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Teacher's College in Rome 1905: Part Two 16:08

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, Mother Cabrini will finish telling the students in Rome about the opening of the hospital in Chicago. If you remember, last time, there was some worry it wouldn’t open on time, but it does. Lots of hard work went into making sure it opened on time, within regulations, and with everything being done well. We will sta…

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Teacher's College in Rome 1905: Part One 9:58

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, we begin reading the second letter in the book to the Teacher’s College in Rome. This is written approximately one year after the last letter that we just read. We are going to hear her describe the work being done on the hospital she founded in Chicago—Columbus Hospital. One of my followers on Facebook shared wit…

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Teacher's College in Rome 1904: Part Two 21:28

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Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, we will be finishing up this first letter to the Teacher’s College in Rome, which means that I will have a short reflection when we are done. Let’s go ahead and jump right in by opening to page 302 and starting on the second paragraph. Catholic Answers Interview EWTN Article…

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Teacher's College in Rome 1904: Part One 13:08

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Okay, today we begin reading the first of three separate letters written to the Teacher’s College in Rome. I went to look up this college on the internet and here is some information that I found: “Mother Cabrini established a Teacher’s College in Rome as part of her broader educational and missionary work. This college …

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Inauguration of House in Denver: Part Two 19:43

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Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. Last time, we read Part One of Chapter 14 and today we will read the second half. I mentioned last time that this was awesome for me to read, as I was just at Mother Cabrini's Shrine in Golden, Colorado. I think you will like today’s reading; it has interesting bits of information about the conditions of the people …

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Inauguration of House in Denver: Part One 12:48

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. I’m glad to have you with me. So, today, we are reading a letter that Mother Cabrini wrote to her daughters filling them in on the inauguration of the house in Denver. So, the Mother Cabrini Shrine right outside Denver is what she is referring to and it’s what I talked about yesterday in Episode 99. I recently visited th…

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London to New York: 28th 12:40

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back to the last reading from this voyage. This is actually the last letter we are going to read that is designated as being on a voyage from one place other than another. Mother Cabrini is going to talk a lot about obedience. It’s something the Saints bring up pretty frequently. Humility and obedience are two of t…

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London to New York: 27th 3:24

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Fog has rolled in and the doctor on board feels terrible with seasickness. Mother Cabrini is not a sailor, she is an old pro on the sea. In fact, she’s told us many times that she feels best when on the sea, which is interesting for someone with a fear of water. Let’s join her on this foggy day by turning to page 280.…

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London to New York: The Morning of the 23rd 16:07

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Good to have you with me today. After a short stop at a port in Ireland, Mother Cabrini is off to New York. Some of her Sisters fall ill to seasickness and, man, do I get that. My family went to Catalina Island one year for our anniversary and you have to ride a boat to get there. So, we left the small port in LA and off…

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London to New York: On the 5th 4:03

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back. Mother is in London and it just so happens that she is there right at the time when the ceremony for the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra is about to take place. Their coronation took place on August 9th, 1902, so you can see that she was there just days before. Naturally, the city of London …

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London to New York: August 23rd, 1902 6:01

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. It is time to travel with Mother Cabrini from London to New York. Today, in the letter, Mother Cabrini is going to make mention of persecutions happening in France to Catholics. I’m really only familiar with the French Revolution and the persecutions that happened then, but it’s 1902 in our reading for today. So, it can'…

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Buenos Aires to Genoa: August 22, 1901 19:43

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome! So, we just finished up the voyage that brought Mother Cabrini to Buenos Aires and now we are starting one that takes her from Buenos Aires to Genoa. It’s August of 1901, so about nine months from when she landed. This is just one letter. It’s unfinished, but there is only one date entry. That means we will read t…

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Genoa to Buenos Aires: December 10th 25:00

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. We have a long reading today and it’s also the end of a voyage…sort of. This letter and voyage are incomplete, so we never really hear about Mother Cabrini getting to Buenos Aires. Because it’s the end, we also have my reflection. We’ve got a lot to cover today, so let’s get started by opening to page 258.…

