The St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Shrine in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan will host a three-day birthday remembrance in honor of Mother Cabrini, patroness of immigrants, whose birthday falls on July 15. 

Mother Cabrini was born Maria Francesca Cabrini 175 years ago – July 15, 1850, in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano (Lombardy region), Italy. Her birthday will be celebrated at the shrine as follows: Friday, July 11 at 9 p.m.: Screening of the 2024 movie “Cabrini” on the lawn of the shrine, with birthday cake beforehand (rain date July 12).