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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.…

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New Orleans to Panama: Yesterday 8:23

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. I think you are really going to like today’s reading. Mother and the Sisters reach port in Costa Rica. At first, everything seems to be going well, but then… A sneaky and cunning Freemason tries to sabotage Mother’s short visit. She handles it like a champ, as I’m sure you can imagine. I’ll link to some information on Port…

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New Orleans to Panama: 28th Day 8:38

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, we hear a lot about what it was like to travel around the Caribbean Sea. It’s very pretty, but it can be tough to navigate the sometimes shallow waters. Can you imagine how many things are at the bottom of the Caribbean? I have this daydream that I often draw to mind of draining certain seas and parts of different…

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New Orleans to Panama: 27th Day 11:17

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back to another beautiful day at sea with Mother Cabrini. One of the biggest hurdles for me to get over with Catholicism was the papacy. Truly, I believed all the misconceptions about the pope. I thought Catholics believed the pope was God, that he was perfect. I didn’t get the point of him. I didn’t have any clue …

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New Orleans to Panama: 26th May 11:26

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims! Mother Cabrini is feeling well. She’s got those sharp pencils and ruled paper and is putting them to good use. It’s a longer reading today, so I want to jump right in. Please open to page 111.By Amy Thomas

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New Orleans to Panama: May 25th, 1895 3:28

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back. Mother Cabrini is not feeling well, so we have a short reading for today, as she was unable to write much. I’m continually impressed with how she accepts whatever comes her way without complaining. She explains her predicaments, but doesn’t wallow in misery. A good example for us all. Let’s go ahead and open …

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New Orleans to Panama: 24th May, 1895 5:05

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to the start of another voyage. We left our last voyage in September of 1894 and now we are in May of 1895. Mother Cabrini is headed to Panama and she’s leaving from New Orleans. At the time of this recording, I’ve never been to New Orleans, though I would like to go. I really, really want a beignet and I’ve heard that t…

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Genoa to New York: Yesterday 13:44

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Welcome to the final day of this voyage, Catholic Pilgrims. I feel like this trip was quick. We’ve been all over the place with Mother Cabrini. We started in Genoa, sailed through the Mediterranean, steamed by the Balearic Islands, Gibraltar, Morocco, the Azores, and now we will read about Mother and her Sisters docking at Hoboken. I went to look H…

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Genoa to New York: The 21st 9:34

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. We are nearing the end of this journey. I told my daughter the other night that Mother Cabrini has really made me want to travel with this voyage. There’s just so many places to see and so little time. It’s funny, as I was reading through today’s letter, I realized just how far I’ve come in understanding our Catholic fai…

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Genoa to New York: Another Gorgeous Day! 6:50

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, welcome back. As Mother Cabrini declares, it’s another gorgeous day at sea. Also, of note, we’ve read 100 pages of the book. Mother Cabrini is going to talk about the Holy Souls in purgatory today and how it’s so important to offer prayers for them. Purgatory is actually a place of mercy. We know that Heaven is perfect and…

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Genoa to New York: Yesterday, the 14th 8:20

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How are you today, Catholic Pilgrims? I hope well. I hope you are feeling better than the poor seasick Sisters on board the Fulda. Yes, as they’ve reached open ocean, the waves have picked up and so has the nausea. One of the hardest things to be good at in the spiritual life is praying. You simply cannot get better if you don’t keep at it and disc…

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Genoa to New York: At Five A.M. 5:32

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Well, again, today, you are going to want to travel. The ship is steaming by the Azores and the description of them sound amazing. They’re so amazing, in fact, that people on board are begging the Captain to stop off and let them explore for just one hour. Even Mother Cabrini admits that the sight of them does make one d…

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Genoa to New York: We left Gilbraltar yesterday 14:50

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back. I’m not going to say a whole lot here because we have a long reading today. This reading is one part saint-pep talk and one part friendly letter. Both are valuable and offer us great insight into the spiritual life. So, let’s get right into it by turning to page 89.…

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Genoa to New York: Today is the 15th 6:56

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Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, Mother Cabrini and a few of the Sisters get an opportunity to go into the city of Gibraltar for a few hours. Their hope is to get to Mass, but, unfortunately, the priests have all left for dinner. What I didn’t realize is that Gibraltar is still a British Territory. If you were to look at a map of Gibraltar y…

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Genoa to New York: The 14th September 6:31

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Oh boy, Mother Cabrini gave me the travel bug today. As she’s cruising through the Mediterranean Sea, she describes going by the Balearic Islands, the main one being Majorca. She talks about Liguria, Italy which is an area known for its beauty. I went and looked all these places up and now I need to travel there. I’ll link…

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Genoa to New York: September 1894 7:19

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Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. So, the year is 1894 and Mother Cabrini has been in Italy for two years. I’m assuming—I hope correctly—that she left Nicaragua and traveled back to Italy, where she has been the past two years. The motherhouse for St. Francis Cabrini’s order is in Rome, so I imagine that is where she has been. Again, I’m going to as…

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New York to Nicaragua: Feast of St. Raphael 15:20

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. There is so much going on today in our readings and they are longer, so I don’t want to take too much time upfront. Though we have a longer reading today, you are going to get a detailed snapshot into life in Nicaragua for Italian missionaries in 1891. It really is like going back in time and I find it fascinating. Here we…

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New York to Nicaragua: Yesterday 3:30

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to another great day with St. Francis Cabrini. Today, the steamer is sitting in the Gulf of Costa Rica which is on the western side of the country. They are there exchanging mail. Mother Cabrini and her Daughters get a visit from the Bishop and they are very happy to receive his blessing. Let’s hear about this visit by t…