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Genoa to Buenos Aires: December 8th 8:54

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Today in our reading, it is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in 1900. Mother Cabrini has a lot to say about Our Blessed Mother Mary. It’s always a good day to honor her and stand in awe that she is the Mother of God, Our Lord Jesus Christ. Let’s open to page 255 and begin.…

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Genoa to Buenos Aires: December 7th 1:46

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Today is a super short reading and there’s not too much to say. So, let’s jump right in by turning to page 255.By Amy Thomas

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Genoa to Buenos Aires: December 6th 3:00

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. We have a short reading today. Mother is sitting on the steamer near Cadiz, Spain, which is on the western side of Gibraltar. Malaga is on the eastern side, so that means that the steamer passed through the Straits of Gibraltar. Mother Cabrini has a cold and she says she is curing it with milk. Tinned milk to be exact. I…

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Genoa to Buenos Aires: December 5th 2:56

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Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. We are going to hear a lot about raisins today in our short reading. Raisins are not my favorite and by that I mean I really can’t stand them. My favorite comedian is Brian Regan and he has a skit on raisins which pretty much nails my feelings on the matter. I’ll share the link in the show notes. Anyway, this is a s…

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Genoa to Buenos Aires: December 4th 6:47

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, and welcome back. As the steamer lifts anchor and begins the journey, Mother Cabrini has a bit of a reunion with two priests. At first, they don’t quite recognize each other, but then the pieces start to fall into place. One of the priests is the Provincial of the Scolopi in Buenos Aires. So, Scolopi is a Religious order, …

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Genoa to Buenos Aires: December 3rd 7:32

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to another day in the Mediterranean Sea with Mother Cabrini. Today, in the readings, it is the feast day of St. Francis Xavier. Mother is very excited to celebrate because St. Francis Xavier is who she modeled her name after. Remember, St. Francis Cabrini wanted to go to the East, like he did. St. Francis Xavier was born…

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Genoa to Buenos Aires: 2nd December, 1900 8:18

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Hello and welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Are you ready for another trip? This time, we are going from Genoa to Buenos Aires. Here we are in the year 1900. Think back to all Mother Cabrini has done in our time with her and we are just getting a taste of all her works through her letters. She did so much more than is written down here. As we sail from t…

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New York to Havre: September 9th 7:22

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to our last day of the this voyage from New York to Havre. Maybe it’s just me, but on this voyage, I wasn’t really paying attention to the trip. Maybe it’s because we’ve done the New York to Havre trip with Mother Cabrini already, but I almost forgot she was cruising across the Atlantic. Sure, there were the storms and w…

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New York to Havre: September 8th 7:00

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to a beautiful day at sea with Mother Cabrini. In our reading for today, it is September 8th and that is the day that we celebrate Mary’s birthday. This got me thinking, “Why this day?” So, I went to look it up. I'll read for you an answer from Catholic Answers. With all that, let’s hear about Mary from Mother Cabrini by…

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New York to Havre: September 7th 4:43

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back to another day at sea where the steamer is rocking around. It’s not because of the water today, but because of the wind. Today, Mother is going to talk about grace. Grace was not something I understood until I became Catholic and started homeschooling my kids. The good ‘ole Baltimore Catechism teaches you all …

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New York to Havre: September 6th 3:22

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. We have a very short reading today as the sea is rocking so badly Mother Cabrini can’t really do anything at all. At one point, she calls a steward to ask if they should prepare for an emergency and he tells her in a calm and collected way to just ‘remain calm, everything is all right.” It’s a good thing she didn’t get s…

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New York to Havre: September 5th 6:23

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, we will hear about how fog rolls in, the air grows cold, the steamer is rocking pretty substantially, and there is an air of nervousness throughout the steamer. Mother takes this time to speak about being thankful to Jesus. Something I’ve really been trying to do is to thank God when I can see that a prayer has be…

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New York to Havre: September 4th 9:10

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back. As we’ve traveled around with Mother Cabrini, you may have wondered how she handles leaving behind the things she has started up. How does she feel about starting something up and then leaving it in the care of others? That takes a great amount of trust. I do think there are people who can handle starting som…

