St. Cabrini Home, Inc., caring for people in need since 1890

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July 2008

Dear friend,

We have celebrated June graduations, and the arrival of summer! Now our girls can enjoy some time off with picnics, barbeques, and a little lying around in the sunshine until summer school begins.

Their hard work has paid off and we are so proud of them. Cabrini kids come to us with traumatic life experiences, but we give them the opportunity to recreate who they are. Earning their high school diploma means these young ladies are more likely to get decent jobs or go on to college.

St. Cabrini Home helps youngsters move toward a future of hope. We help teens work on their personal, family, and relationship issues. We teach them skills to survive and to thrive. We show young people that no matter what happened in the past, today is a new day. They can succeed.

This was Mother Cabrini’s wish when she sailed from Europe to New York in 1889. She was determined to give unwanted and wayward children a second chance at life. She had heard that children in America were suffering so when Pope Leo XIII called her to go, she went with all haste.

When Cabrini and seven of her most devout Sisters arrived in New York one autumn day in 1889, they came filled with enthusiasm and hope. Their desire was to serve God by serving his children. Soon after our doors were open in West Park, our home was full of young girls seeking a better life. A life full of promise, and hope.

Though the world has changed significantly since Mother Cabrini’s arrival in New York, the purpose of Saint Cabrini Home remains the same: to serve God’s children. As we celebrate the birth of our foundress Mother Cabrini in July, we remember the reason we came to exist. It was our purpose 118 years ago and it’s still our calling today, to help young people grow and have a better life.

Can you help us in our goal to provide care, nurturing, and guidance to young people in need? You, my dear friend, can make it possible for us to continue our work and thus the work of Mother Cabrini. With your help we will continue to educate, counsel, and care for the young people on the margins of society.

Mother Cabrini understood very well the power of a generous, caring heart. Here is an excerpt from one of her letters written to her Sisters in 1902, “It is in your hands to form new generations, to lead them in the right directions, to instill into them those principles which are the seed of good works, though for the moment they may seem hidden. The impressions of children are never obliterated. We shall be indebted to you, if the youth whom you educate, when grown up, become the pride of the family and society, of the state and of the church.”

Won’t you join me in honor of Mother Cabrini’s birth and in celebration of our graduates with a special gift? Each graduate has worked hard and deserves to celebrate. In their honor, please pray with me the prayer for our young people at the end of this letter.
We have inherited Mother Cabrini’s dream and her wonderful mission. With your help, it will be a dream come true for our kids. Please make a gift today in support of our work with young people.

Please make a gift to Saint Cabrini Home today to help us serve more youngsters who need us. A $30 gift would help us so very much!




ffffff July 2008 Dear friend, We have celebrated June graduations, and the arrival of summer! Now our girls can enjoy some time off with picnics, barbeques, and a little lying around in the sunshine until summer school begins. Their hard work has paid off and we are so proud of them. Cabrini kids come to us with traumatic life experiences, but we give them the opportunity to recreate who they are. Earning their high school diploma means these young ladies are more likely to get decent jobs or go on to college. St. Cabrini Home helps youngsters move toward a future of hope. We help teens work on their personal, family, and relationship issues. We teach them skills to survive and to thrive. We show young people that no matter what happened in the past, today is a new day. They can succeed. This was Mother Cabrini’s wish when she sailed from Europe to New York in 1889. She was determined to give unwanted and wayward children a second chance at life. She had heard that children in America were suffering so when Pope Leo XIII called her to go, she went with all haste. When Cabrini and seven of her most devout Sisters arrived in New York one autumn day in 1889, they came filled with enthusiasm and hope. Their desire was to serve God by serving his children. Soon after our doors were open in West Park, our home was full of young girls seeking a better life. A life full of promise, and hope. Though the world has changed significantly since Mother Cabrini’s arrival in New York, the purpose of Saint Cabrini Home remains the same: to serve God’s children. As we celebrate the birth of our foundress Mother Cabrini in July, we remember the reason we came to exist. It was our purpose 118 years ago and it’s still our calling today, to help young people grow and have a better life. Can you help us in our goal to provide care, nurturing, and guidance to young people in need? You, my dear friend, can make it possible for us to continue our work and thus the work of Mother Cabrini. With your help we will continue to educate, counsel, and care for the young people on the margins of society. Mother Cabrini understood very well the power of a generous, caring heart. Here is an excerpt from one of her letters written to her Sisters in 1902, “It is in your hands to form new generations, to lead them in the right directions, to instill into them those principles which are the seed of good works, though for the moment they may seem hidden. The impressions of children are never obliterated. We shall be indebted to you, if the youth whom you educate, when grown up, become the pride of the family and society, of the state and of the church.” Won’t you join me in honor of Mother Cabrini’s birth and in celebration of our graduates with a special gift? Each graduate has worked hard and deserves to celebrate. In their honor, please pray with me the prayer for our young people at the end of this letter. We have inherited Mother Cabrini’s dream and her wonderful mission. With your help, it will be a dream come true for our kids. Please make a gift today in support of our work with young people. Please make a gift to Saint Cabrini Home today to help us serve more youngsters who need us. A $30 gift would help us so very much! May God bless you, Sister Damien Ciminera, MSC
P.S.: Join me in the following prayer for our young people: “Lord, this world needs this marvelous wealth that is youth. Help young people! They possess the inexhaustible wealth of the future. Do not allow an easy life to corrupt them, nor difficulties to quench their spirit. Amen.” (Dom Helder Camara, 1909-1999) Camara’s poem says what you and I already understand, and something Mother Cabrini always knew. Young people are our most precious resource. We must nurture, guide, and protect our youngsters because they are our future. These young people, so fragile and unsure of themselves today, will one day be our compassionate caregivers and our strong leaders. Please help me, my Sisters, and our staff care for the young people we serve at Saint Cabrini Home by making a gift today. Your gift makes all the difference to our young people. Please give a gift today! Thank you and God bless you for your support.