The St. Frances Cabrini Shrine, located in Washington Heights, northern Manhattan, New York, is adjacent to Mother Cabrini High School, which is at 701 Fort Washington Avenue.[1][2] The shrine is dedicated to St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, who in 1946 became the first American citizen to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. In 1933, the body of Mother Cabrini was exhumed[3] and then reinterred in a tomb in the chapel.[1][2]
The current shrine was built in 1957.[1] It is designed as a parabolic arch by the architectural firm of De Sina & Pellegrino.
The street to the west of the shrine was renamed Cabrini Boulevard in her honor.
The shrine is home to a very rare pipe organ built by the Tamburini organ Company of Crema, Italy 2 manuals, 27 stops, 29 ranks. It is one of the very few organs from this important Italian firm located in to the United States.[4]