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New York to Havre: September 2nd, 1899 5:16

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Welcome to our 10th voyage with Mother Cabrini, Catholic Pilgrims. This voyage is from New York to Havre. We’ve made this voyage with her before but that was a decade ago. She has grown wiser and more experienced. I suspect that will show up in her writings. Mother is plain worn out as she boards the steamer for this trip and she falls asleep as so…

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Liverpool to New York: November 10th 12:44

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to the end of another voyage. Though it is the end of the voyage, you will find that the letter is incomplete. We get no sign off as is typical of the other letters. Who can say why? Maybe the letter was destroyed or lost over time. Anyway, it will end a bit abruptly. Obviously, Mother will have made it to New York, but …

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Liverpool to New York: November 9th 18:21

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back. It just dawned on me the other day that we started this book with Mother Cabrini in the year 1890 and now we are already in 1899. Nearly a whole decade has passed. This writing during this voyage is very different. We only get small little snapshots about what is actually going on with the trip across the Atl…

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Liverpool to New York: 8th November 13:06

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. If you ever thought Mother Cabrini was lazy (which I doubt you did), today will put those thoughts to rest. Nearly everywhere she goes, she wants to open a school, a house for Sisters, or something to help bring the faith to people. Her energy seems endless. Today, we will hear more about her time in Paris. Let’s open to…

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Liverpool to New York: On the 20th August 7:51

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Bonjour, Catholic Pilgrims. Bienvenue. Welcome. At the beginning of this letter, Mother Cabrini is again telling her dear daughters about what she was doing in Europe before leaving from Liverpool. We are getting up to speed, shall we say. Today, we will briefly hear about her time in Paris. Then, we will move up to the current voyage. Let’s go ahe…

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Liverpool to New York: On the 25th August 3:56

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Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. It’s been awhile since we’ve had a super short reading, so today, we get a bit of a break from a longer reading. As a reminder, this trip started on November 6th, 1899, but the date for today’s reading is August 25th. The reason for this jump back in time is that Mother Cabrini is filling her daughters in on what sh…

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Liverpool to New York: November 6th 13:06

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. As we’ve been traveling around with Mother Cabrini, you may have wondered, “Does this woman ever rest?” Well, yes, she does. Today, we are going to hear about how she took a retreat when she was in Rome at the Mother House. She recognized that her body was wearing down and she just needed to be calm and rest for awhile. …

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Liverpool to New York: November 5th, 1898 10:00

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, we are starting on a new voyage with Mother Cabrini. Two years have passed since her last voyage. This time she is leaving from Liverpool, that city made famous the Beatles. As you may know, all four Beatles’ members were born and raised in Liverpool. Mother Cabrini is going to tell us that this is her seventh time leaving…

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Buenos Aires to Barcelona: August 8th, 1896--Part 2 21:02

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, and welcome back. Today, we will read the second half of the letter for this voyage. Remember this is just one long letter for the Buenos Aires trip to Barcelona. Since we will finish this letter today, I’ll be giving my reflection once we are done. Let’s open to page 199 and start where it says, “We had no sooner left.”…

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Buenos Aires to Barcelona: August 8th, 1896--Part 1 24:22

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Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims, to our next voyage. We are headed with Mother Cabrini from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Barcelona, Spain. We are about 8 months removed from the end of the last voyage, so the year is 1896. This reading will be a bit different than other ones. This letter is just one long big letter and to read it all would take a goo…

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Panama to Buenos Aires: 23rd of November 31:56

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Welcome back to the end of this voyage, Catholic Pilgrims. There is so much exciting stuff going on in today’s reading. We’ve got mule rides over foggy mountains, jumps across deep chasms, drunken men, and scant food and sleep for Mother Cabrini and Mother Chiara. We are reading an adventure tale today that could totally be a movie. We have a lot t…

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Panama to Buenos Aires: October 31st, Iquique 19:12

