Mother Cabrini

Mother Francesca Cabrini was an Italian-American nun, a symbol of immigration rights and missionary work for the city of New York. After moving to the country at 39 years of age, by order of the pope, Mother Cabrini fought from...

Domenica il Console Generale d’Italia a New York Francesco Genuardi ha fatto visita al nuovo monumento dedicato a Madre Cabrini inaugurato da pochi giorni a Battery Park, nella punta Sud di Manhattan. Ad accogliere il diplomatico italiano e Dolores Alfieri,...

"Now, I have to confess, that despite the fact that I am a nun and a saint, I felt a little vanity when they told me I turned up in the first position with more than 200 votes, whereas the...

English Translation here Cari figliuoli italiani in America, Vi scrivo perché sono un po’ confusa dal gran parlare che si fa di me in queste ultime settimane, soprattutto nella mia amata Nuova York. Da quando sono arrivata qui in Paradiso...

Con il sindaco Bill de Blasio, il Console Generale Francesco Genuardi e il presidente della IHCC-NY Joseph Sciame, alla cerimonia di premiazione per Stephen Briganti, sono intervenute anche le deputate elette al Parlamento italiano dal Nord -Centro America, le onorevoli...

You can make film after film and T.V. show after T.V. show focusing on every negative stereotype and caricature of Italian-Americans with impunity, and you can continue to ignore the great contributions Italian Americans have made to our society, as...

Mother Frances Cabrini, the Patron Saint of Immigrants, and an Italian immigrant herself who founded 67 institutions to help the poor and the ill, finished first place in the city-wide poll lead by Chirlane McCray’s “She Built NYC” statue program....

“Mother Cabrini’s contribution to New York City and her legacy are indisputable. The services she provided to poor and vulnerable Italian immigrants, most of them women, should not be ignored,” said NIAF Chair Patricia de Stacy Harrison. “On behalf of...