Tag: New York

Less than two weeks after Mother Cabrini landed in the U.S. she wrote to the Sisters in Italy asking them for fabric for habits and veils. They needed an extra set. She’d quickly learned that the Sisters had to always look neat and tidy, “… or they will call us…

This interview with Mother Cabrini by an unnamed news reporter took place three months after she and six of her Missionary Sisters arrived in New York City. The account of Mother Cabrini’s courage, compassion, and persistence was printed in The Sun on June 30, 1889. A scan of the original…