Chirlane McCray Counted Out Francis Xavier Cabrini
The woman in the picture above is Francis Xavier Cabrini. She was an Italian immigrant, who is known for helping migrants in America. You would think Chirlane McCray would want to show that NYC had a history of helping immigrants and giving them hope. But Cabrini was a Catholic….and although she received the most nominations for the She Built NYC Project, she will not receive a statue.
There is nothing strange or ironic about this – women have been counted out for being “too this” or “not enough that” for so many years. It’s 2019 and women are still counting out other women! Enough is enough – someone build Francis Cabrini a statue and stick it in the middle of New York City somewhere so every person, including Chirlane McCray, knows that no woman will be counted out for anything any more.
Francis Cabrini is known for establishing 67 institutions to help marginalized people. She immigrated to America at age 38 and she didn’t become a United States citizen until age 59. Cabrini was an immigrant, who helped other immigrants and she can’t get a statue because some NYC women deemed that she “isn’t the right type of woman for this project.”
About 1000 people gathered with the Bishop t0o speak up for the patron saint of immigrants.
Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl should be embarrassed that he is supporting cultural exclusion. Frances Xavier Cabrini had the most votes because of her dedication to migrants. NYC right now could learn something from her. Immigrants could have had a statue to give hope.
More info about the statue situation here, here, here and here.
See why Francis Cabrini was the first American that was canonized: here.
Hugs,
marlene
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