Mother Cabrini, Missionary to the World by Frances Parkinson Keyes Book Analysis (Essay Sample)

Mother Cabrini, Missionary to the World by Frances Parkinson Keyes is a book about Mother Cabrini, and her legacy today. We learn that Mother Cabrini was an outstanding leader who traveled to many places to spread faith and became a saint. Mother Cabrini traveled to America from Italy to teach the Catholic Faith. Mother Cabrini talked with Important figures like the Archbishop and the queen of Spain to get support and spread faith. Mother Cabrini founded a new order of nuns: The Missionary Sisters of Sacred Heart, that still exists. She went from being a young girl with a dream to being an extremely important figure and a saint.

Mother Cabrini was a missionary who would not stop traveling until the catholic faith had been taught to all. When Cabrini was young, she would send paper boats filled with tulips into the lake hoping they would reach China, because she always wanted to travel. Mother Cabrini had become a good traveler by the time she was an actual missionary at one point on a voyage most of her nuns became seasick while she was completely unmoved. She wanted the Catholic Faith to be known all over the world and to spread the order she founded all over too.

Mother Cabrini was an amazing leader who truly inspired her nuns. The nuns were so loyal that even though many became seasick on some of the voyages they never stopped following Cabrini. One time the nuns and Cabrini had needed to stay in a very bad Inn, where they had no beds and the floor was too hard to lie on so they needed to sleep on chairs and the nuns didn’t even think of leaving. Mother Cabrini was always leading with her example and that’s why nuns were so loyal to her and her ideas.

Mother Cabrini was an important figure who changed the world with her work and dedication to help immigrants and poor people of the world. She had to relate and speak often to important people, like the queen of Spain and the Archbishop. The people who knew her respected and loved her. Her work still endures today and her legacy of giving to others and help is inspiring Catholics all over.

Mother Cabrini Missionary to the World is an incredible book that will inspire you to be a better person. Reading her stories and how she overcome obstacles with the sole idea to help and serve God, we can also get inspired to act and have more determination. She is also achieved her sanctity through compassion and dedication to spread our Faith. I really enjoyed reading and learning about her.