A portrait of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini is seen on display at St. Frances Cabrini Shrine in the Upper Manhattan section of New York City March 3, 2024. On the 175th anniversary of her birth, July 15, 2025, the sisters of the order Mother Cabrini founded continue on with her tireless work of service to those in need, especially immigrants. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) Pope Leo XIII described her as the most impressive woman he had ever met. The founder of the order, Francesca Xaviera Cabrini, left behind an impressive life’s work. There will soon be a cinema film about it. When Francesca Xaviera Cabrini stepped off the ship in New York in 1889, she found a country in…
