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Tuesday, Nov. 13, 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
Memorial of St. Frances Cabrini

Third from right, the saint's founder statue in St. Peter's Basilica.
ST. FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI (b Italy 1850, d USA 1917)
Virgin, Missionary, and Founder, Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Patron Saint of Immigrants
Born to a modest family in a town near Milan, she became a nun and soon rose to be the Mother Superior of an orphanage in Codogno where she taught. When the orphanage closed, she and seven of her colleagues set up the Missionary Sisters order. Her work brought her to the attention of Leo XIII who asked her to go the United States as a missionary instead of China which she would have preferred. With Chicago as her base, she and her order established dozens of schools, hospitals and orphanages for poor people, as well as material assistance and adult education for Italian immigrants. In 1946, she became the first US citizen to be canonized.
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/bible/readings/111311.cfm


AT THE VATICAN TODAY

No events announced for the Holy Father.

A news conference was held to present the XXVII International Conferenza of the Pontifical Council for Ministry to Healthcare Workers On November 15-17 at the Vatican. The theme for this year's conference is "The Hospital as a Place for Evangelization".