(Statue in the Stone House built by Mother Cabrini's spiritual daughters in Golden, Colorado) STATE OF COLORADO PROCLAMATION: WHEREAS, Mother Cabrini came to Denver in 1902 to help Italian immigrants who worked in mines and on railroads; and WHEREAS, Mother Cabrini opened the Queen of Heaven Orphanage to care for girls ages 2-15 in Denver from 1905 through 1967; and WHEREAS, Mother Cabrini purchased 900 acres of land in Mount Vernon Canyon with spectacular views of Denver to serve as a summer camp for the girls from the Queen of Heaven Orphanage, and often expressed her love for Colorado and the Rocky Mountains; and WHEREAS, the summer camp in Mount Vernon Canyon was said to have no source of water on the property, but Mother Cabrini told her sisters who accompanied her to the foothills, “move that rock and you will find water clean enough to drink,” and the spring of water still flows today, with many giving testimony to the water’s impact in helping relieve their suffering and ailments; and WHEREAS, Mother Cabrini Shrine is a Colorado landmark, with a 22-foot statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, offering a quiet place of meditation and prayer for people to come; and WHEREAS, the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the religious order founded by Mother Cabrini, have served and ministered to Coloradans since 1902; and WHEREAS, Mother Cabrini opened 67 schools, orphanages, and hospitals in her relatively short lifetime and was canonized as America’s first citizen saint in 1946 and named the Patroness of Immigrants; and WHEREAS, Mother Cabrini died 100 years ago on this day, and Coloradans are encouraged to reflect on the positive contributions she gave to the poor, immigrants, and children in need; Therefore, I, John W. Hickenlooper, Governor of the State of Colorado, do hereby proclaim, December 22, 2017, as MOTHER CABRINI DAY in the State of Colorado. John W. Hickenlooper Governor

GIVEN under my hand and the Executive Seal of the State of Colorado, this twenty-second day of December, 2017