Kolkata: It was Blessed Teresa’s last birthday, and the nuns sang their happiest birthday song, eagerly awaiting the next anniversary where they’ll get to celebrate `Saint’ Teresa’s first one. The Albanian nun, who was born on August 26, 1910, will be canonized at the Vatican in just eight days. ThroughoutContinue Reading
Portland: When Jesuit Father Bob Fabing first met Mother Teresa in 1983 in Calcutta, he had no inkling the meeting would be the start of a decades-long friendship. That friendship culminates next month, when Father Fabing concelebrates Mass with Pope Francis as Blessed Mother Teresa is canonized in early SeptemberContinue Reading
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Mumbai: Not everyone gets two invites to the canonization ceremony of Mother Teresa. But then, not everyone is Usha Uthup. Uthup has been a long-time supporter of Missionaries of Charity. She attended Mother’s beatification ceremony at the Vatican in 2003. At Mother’s canonization on September 4, Uthup will be aContinue Reading
Kolkata: To make Mother Teresa’s canonization special, India Post will release a silk postal cover – a first of its kind – on September 1, just three days ahead of the big event. “As far as I know, such a silk postal cover has never been released in India. WhenContinue Reading
Rome: In the chapel of the first house Blessed Teresa of Calcutta established in Rome, Father Brian Kolodiejchuk of the Missionaries of Charity talks about her life, mixing the concrete and even mundane with the spiritual and even mystical. “She was very human – she loved chocolate, she loved iceContinue Reading
Kolkata: While the city and the rest of the world waits to celebrate Mother Teresa’s canonization on September 4, a quaint cathedral tucked away in Baruipur is already hailing her sainthood. It’s a special cathedral – the only one in India dedicated to Mother Teresa and named after her. BuiltContinue Reading
Vatican: Pope Francis has named Cardinal Vinko Pulić, the Archbishop of Sarajevo, as his special envoy to a celebration taking place in Skopje, Macedonia, on 11 September 2016, at the conclusion of a special day of thanksgiving for the canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Mother Teresa, whose birthContinue Reading
Mumbai: The canonization of Mother Teresa in Rome on September 4 has a proud Mumbai connection. The official logo chosen by the Vatican for use worldwide has been created by Mahim graphic designer, Karen Vaswani. It bears the classic pose of Mother gazing lovingly at a child she is carryingContinue Reading
Pascal Lopes, a numismatist from Vasai, has built an enviable collection Continue Reading