Bonus: The Lilies of the Field--Chapter Seven
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Bonus: The Lilies of the Field--Chapter Six
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Bonus: The Lilies of the Field--Chapter Five
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Bonus: The Lilies of the Field--Chapter Four
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Bonus: The Lilies of the Field--Chapter Three
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Bonus: The Lilies of the Field--Chapter Two
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Bonus: The Lilies of the Field--Chapter One
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Final Thoughts on St. Frances Cabrini and What's Next
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CONGRATULATIONS, Catholic Pilgrims! You finished Season Five with St. Frances Cabrini. Thank you so much for joining along with me. It has been such a wonderful season and I couldn't do it unless people like you listened. Today, I give my final thoughts and share with you who I will be reading for Season Six.
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Epilogue: End of the Letters of St. Frances Cabrini
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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, we will read the Epilogue which happens to be the Catholic News report on Mother Cabrini’s death, life, and funeral. We will simply read this news article about her today and just sit with the words and all that we have read this year. I won’t offer any reflection now, but will so in our final episode. Please grab your books and open to page 347.
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Teacher's College in Rome 1906: Part Three
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Well, Catholic Pilgrims, today we will finish the last letter. This has been a long one as we heard about Mother Cabrini’s travels around the western United States. It’s been interesting, at least for me, to hear about all the places she’s visited, because I’ve been to quite a lot of the same places. Currently, I live in California, not too far from Los Angeles. She’s, also, going to talk about Catalina Island in our readings today and my family went there awhile back to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary. But, after this reading, I’m going to give my reflection and I...
info_outlineWelcome, 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't be the French Revolution.
I went to look it up. Yes, between the years of 1900-1906, there was intense persecutions in France targeting the Catholic Church and specifically religious orders. It stems from a law passed in 1900 called the Associations Law of 1901. This law, passed because secularism was on the rise and anti-clerical sentiment, severely restricted the activities of religious orders, including requiring them to register as associations and limiting their ability to operate schools and other institutions.
So, based off what I found in researching this, many Catholic schools and institutions were closed. The Jesuits were expelled because they are a teaching order in many ways and the State couldn’t have that.
I wanted to bring this to you attention so that you understand the context of today’s letter. To be honest, the negative effects of the French Revolution and this persecution that Mother writes about can still be seen in France today.
Let’s go ahead and open to page 271 and begin.