National Shrine of Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini, National shrine in Lincoln Park, Chicago, United States.
The National Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini stands in Lincoln Park as a stand-alone prayer and pilgrimage center, originally built within the Columbus Hospital complex. Its chapel is decorated with gold mosaics, Carrara marble, frescoes and Florentine stained glass, and Cabrini's convent room is preserved alongside it.
The saint founded Columbus Hospital in Chicago in 1905, and the shrine was built at this location following her canonization in 1946. The building stands where she spent her final years.
Cabrini's convent room at Columbus Hospital became a place of pilgrimage after her death in 1917, and the shrine was built within the hospital complex after her canonization in 1946. Cardinal Samuel Stritch dedicated it in 1955. The preserved room and shrine were re-dedicated by Cardinal Francis George on September 30, 2012.
The shrine is open to the public and visitors can explore the chapel and historical rooms. Thursday evening services are held, and there is a gift shop with religious items on site.
Cabrini's convent room at Columbus Hospital became a pilgrimage site after her death in 1917, and it survived the hospital's 2002 demolition. It was preserved and refurbished during the construction that followed, then blessed and re-dedicated by Cardinal Francis George on September 30, 2012.
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