Hurricane Katrina Survivor

Francesca (Frances) Xavier Cabrini (b. 1850, Italy -d. 1917), "the Patroness of Immigrants," was the first American citizen canonized (1946) as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.  She was the founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart and founded schools, orphanages,  and other institutions in numerous locations in the United States.

The statue of St. Frances seen above is housed in her bedroom on the grounds of Cabrini High School for Girls in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA).  Her Sacred Heart Chapel is also located at the school, which was founded in 1892 as a children's orphanage.

The statue, banged up and missing much of its paint, survived Hurricane Katrina on the porch of a house on Hillary Street in New Orleans.