Guided by the Campus Ministry Department, the Cabrini Sophomore Service Day and Retreat invited students to step beyond the classroom and experience faith in action. The day is an opportunity to live out one of Cabrini’s core values and meaningful service. Through encounters with the Church’s diversity, sophomores discovered that faith is not only studied but lived. These two days helped students connect what they learn about the Church with real opportunities to serve and grow together as a faith community.
On Monday, November 3, the day began at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church’s Lantern Light Ministry, where students prepared meals for more than 200 individuals experiencing homelessness and displacement. They also organized donated clothing by size to help ensure that guests could receive items that met their needs with dignity and care. In addition, students deepened their understanding of Ecclesiology, the study of the Church, by visiting three Catholic Churches representing different rites: Roman Catholic, Coptic, and Greek Orthodox. Each visit offered a chance to appreciate the beauty and unity of the Catholic faith through sacred art, architecture, music, and liturgical traditions.
Tuesday, November 4, was the Sophomore Retreat, a day of prayer, reflection, and community building. Through small-group discussions, shared worship, and moments of quiet reflection, students were encouraged to recognize Christ’s presence in their daily lives and to discern how they are called to serve others. The retreat provided a time for students to strengthen their faith, deepen friendships, and grow as a class rooted in compassion and trust in God.
Jessica Garcia-Robinson, Assistant Administrator addressed the gathering of residents, staff members, family and friends: “On behalf of Cabrini’s Administrative team, it is with great joy, deep respect and heartfelt gratitude that I welcome you all to this extraordinary occasion. Today we are gathered not just to honor these 7 remarkable women, but to recognize their lives through a century of change, challenge, triumph and transformation.” Addressing the centenarians, she said, “You are living treasures. Each of you has witnessed history in the making and in your own unique way, you have helped shape the world we live in and we are truly grateful for that. We are humbled to be in your presence today.”
having rested in appallingly filthy conditions [overnight] she want to see Archbishop Corrigan, where she discovered that the situation a was even worse. The prelate ordered them to go back on the same ship that brought them.
To commemorate the Feast Day of Mother Cabrini which will be observed on Thursday, November 13th, the Cabrini Alumni Volunteers and Supporters (CAVS) will be hosting their first annual Day of Service on this Saturday, November 8th. No matter where they are located, alumni, faculty, staff, former students, family members and friends are encouraged to do something beneficial in your community inspired by Mother Cabrini’s example of helping immigrants, children, frail elders and the poor.
recent days in the Chicago area, specifically, at the Broadview Processing Center, for the second time in three weeks, ICE agents barred a group of clergy, religious sisters, and lay people from entering the facility to offer Holy Communion to migrants being detained there.
An estimated 2.9 million New Yorkers, including 1 million children, did not receive their food benefits on November 1st. While partial SNAP payments have been ordered to resume, it’s still unclear when families will get their full benefits. In the meantime, community food pantries, like ours, across the city are trying filling the gap and feed our communities.
As November approaches, we begin to think about our deceased family, friends and loved ones in a special way. On October 29th, some of the clients from Cabrini Immigrant Services, (CIS) Dobbs Ferry, NY, shared their celebration of Día de los Muertos, (the Day of the Dead), with the residents at St. Cabrini Nursing Home.