Saint of the Month:
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
By Fr. Jerry Vincke
"What
you did for the least of my brothers, you did it for me," Jesus told
His disciples. Perhaps no one in our lifetime has lived out these words
of Jesus more than Mother Teresa. On Oct. 19, Pope John Paul II beatified
this remarkable woman in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City. Those
in attendance included 3,500 homeless and poor, the people whom Mother
Teresa served faithfully after receiving a call from God to serve the
poorest of the poor. Born Aug. 26, 1910, in Macedonia, Mother Teresa had
a desire to serve as a missionary in her childhood after listening to
a priest talk about his missionary experience. She joined a religious
order called the Loretto Sisters in 1928. After many years, she sensed
a deep calling from God to serve and care for the poor in the most horrible
situations in Calcutta, India. Mother Teresa was a staunch defender of
human life, from the unborn to the dying and despised. Through all her
efforts, she never sensed she was doing something great. She often said,
"It is not how much we do, but how much love we put into what we
do." She saw Christ in each person. Since 1950, when Mother Teresa
founded the Missionaries of Charity as a religious order in Calcutta,
the community has grown to more than 4,000 sisters serving in 131 countries.
Included in this service is a Missionary of Charity home in Detroit.
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