NASPA Convention 2026 Location Announcement

On the Feast Day of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, November 13th, we are excited to announce that the 2026 NASPA Convention will take place at the Mother Cabrini Shrine in Golden Colorado. The Convention dates will be Sunday September 13 - Wednesday 16, 2026. Tickets will go on sale in the new year.

Mother Cabrini, Pray for us

About Mother Cabrini Shrine

Mother Cabrini loved the mountains of Colorado. The foothills west of Denver held a special attraction for her. During her journeys in 1902 to visit the Italian workers and their families in the Clear Creek, Argentine, and South Park mining districts, Frances X. Cabrini discovered a property on the east slope of Lookout Mountain owned by the town of Golden.

No reliable source of water was known to exist on the property at that time, although there were two fine barns and a springhouse built in the 1890s. In 1909–1910, she negotiated the purchase of this property as a summer camp for her charges at the Queen of Heaven Orphanage in Denver, CO.

A farming operation, with poultry, other livestock and dairy cows, was established and maintained by three of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart who set up living quarters in the loft of the larger barn. During the summer months, groups of about twenty girls, according to age, would spend several weeks at the summer camp. They enjoyed the freedom of the outdoors and recreational activities in addition to tending the animals and performing farm chores.

Plan you pilgrimage to the Mother Cabrini Shrine by visiting their website.