Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini crossed oceans to spread the Gospel and serve the poor. She also wrote oceans of letters to her religious sisters as she travelled all over the globe.

Frances suffered from health problems all her life. Despite her many limitations, she bravely faced persecution, poverty, and dangerous sea voyages to establish new schools and orphanages for her religious order, the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. To keep in contact with her spiritual daughters throughout her many journeys, she constantly corresponded with her sisters.

Mother Cabrini’s letters have long been out of print in English, and this selection of her correspondence introduces modern readers to Cabrini’s many gifts. Through her letters, we learn about her meetings with popes and bishops, as well as her encounters with ordinary people in

Argentina, England, France, Nicaragua, Spain, and the United States. She vividly describes the sights and sounds she encountered during her travels to great cities and remote villages, including several experiences in which she came close to death. She demonstrates her business acumen, her innate leadership abilities, and her perseverance during the trials of establishing a religious congregation. She shows her sensitivity to her sisters’ needs, as well as her willingness to confront them about their failings.

But above all, Frances Cabrini was a saint. Through her letters, we can become acquainted with a truly holy 20^th century woman. Her writings display her spiritual depth, her personal love for the Lord, and even her favorite saints. Her greatest desire in life was to be a missionary sister: a woman who spread the Good News of Jesus Christ all over the world. In this goal, she was wildly successful. She always attributed her accomplishments to God through the Scripture passage she quoted most often: I can do all things in Him who strengthens me.

If someone did not know the truth, he or she would not think it possible that one person could achieve in a lifetime all that Mother Francis Cabrini accomplished in hers.  Her travels to various countries, establishing schools, hospitals and orphanages while at the same time working for the growth of her Religious Community staggers the mind.  Her faith, keen intellect and determined will made all things possible.  Her greatest accomplishment, however, was the sanctity of her life and her many letters evidence her efforts and desire that each of her Sisters be Holy Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
—Mother Mary Assumpta Long, OP

"This book is a stunner. The film Cabrini gave us some images, but here we have the spiritual thoughts of one of the greatest women saints ever. The account in her letters of the dangers she faced with holy abandonment are so inspiring. More surprising, her business acumen and humor. For your own benefit and as a gift to others I highly recommend it.
—Dr. Ronda Chervin, Professor of Philosophy, EWTN Presenter, author Avoiding Bitterness in Suffering with the help of our Heroes the Saints

This collection from the letters of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini reveals the depth of her love for the Sacred Heart of Jesus and her generous commitment to the Church’s missionary apostolate. I pray that all who read her writings will follow the example of Mother Cabrini in giving generously of themselves in service to God and neighbor in the same spirit of faith, hope, and charity that animated the life and work of the first canonized saint from the United States. 
—Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, a truly modern saint in every sense, is remarkably alive and captivating in this abundant collection of her letters and private journals. What an extraordinary mix of qualities she possessed in her deep prayerfulness and faith, her sacrificial discipline, her inspired leadership of religious women, her shrewd pragmatism in dealing with worldly and ecclesial figures, her radiant courage as a woman in backing down to nothing and seeing all things as possible with God’s help. Her great love for the poor, for children, and for the Heart of Jesus shines very brightly in these beautiful pages!
—Fr. Donald Haggerty

Details of a saint’s inner life—their struggles, aspirations, prayer requests, and spiritual advice—that come from the saint’s own words can often reveal profoundly more for our lives than even the best biographies. This book does that for St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. For example, I was particularly moved to discover how she recounted in her own words the difficulties she faced and how she lived out the call to holiness heroically even in those trials. This book gives us an intimate and rare glimpse into her life and invites us to see how she can be a spiritual guide for us here and now. 
—Sheila Liaugminas, Emmy Award Winning Journalist, Broadcaster, Author

Mother Cabrini’s truly charming and edifying letters to her Sisters provide what the film “Cabrini” could not depict: the depth of her relationship with Christ, her devotion to his Sacred Heart, her trust in the Blessed Mother, and her burning desire to “save souls.” They reveal why she is in fact a saint. They give the reader access to the spiritual life of an intelligent and cultured woman who was remarkably courageous and enterprising in her missionary vocation, because fully confident in Christ who strengthened her (Philippians 4:13). This book is “spiritual reading” of the best and most challenging kind.
—Sr. Sara Butler, professor emerita University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, IL