Francis has often reminded us that we are all poor and fragile. Mother Francesca Cabrini knew this well in her own life, and therefore, depended wholly on God. Inspired by the words of St. Paul, her motto became “I can do all things in Him…
Read MoreThe Essence of Love: following in the Footsteps of Mother Cabrini – Serving the Forgotten in Central America
On April 28, I had the opportunity to visit the Community “La Esperanza” in the Municipality of Waspam, on the banks of the Coco River, in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RANN), on the border between Nicaragua and Honduras. Together with the Nicaraguan Conference of Religious (CONFER), we reached out to this community to provide…
Read MoreRaising our voice in favor of the weakest
Over the past few months, our Communications Team had the opportunity to spend a few days with the community of the Sisters of Codogno. A great gift! We arrived in a community where the wounds from the loss of many Sisters to Covid-19 were still fresh. Yet, at the same time, we were able to…
Read MoreUsing our temporal goods to spread the love of Christ
In this edition of To the Ends of the World, the Institute’s Finance Ministry highlights two examples of using our temporal goods to spread the love of Christ to vulnerable communities. The first example is a small monetary donation to SEFRAS to help combat hunger in Brazil. We learned about SEFRAS through our Brazilian Sisters….
Read MoreThe International Health Commission: responding in compassion to the emerging needs
The quote “you don’t know what you have till it’s gone” is playing on my mind as I write this piece. I have recently left Cabrini Health in Australia where I had worked for more than 30 years and I now work in a secular healthcare environment. My new workplace functions as part of the…
Read MoreSr. Barbara Staley, MSC General Superior letter for the 75th Anniversary of Mother Cabrini’s Canonization
Dear Sisters and Partners-in-Mission, On July 7th we celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Mother Cabrini’s canonization. Saint, lover of Christ, businesswomen, entrepreneur, advocate for the vulnerable, audacious, servant, educator, hard worker, mother… St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, lived prophetically, a woman beyond her time, human and humanizing, and until today a beacon of hope and life. …
Read MoreTHE SOLEMN RITE – July 7th
ON 7 JULY, the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, the Holiness of Our Lord the Supreme Pontiff Pius XII proceeded, in the Vatican Basilica, to the solemn Canonisation of Blessed Francesca Xavier Cabrini, Foundress of the Institute of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. The sacred rite began at 7.30am, the time when the large procession…
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