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MOTHER
TERESA’S 100TH B’DAY PREPARATION BEGINS ON
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The Missionaries of
Charity around the world Saturday observed the 12th
death anniversary of its founder Mother Teresa and began
preparations for her birth centenary next year.
Sister Prema, the superior-general of the Missionaries
of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta) said: “A week ago, we
began the preparation for celebration of Mother Teresa’s
birth centenary next year. Today, we commemorate the
12th anniversary of her death. The heroic sanctity of
her life assures us that her death on earth meant her
birth in heaven,” she said in a statement.
On Wednesday, special prayers were also organised at the
headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata
where nuns, co–workers, volunteers, friends and
reporters gathered to commemorate the 99th birth
anniversary of the Mother.
“Mother Teresa opened her heart to love all people. She
continues to inspire us all to open our eyes to see the
dignity of a child of God in the poor and to bring peace
and joy to them through our humble services,” Sister
Prema said.
Meanwhile, Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC)
said it celebrates the 5th September - the death
anniversary of the ‘Saint of the gutters’, as the ‘Feast
Day of Blessed Mother Teresa’. GCIC says, inspired by
the Mother, it renews its commitment to serve those
despised and marginalized by society-our Dalits
(untouchables) and those persecuted for Faith. GCIC,
Bangalore-based Christian advocacy group has been the
voice of the persecuted Christians in India.
People from various faiths have come forward in
remembering the Mother.
According to Press Trust of India, All India Minority
Forum president Idris Ali, who organized an all faiths’
prayer, urged Federal Railways Minister Mamata Bannerjee
to rename Kolkata’s Metro railway station after the
Mother. Kolkata was formerly known as Calcutta.
“Everyone prayed and remembered Mother Teresa, her life
for the poor, sick and helpless,” Sister Prema said.
A year of programmes has been launched to celebrate the
birth centenary of the humanitarian icon who was
popularly known as the ‘Saint of the Gutter’.
“Next year, on this day, we will commemorate the
centenary of Mother Teresa’s birth. Our sincere
endeavour to be channels of God’s love and peace to the
poor will be the best gift we all can prepare for,”
Prema said.
Mother Teresa was was fast-tracked to sainthood by Pope
John Paul-II after her death in 1997. She ‘beatified’
(declared blessed) by the Pope in a ceremony at the
Vatican on October 19, 2003, on the basis of claims by a
tribal woman in North Bengal that she was cured of a
stomach tumour after praying to her.
Teresa’s beatification allows her to be venerated in MoC
churches the world over. She will be worshipped in all
the Roman Catholic churches if declared a saint, for
which proof of another miracle of a medical nature is
required. By: Joseph Keenan, Christian Post
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PRAISE THE ALMIGHTY
10 YEARS CELEBRATION
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