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Friday, November 13, 2026 | Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin [In the Dioceses of the United States]
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Dear Catholic Parents,

Today the Church in the United States remembers Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, and the readings ask us to live ordinary days with our eyes up. In the first reading, John rejoices to find some of his friend's children "walking in the truth," and he asks one thing of them: "let us love one another." In the Gospel, Jesus describes the days of Noah as people "eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage," ordinary days lived without looking up. The Gospel acclamation gives the other half of the instruction: "raise your heads." Today's news follows a pope in the country he calls home, French bishops and their hospitals, and the U.S. bishops' meeting next week.

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📰 Quick Hits

1. Pope Leo Calls for Respect for Women in Peru

Pope Leo XIV used his time in Peru this week to denounce machismo and call for respect for women, according to PBS NewsHour. He is in the last stretch of a South American trip that runs through November 17. Peru is the country where he served as a missionary and bishop for nearly two decades, and CBS News reports that he has spoken of it as his homeland. Thursday's Daily covered his arrival. This is what he said once he got there.

Faith Lens for the Home: John's letter gives a household one plain rule: "let us love one another." Respect for women and girls is taught first at home, in how a father speaks to a mother and how brothers speak to sisters. Sometime today, ask your children: "Who showed respect to someone in this family today, and how?"

2. French Bishops Urge Catholic Hospitals to Prepare to Refuse Euthanasia

French bishops are asking Catholic hospitals and other healthcare institutions to prepare to refuse to take part in euthanasia, according to Catholic World Report and EWTN News. One report says the bishops want the institutions to update their statutes so that refusal is possible. The request follows a vote in France earlier this year to legalize assisted dying, which the French bishops publicly criticized at the time.

Faith Lens for the Home: The Church teaches that direct euthanasia is morally unacceptable, and that the sick and the dying are owed special respect and care. Saint Frances Cabrini spent her life building hospitals for people who had nothing. Sometime today, call or visit an older or ailing relative or neighbor and let your children say hello; how much of the larger debate they are ready for is yours to judge.

3. U.S. Bishops Prepare for Baltimore Assembly Next Week

The U.S. bishops will meet in Baltimore from November 16 to 19, and the USCCB says the assembly will be livestreamed. EWTN News reports that the agenda will focus on artificial intelligence, immigration, and evangelization. The bishops will also vote for a conference secretary and for the chairmen of six standing committees, according to the USCCB.

Faith Lens for the Home: Today's saint, Frances Cabrini, is the patroness of immigrants, and she met newcomers with schools, hospitals, and homes. Pray one Hail Mary today for the bishops as they prepare to gather. Then ask your children: "What would you want a bishop to know about families like ours?"

⛪ Family Saint Spotlight

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini - November 13

Frances Cabrini wanted to be a missionary in China. She was sent instead to serve Italian immigrants arriving in America with almost nothing. She treated the work in front of her as the call itself, and before she died she had built sixty-seven hospitals, schools, and orphanages. She became a naturalized American citizen in 1909, and when she was canonized in 1946, she was the first American citizen declared a saint. Today she is the patroness of immigrants. Her example for a household is simple: the dishes, the carpool, and the homework table are the work God has put in front of us, and they can be done with our eyes lifted.

Ask at dinner: "What ordinary job in our home this week could we do as if God had given it to us?"

✋ One Simple Action

Sometime today, pick one ordinary task and offer it as a prayer, a load of laundry or a school drop-off. Say a Hail Mary before you start, and offer it for the sick and elderly people you know. Then call one of them before the day is out. If you pray a decade of the Rosary today, Friday's Sorrowful Mysteries fit, and the Agony in the Garden is a good one for those who suffer.

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Jesus asks us to keep our heads up while we do the ordinary work of the day. Today's stories are about that kind of work: a pope speaking up for women in the country he loves, bishops trying to keep their hospitals faithful to the dying, and bishops preparing to gather for the good of the Church. Do the work in front of you with love, and let your children see you do it. Enjoy the weekend living the faith in your domestic church. See you Monday.

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