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Wednesday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, 1850-1917; did charitable work at the House of Providence Orphanage in Cadogno, Italy, made her vows there, and took the religious habit; when the orphanage was closed, the bishop named Frances the prioress of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart; Pope Leo XIII urged Frances to go to New York City to work with the Italian immigrants there; in 35 years, she founded 67 institutions dedicated to caring for the poor, the abandoned, the uneducated and the sick; Frances died of malaria in her own Columbus Hospital in Chicago; first American citizen to be canonized a saint Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/13/24 Gospel: Luke 17:11-19