Our very own saint

by Jennifer Ford

staff writer

" from that moment I was no longer of the earth I knew the Holy Ghost had come to me," St. Frances Xavier Cabrini said (from the online Catholic Saints web site).

St. Frances was born in 1850, in Lombardi, Italy. She was one of 13 children raised on a farm and hoped that someday she might become a nun, but poor health stopped her. She continued to work as a farm hand until the death of her parents.

At the age of 27 she took her formal religious vows and began her work of charity.

Her first hand was lent to the orphans of Lombardi. Since there were no missionaries offered to women, St. Frances founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1880. Pope Leo xtn saw 'Mother Cabrini as "a woman of marvelous intuition and of great sanctity."

In 1889, Mother Cabrini relocated with six nuns to New York City and began to help the needy immigrants; most immigrants had relocated from Italy.

Mother Cabrini traveled throughout Europe and the Americas for the next 25 years and founded many hospitals, convents, and orphanages. She opened institutions in Argentina, Brazil, Panama, Paris, Madrid, Turin and London. Her houses, which held over 1.500 nuns, aided the sick, poor, illiterate and unskilled workers.

In 1909, Mother Cabrini became a naturalized citizen. In 1946, Pope Pius XII canonized her and she became the first American to become a saint. Dec. 22, 1917, Mother Cabrini died in Chicago, Illinois. In 1950 she was named the patron saint of immigrants.

St. Frances Cabrini's feast day is Nov. 13.

The cooking club: . heating up again

assistant features editor

You're looking around for something to eat. You find nothing. You on't think you can force another pack of Ramen noodles down. at you could do is join Dave Wtley, president of the cooking club, r ask him for some of his great recipes. If you're not into the club ne, you can always participate in the events they partake in.

Since the cooking club does special events for the campus, each ear they pick a theme of what they want to do. This year's theme is • erent cultural foods. They are trying to experiment in making oods from all over the world. This will then allow people to experince food from different cultures. For each event one or two club embers assist Wtley. "It is a fun and interactive way to learn," Wtley aid.

The cooking club tries to have an event every two weeks. They sually take place in house three because that is where many of the embers reside. Sometimes the events are more spread out. This ast weekend they had the pies to do for the family weekend and on ednesday they made an Asian appetizer spread for the cultural day.

If you had any of the delicious pies over family weekend, they ere most likely Wiley's. He and two other people made about 30 ies for Homecoming. There was a variety of apple, pumpkin and herry.

At the end of the semester Wtley has decided that he wants to do chocolate covered night. This is a chance for students and others to ring fruits, nuts or whatever they want and dip it into melted chocoate. They are combining this program with the resident assistant o ouse three so it will be a break from studying for finals.

Wtley said, "I could never do this alone. Toni Pirrone is the vice resident of the club and she helps out a lot. I couldn't do this withut her."

Wtley is unsure of what they are doing for November, but is open o any suggestions. To contact Wtley about the cooking club, events r to recommend an idea call him at x or Pirrone at x3127.