In 1868, according to the website, Frances received her teacher’s diploma and returned back home where she taught in a private school and served the poor through charity (para. 8). As mentioned in the website, in 1880, Frances along with seven young women funded and started, the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Frances and the sisters wanted to become missionaries in China, however after visiting Rome to obtain an audience with Pope Leo XII. The Pope advised Frances to go “not to the East, but to the West”. Frances along with the seven young women were sent to help thousands of Italian immigrants and orphans in New York. Frances traveled to the United States in 1889. They arrived in Manhattan’s Lower East Side,
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The property that Cabrini acquired overlooks the Hudson River, where to this day it still stands for over 100 years (para. 2). Many people from around the world started hearing about Frances Cabrini and the work she has accomplished. And according to the website, people from all over the world started to request her to open schools. Cabrini traveled to Europe, Central and South America and throughout the United States. For over 125, Frances established 67 institutions and programs, which include schools, hospitals and orphanages. These institutions and programs provide services to women, children, immigrants and the elderly by many collaborators and volunteers’ such as social workers, nurses, administrators, teachers and members of institutional boards of trustees. Unfortunately, Frances Cabrini died at age 67 on December 22, 1917 in Chicago. And in 1946, Cabrini was canonized a saint by Pope Pius XII, in recognition of her holiness and service and was named Patroness of Immigrants in 1950 (para. 4-6). Frances Cabrini is now known as, Mother Cabrini.
Mother Cabrini’s history connects to the social work profession because of its time period, Cabrini’s history occurred during the settlement movement. The purpose of this movement was to provide social services, health and education
The property that Cabrini acquired overlooks the Hudson River, where to this day it still stands for over 100 years (para. 2). Many people from around the world started hearing about Frances Cabrini and the work she has accomplished. And according to the website, people from all over the world started to request her to open schools. Cabrini traveled to Europe, Central and South America and throughout the United States. For over 125, Frances established 67 institutions and programs, which include schools, hospitals and orphanages. These institutions and programs provide services to women, children, immigrants and the elderly by many collaborators and volunteers’ such as social workers, nurses, administrators, teachers and members of institutional boards of trustees. Unfortunately, Frances Cabrini died at age 67 on December 22, 1917 in Chicago. And in 1946, Cabrini was canonized a saint by Pope Pius XII, in recognition of her holiness and service and was named Patroness of Immigrants in 1950 (para. 4-6). Frances Cabrini is now known as, Mother Cabrini.
Mother Cabrini’s history connects to the social work profession because of its time period, Cabrini’s history occurred during the settlement movement. The purpose of this movement was to provide social services, health and education