[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 208 (Wednesday, December 20, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              ST. FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI (MOTHER CABRINI)

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                           HON. ED PERLMUTTER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 20, 2017

  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the life and 
missionary work of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (Mother Cabrini) and 
commemorate the 100th anniversary of her passing.
  Mother Cabrini came to Denver, Colorado in 1902 to help Italian 
Immigrants who worked in the mines and on the railroad. She opened the 
Queen of Heaven Orphanage to care for girls ages 2 through 15 at 48th & 
Federal Blvd. which remained open from 1905 to 1967. Mother Cabrini 
believed the girls in the orphanage would benefit from trips out of the 
city so she purchased 900 acres of land in Mount Vernon Canyon to serve 
as a summer camp for the girls from the Queen of Heaven Orphanage. The 
summer camp in Mount Vernon Canyon was said to have no source of water 
on the property. Mother Cabrini told her Sisters who accompanied her to 
foothills, ``move that rock and you will find water clean enough to 
drink.'' The spring of water from that location still flows today. Many 
have given testimony to the water's impact in helping their suffering 
and ailments.
  Mother Cabrini was canonized America's first citizen saint in 1946 
and was also named the Patroness of Immigrants. In total, she opened 67 
schools, orphanages and hospitals in her relatively short lifetime. The 
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the religious order 
founded by Mother Cabrini, have served and ministered to the people of 
Colorado since 1902.
  Mother Cabrini died 100 years ago on December 22, 1917. Throughout 
her life she cared for the poorest of the poor and immigrants in need. 
Her life and legacy have been celebrated during this centenary year 
throughout the world.
  I extend my deepest gratitude in recognition of all that Mother 
Cabrini accomplished in her time in Colorado. I am grateful for the 
continuous dedication the Mother Cabrini Shrine offers the community in 
her memory.

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