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Today is a longer reading, but I invite you to sit back and just imagine Mother Cabrini traveling around off the coast of Chile. Her descriptions are really quite interesting. She’s going to spend some time in Antofagasta and if you go look at the city online, you will find that, other than modern day buildings, her desc…

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Panama to Buenos Aires: October 29th 10:50

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back. Today, we are going to get a major geography lesson. I used to be horrible at geography—horrible. Once I became a military spouse, I started to get better, mostly because I was traveling a lot and I started really looking things up on a map and caring about what I was looking at. I imagine that most of us lis…

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Panama to Buenos Aires: Always Late 16:22

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. We have a long reading today filled with all kinds of good information and descriptions. Even though it’s a longer reading, I think you are really going to enjoy hearing about Mother being in Peru. Since, it will take more time to get through, let’s go ahead and get started by turning to page 158.…

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Panama to Buenos Aires: October 20th 9:19

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to another day at port near Peru with Mother Cabrini. You can kind of imagine the first 3/4 of today’s reading a bit of a blog almost. Mother is describing what life at port in Peru in the late 1800s is like and it’s a real snapshot in time for us. She even talks about seagull guano today, which I never would have though…

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Panama to Buenos Aires: October 17th 5:36

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, we are with Mother Cabrini at the port of Piata in Peru. She is going to describe it as looking very desolate and it seems not much has changed. If you go look on google maps, it is a brown, dry desert. There is not much color. The word Piata is not a Spanish word, at least not that I could find. So, I don’t know …

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Panama to Buenos Aires: October 16th 6:32

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Thank you for joining me today. Before we begin our reading, I think we need a bit of background. Mother Cabrini is at port in Guayaquil which is in Ecuador. She is going to mention that she doesn’t want to go ashore because of the revolutions. What she is speaking about is the Liberal Revolution of 1895. The pro-Catholi…

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Panama to Buenos Aires: October 12th 11:10

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back. Yesterday, we got kind of the pep talk before the big trip. Today, same date, we get more of the play-by-play of the trip. In the song “A Whole New World” from the movie Aladdin, there’s a line that says, “With new horizons to pursue (every moment red letter). I always thought they were singing, “With new hor…

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Panama to Buenos Aires: 12 October, 1895 7:56

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Welcome to another voyage, Catholic Pilgrims. So, Mother Cabrini got to Panama at the start of June of 1895 and she is already leaving in October of 1895. Where is she headed? Over the Andes mountains and on to Buenos Aires, Argentina. That sounds like some serious traveling and, consequently, this voyage has a lot of information in the writings. S…

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New Orleans to Panama: Yesterday, at 4 a.m. 13:54

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Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims, the final day of our voyage to Panama. As this is the last day, I will offer my reflection after our readings. One thing to note: Mother Cabrini arrives at the port of Colon, which is in Panama. However, even though she’s there, she keeps talking about how she needs to get to Panama to see the house where the Sister…

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New Orleans to Panama: 4th Day 15:46

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome. We have a long reading today, but a very interesting one. Mother Cabrini is finally on the steamer and she has time to write. A couple of voyages back we went to Nicaragua with her and learned about how she was setting up a school. Today, she is going to tell us about how the Sisters in Nicaragua were banished bec…

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New Orleans to Panama: 3rd Day 5:44

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Mother Cabrini is still in Costa Rica and the locals are trying very hard to make up for the distasteful way she was treated because of the Freemason. While Mother appreciates their kind offers, she is anxious to be on to Panama and must decline their offer to stay longer in their country. You know, something I learned l…

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New Orleans to Panama: June 1st 10:34

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back. Today is not a day that Mother Cabrini is interested in talking about her travels. Today is June 1, 1895 and she is interested in talking about the Sacred Heart of Jesus. What could be better to hear about? So, let’s open our books to page 128.By Amy Thomas

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New Orleans to Panama: Closing of the Month of May 5:21

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. In our reading today, Mother Cabrini is still in Costa Rica waiting to go to Panama. She spends time explaining the weather, the views, Mass, and the people to her daughters. She is trying to be patient, as she very much wants to get to Panama. Let’s hear about her day as we turn to page 126.…