COMMUITY OUTREACH
We are happy to announce our latest Community Outreach Program for Advent. We will be collecting items for babies in a low income part of our city, partnering with St. Simon of Cyrene parish. Scan the QR codes on the poster below to access the Amazon Wish List or to make a monetary donation to this cause, or simple click the links here:
You may also drop any of the items listed below to the crib in the chapel narthex.
We can make a difference!
FIRST FRIDAYS WITH THE CENACLE SISTERS
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS MOVING TO THE SECOND FRIDAY OF DECEMBER.
Click HERE to register. A new flyer is coming soon.
FROM THE CHAIR OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ANNUAL BENEFIT - Thanks to All
THANK YOU to all our generous sponsors, supporters, and our Benefit Event attendees! We couldn’t have done this without you! Our hearts are full of love and gratitude. Scenes from the Benefit are shown below.
SAINT FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI FEAST DAY
The feast day of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini is November 13. Mass will be celebrated at 6 PM with the Most Reverend Daniel Turley, O.S.A, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Chulucanas in Peru, presiding. Music will be provided by the Vox Fideles Choir under the direction of conductor and composer Kevin Allen. A reception will follow the Mass.
We will again have a limited number of times available to pray with Sister Laura Baldini, MSC, inside our replica of Mother Cabrini's bedroom in Columbus Hospital, which contains the chair in which she died, her statue of Baby Jesus, and many items she used in her daily life. To reserve a time, click on the picture or scan the code.
Additional valet only parking for the Mass has been secured. Pull up to the entrance of the 2550 condo building to access this service. The parking is available from 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm, and a limited number of spots are available.
NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE SHRINE ANNOUNCED
On the weekend of April 13-14, our new executive director, Laurie Halaska, was welcomed and blessed at both Masses.
CABRINI MOVIE
CABRINI MOVIE - IN THE NEWS
On Sunday, March 10, Channel 9 was at the Shrine!
See the interview with Sister Laura and Father Ramil HERE.
Read the article about the movie in Chicago Catholic.
Here is a link to an interesting movie review that appears on
Bishop Robert Barron's "Word On Fire" website: REVIEW
Here is a link to a very heartfelt review by Fr. Mike Schmitz: REVIEW
WBBM Interview with Shrine Rector, Fr. Ramil Fajardo.
NEW HELP PAGE FOR IMMIGRANTS AND HOMELESS
The Shrine Outreach Committee is in the process of gathering resources to help the homeless and the many new immigrants find the help that already exists in our city in the areas of Legal Services, Medical Services, Education and more. Bilingual flyers are now available for you to give to those in need whenever you see them. We often ask "how can we help". Hopefully this will be one of the ways.
Here is another way! Help collect personal care/hygiene items to be distributed by Chicago Street Medicine. Drop off your donations in the bins in the Shrine lobby. If you prefer to donate money with which we will purchase items:
Scan the QR code
or click on this link: SUPPORT
The following prayer is featured on the flyers:
HEART MINISTRIES
CABRINI WORLD NEWS
Read the latest newsletter from the MSC's - Holy Spirit Region. Featured is Sister Joseane Cabral Soares who visisted the Chicago Shrine last year.
MASS FOR PEACE
Join us for our weekly Mass for Peace every Thursday evening at 6 PM.
A rosary for peace is prayed before Mass at 5:30 PM
Pray for the intercession of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini that our prayers will be heard.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us and on the whole world!
CANONIZATION OF MOTHER CABRINI
Click here to watch a video about Mother Cabrini's road to canonization.
CABRINI IN CHICAGO
CABRINI STATUE UNVEILED AT HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL
SHRINE HOURS - New as of May 1
Monday: Closed*
Tuesday: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
SUNDAY MASS
Saturday Vigil - 4:00 PM
Sunday - 10:00 AM
WEEKDAY MASSES
Thursday: 6:00 PM
First Fridays: 12:00 PM
First Saturdays: 10:00 AM
Holy Days of Obligation: Varies
CONFESSION
1st & 3rd Saturday of each month
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
ADORATION
Every Friday 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
GIFT SHOP HOURS
Closed on Mondays
Tuesday - Friday 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Our Mission
The National Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini is a Catholic Shrine dedicated to the first American Citizen Saint and Universal Patron Saint of Immigrants. The Shrine is a place of prayer, worship, and devotion; pilgrimage, evangelization, and reconciliation. Read More...
Spiritual Center & Architectural Masterpiece in the Heart of Lincoln Park
Historically, this site was home to Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, a missionary woman religious, who helped shape America's social and health care system in the early twentieth century.
Spiritually, it is the only National Shrine dedicated to the first American Citizen Saint and the Patron of Immigrants and Heath Care Workers in the Catholic Church.
Architecturally, the Shrine's Chapel is the masterpiece of world-renowned architect, Leonard Gliatto, who felt that this was his crowning achievement in America.
What's Happening at the Shrine
- Dec 5 2024 6:00 pm - Mass - Thursday Evening
- Dec 6 2024 12:00 pm - Mass - First Friday
- Dec 6 2024 1:00 pm - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Shrine Directions
Weekly reading
Readings for the week of December 1, 2024
- Sunday: Jer 33:14-16 / Ps 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14 (1b) / 1 Thes 3:12—4:2 / Lk 21:25-28, 34-36
- Monday: Is 2:1-5 / Ps 122:1-2, 3-4b, 4cd-5, 6-7, 8-9 / Mt 8:5-11
- Tuesday: Is 11:1-10 / Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 / Lk 10:21-24
- Wednesday: Is 25:6-10a / Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 / Mt 15:29-37
- Thursday: Is 26:1-6 / Ps 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a / Mt 7:21, 24-27
- Friday: Is 29:17-24 / Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 / Mt 9:27-31
- Saturday: Is 30:19-21, 23-26 / Ps 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 / Mt 9:35—10:1, 5a, 6-8
- Next Sunday: Bar 5:1-9 / Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 (3) / Phil 1:4-6, 8-11 / Lk 3:1-6