Mother Cabrini statue unveiled in lower Manhattan
Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled a statue of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini in Battery Park City on Monday.
“This Columbus Day, the celebration of Mother Cabrini is even more appropriate than when we announced it last year because of the difficulties that we are facing,” Cuomo said. “We all know that these are challenging times, but we also know that in the book of life, it is not what one does when the sun is shining that tests our meddle – it’s what one does in the fury of the storm, and that’s where we are today.”
Cuomo established the Mother Cabrini Memorial Commission last year to oversee the creation of a statue in her honor.