<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12.0px;"><p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Friends,</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">November 13<sup>th</sup> is the Feast Day of Mother Frances Cabrini, MSC patron saint of immigrants and migrants. Below is a profile of this remarkable woman and her witness to Catholic social teaching, provided by the Loretto Sisters. Attached is a Prayer for Immigrants and Migrants.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Roswita</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">**************************************************************************</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="color:#0070c0">Sunday, November 13 is the Feast Day of Mother Frances Cabrini, MSC.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="color:#282828">As you may know, Mother Cabrini is the </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="color:#0070c0">Patron Saint of Immigrants and Refugees. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="color:#282828">To celebrate not only the life of this remarkable woman and of her congregation, but also to celebrate our own prayer, presence and solidarity with immigrants and refugees, we offer you the attached <i>Prayer for Immigrants and Refugees.</i> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="color:#282828">In a new world, another culture, without contacts, not knowing the language, Mother Cabrini began her ministry to the immigrant community in New York City. In 1917 at the time of her death in Chicago, seventy orphanages and hospitals for the poor, the abandoned, the uneducated and the sick and organized schools and adult education classes for formation to the Catholic Faith had been established in eight countries in Europe and North, South and Central America. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="color:#282828">In 1946 Mother Cabrini was the first United States citizen to be canonized. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="color:#282828">Today, Mother Cabrini is known as the Patron Saint for Immigrants and Refugees. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="color:#282828">On Sunday November 13, let us join with each other as we pray together the<i> Prayer for Immigrants and Refugees.</i> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC""><span style="color:#0070c0">Mother Cabrini, Mother of Immigrants,</span></span></span></b> </span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC""><span style="color:#0070c0">with God’s love inspire us to accompany all immigrants and refugees.</span></span></span></b> </span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="color:#282828">With you, in solidarity with all immigrants and refugees, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></body></html>