Mother Cabrini Shrine is a

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to Saint

Frances Xavier Cabrini Frances Xavier Cabrini ( it, Francesca Saverio Cabrini; July 15, 1850 – December 22, 1917), also called Mother Cabrini, was an Italian-American Catholic religious sister. She founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, ...

, known as Mother Cabrini, located in Golden,

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, United States. The shrine site includes the Stone House, listed on the

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as the Queen of Heaven Orphanage Summer Camp; a statue of the

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Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic female religious congregation, founded in 1880 by Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini. Their aim is to spread devotion to the Sacred Heart by means of spiritual and corporal works ...

, the order founded by Cabrini.

History

Mother

found the property, which had two barns and a

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but no reliable source of water, on the side of

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in 1902. She negotiated the purchase of the property in 1910 to use as a summer camp for Queen of Heaven Orphanage. A small farming operation was established and operated by Sisters of the Sacred Heart and during the summer, the camp hosted groups of girls from the orphanage to enjoy the outdoors and complete tasks on the farm. Water was hauled up to the camp from the stream in Mount Vernon Canyon until 1912, when Cabrini discovered a spring on the property. A replica of the grotto of Lourdes was built over the spring in 1929, then replaced by the current sandstone grotto in 1959. The Stone House, designed as a dormitory for the summer camp, began construction in 1912 and was completed in 1914. The property became a pilgrimage site in 1938 following Cabrini's beatification. The property was officially established as a shrine in 1946, the year she was canonized. In 1954, a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, designed by Maurice Loriaux and mounted on an base, was erected at the highest point of the site. A 373-step stairway was placed for pilgrims to climb, following Cabrini's path up the mountain, marked with the Stations of the Cross. Queen of Heaven Orphanage Summer Camp

The summer camp closed in 1967 and the Stone House was used as a temporary convent until a permanent building was completed in 1970. Today, the convent contains a chapel, meeting rooms, gift shop, housing for the resident Sisters, and overnight accommodations for visitors. The statues and stained-glass windows of the chapel came from

Villa Cabrini Academy Villa Cabrini Academy was a private Catholic elementary and high school for girls that operated from 1937 to 1970, under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The academy was located in Burbank, California, and served t ...

in Burbank, California, a former school founded by the Missionary Sisters."History of Mother Cabrini Shrine"
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Mother Cabrini Shrine, Golden, Colorado
(official website) {{Authority control Buildings and structures in Golden, Colorado Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado Roman Catholic shrines Tourist attractions in Golden, Colorado 1954 sculptures National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Colorado

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