Founder’s Day at Cabrini honors the birthday of the College’s founder, Sister Ursula Infante, MSC (1897-2001).
Cabrini marks Founder’s Day with a presentation by a scholar or activist who embodies the Cabrinian legacy of making the love of God visible through active social justice work.
In 2011, Cabrini’s Founder’s Day celebration features keynote speakers focused on the theme of immigation and included Monsignor Hugh Shields, Vicar for the Office for Hispanic Catholics in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, and Sr. Ruth Bolarte, IHM, Director of the Archdiocese’s Catholic Institute of Evangelization.
The 2010 theme was "This I Believe," with students, faculty, and staff reading short personal essays about their core beliefs
Past presenters include Sister Helen Prejean, death-penalty abolitionist and author of the book Dead Man Walking; immigration-rights activist Jim Claffey; and Dr. Robert Bullard, widely regarded as the "father of environmental justice."
For more information, contact the Office of Institutional Planning & Effectiveness.