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New York to Nicaragua: Yesterday, the 21st 3:46

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Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. After a few days of waiting to go, Mother Cabrini and her Daughters will head north on the Pacific Ocean towards Nicaragua’s western coast. Mother Cabrini lets us in on one of her weaknesses today—the sea. While they are still waiting around, some of the Sisters want to go visit the nearby islands and explore. Mothe…

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New York to Nicaragua: Yesterday, 19th 11:54

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Well, today, Mother and her Daughters have entered the port city of Colon, Panama. Now, this is not their final destination, but this is where they are getting off the boat, moving into a train to go across the land to Panama City, and then get on another boat. It’s a longer reading today, but I really think you will enjoy…

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New York to Nicaragua: Feast Day 10:51

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. We’ve got a bit of a longer reading today, so I don’t want to take too much of your time here on the front end. Today in the readings, it’s the feast day of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, who is widely known for her devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This would be why Mother Cabrini most definitely mentions her, because…

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New York to Nicaragua: Yesterday, October 15th, 1891 6:30

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Today’s letter is a continuation of what happened on October 15th. Because I’m a history nut, you get another history lesson today. Mother Cabrini is going to describe steaming past “Fortune Island.” This is Long Cay Island located in the Bahamas. It’s a tiny thing and today it only has roughly around 50 people living on i…

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New York to Nicaragua: 15th of October, 1891 3:57

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. It’s October 15th, 1891 and it’s the Feast Day of Season Three’s saint—St. Teresa of Avila. As I’ve been doing these five seasons now, it’s been so wonderful to see Saints talk about Saints. Mother Cabrini valued what insights and witness St. Teresa brought to the world and I think that shows her great humility. The stea…

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New York to Nicaragua: 10th of October, 1891 8:04

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, Mother and her Sisters will be off for Nicaragua. Everything is going well, until at night, a serious storm hits. Mother Cabrini describes how the waves are like mountains and the steamer is in deep valleys. For me, that is one of the most terrifying experiences I can think of, but what does Mother Cabrini and the…

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New York to Nicaragua: 21st of September, 1891 3:04

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, welcome back to another great day with Mother Cabrini. If you happened to look at the dates for this voyage things may seem a bit messed up. The voyage starts out on the date October 15th, but then the next letter is dated September 21st. Then it moves to October 10th and then back to October 15th. So, probably what happen…

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New York to Nicaragua: October 15th, 1891 6:12

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to the start of our 4th voyage with Mother Cabrini. This time she is traveling from New York to Nicaragua. Very briefly, I want to give a short history lesson. Today, Mother is going to talk about visiting Manresa and I want you be clear on what she means by that. If you saw the movie, you saw Mother Cabrini buy a big ho…

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Havre to New York: September 12th, 1891 10:38

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. This is the last day of this voyage. Mother and her Sisters will be in port very soon. Today, we will get another roll call from Mother. She will give an account on how the different Sisters on board are doing. It’s easy for us to think of these women almost like fictional characters in a novel, but they were very real a…

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Havre to New York: September 11th, 1891 7:59

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. We are only 55 pages into this book and already Mother Cabrini speaks directly to my heart. She is going to talk today about how we, as Catholics, need to be bold in speaking the truths of our faith. We can’t worry about offending people. We do worry about that, though, and we need to ask why? We don’t need to be off-put…

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Havre to New York: September 10th, 1891 9:06

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. We are on the 5th day out at sea and things are going pretty well. We will get a bit of a roll call and hear how some of the others Sisters are doing. Mother will stress the importance of humility, so be sure to take note on that. There is a lot in our readings today. Mother clearly is feeling good because she has a lot …

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Havre to New York: September 9th, 1891 8:11

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. We have a bit of a longer reading today, but its packed with great spiritual direction. Mother Cabrini was writing to her daughters, but it’s pertinent to all of us. She focuses on prayer and obedience. Prayer is one of those things where we want immediate returns on our investment. What if that doesn’t happen? Mother Cabr…

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Havre to New York: September 8th, 1891 5:14

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. I’m glad to have you join me today. Our reading today is from the Feast of the Nativity of Mary in September 1891. There are five priests on board the ship, but Mother Cabrini writes that none of them can say Mass. The only thing I can think is that they are all too seasick to get up and say Mass. So, spiritual communion…

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Havre to New York: September 7th, 1891 1:47

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. We have a very short reading today. I think since Mother and everyone else is feeling better she just wants to enjoy the fresh air and the sights. This is a good reminder to us that all difficulties eventually pass, though when you are in the moment, it seems they will never end. Let’s open to page 47.…

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Havre to New York: September 6th, 1891 4:07

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. The boat is out at sea and pretty much everyone is sick. The poor Sisters. I’m telling you, I would be sick right there with them. I am not good with movement on the sea. If I had been one of Mother Cabrini’s Sisters, I would have been down for the count, too. So, what started out as a trip full of beautiful seas and blu…

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Havre to New York: September 5th, 1891 3:52

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Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, Mother Cabrini and the Sisters are aboard the ship. The sleep on the ship the night before it sets sail and they wake early in the morning to go to Mass before leaving port. After Mass, they head back to the ship and have breakfast. So, if you can just imagine as we read, they are off again steaming through t…

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Havre to New York: September 4th, 1891 6:31

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Hello, fellow Pilgrims. Welcome to our third voyage with Mother Cabrini. Mother is getting ready to leave to head back to NY. It’s been a year since the last voyage. Before leaving for America, she gets to visit Montmartre which is a well-known hill in Paris. It’s a district in Paris and at the top of the hill in this district sits the beautiful Sa…

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