Mother Cabrini’s Empire of Hope: The Movie, by Sheryl Collmer

We hardly know how to measure strong women anymore; modern feminism has so bent the rules. Feminism, once a virtuous philosophy worthy of St. Edith Stein and St. John Paul II, has become a cesspool that Catholics, women and men, instinctively avoid. So, is the tale of a particularly strong woman, Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, who set in motion more genuine help for those in need than anyone in this country’s history, a “feminist” tale?

I think not, and here’s why. Feminism, as we understand the movement today, is self-promoting, grasping at awards rather than rewards, and allowing for the elimination of anyone who would get in the way, even accidentally—like an unborn child. Modern feminism is a spirit of combat and taking rather than love and giving. It’s a land grab.

Not so Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American saint and the subject of a new film, Cabrini, distributed by Angel Studios. …