Mother Cabrini - Newark, NJ - Statues of Historic Figures on Waymarking.com

This sculpture is located in a small park near Newark's Penn Station called Mother Cabrini Park. It depicts the Saint in her habit holding a book in her left hand...with the pages facing the viewer. Her right hand directs a pen toward a particular passage. The marble work is roughly lifesized and is set on a marble base about 4 feet high.
The front of the base has an inscription that reads:
"ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
CABRINI"

and on the back:

"CATHOLIC WAR VETERANS
POST 156
AD 1958"

Wikipedia (visit link) informs us that Cabrini:

"was born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, Italy, one of eleven children from Agostino Cabrini and Stella Oldini who were rich cherry tree farmers. Sadly only four of the eleven survived beyond adolescence. Small and weak as a child, born two months premature, she remained in delicate health throughout her life.

Cabrini took religious vows in 1877 and added Xavier to her name to honor the Jesuit saint, Francis Xavier. She became the Superior of the House of Providence orphanage in Codogno, where she taught, and drew a small community of women to live a religious way of life.

In 1880, the orphanage was closed. She and six other women who had taken religious vows with her founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (M.S.C.) on November 14. Mother Cabrini composed the rules and constitution of the religious institute, and she continued as its Superior General until her death. The congregation established seven homes and a free school and nursery in its first five years. Its good works brought Mother Cabrini to the attention of Giovanni Scalabrini, bishop of Piacenza and of Pope Leo XIII."

URL of the statue: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
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Date Logged Log User Rating   05/26/2012 Metro2 visited it