Shrine of Saint Frances Cabrini and her Relics - New York, New York

In the city of New York, New York State, United States of America, is the shrine of Saint Frances Cabrini.

Shrine of Saint Frances Cabrini

Saint Frances Cabrini was the first American to be canonized as a Roman Catholic Saint.

This Shrine contains her remains and her wax effigy.

A Catholic Italian missionary who came to New York in the late 19th century to work with Italian immigrants,  Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini started schools and hospitals in nine countries. Cabrini died of dysentery in 1917 and was canonized in 1938 as the patron saint of immigrants.


Located in northern Manhattan, St. Frances Cabrini Shrine overlooks the banks of the Hudson River and the neighboring state of New Jersey. The Chapel houses the most precious remains of our beloved St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. 

Website:

• • Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

  
  
  (  http://www.mothercabrini.org )
  
   
  

 Address of this Shrine:



St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Shrine
701 Fort Washington Ave.
New York, NY 10040

Phone: 212-923-3536