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love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection.” He asked the sisters, brothers, priests, and laypeople involved with the Missionaries of Charity to let God’s love continue to inspire them to give themselves generously to the Jesus they could see, by serving the poor, the sick, the lonely, and the abandoned, and to draw constantly from Mother Teresa’s example and spirituality. As reports from every part of the world of supernatural favors attributed to Mother Teresa’s intercession rose to in excess of three thousand, the verification of the second miracle required for Mother Teresa’s canonization was still awaited. With or without it, the work—God’s work—must continue through instruments that were inevitably imperfect; and it was doing so. The sisters were there in Haiti among the victims of the earthquake that caused such terrible destruction in March 2010; the brothers were there in Bucharest with the teenage down-and-outs and alcoholics sleeping on the ventilation grilles in the bitterly cold streets. In 2010 there were, in fact, 5,029 sisters (both active and contemplative) serving in 766 houses in 137 countries, and 377 active brothers serving in 68 houses in 21 countries. The Contemplative Brothers had increased in number to a group of a little over 50 with 7 houses in Italy, Albania, India, Ghana, and Israel. The number of Missionaries of Charity Fathers had risen from 13 priests at the time of Mother Teresa’s death to 38 in 8 houses in 4 countries. The Lay Missionaries of Charity, who celebrated twenty-five years of their existence from April 14 to 26, 2009, in Rome, were also growing and were to be found in more than 50 countries. The continuing expansion of the work spoke volumes. The example and spirituality of Mother Teresa might be subject to the distortion of human foibles, subjectivity, and selective memories. With the passage of time, Brother Andrew’s words—“The Holy Spirit is not put out of business through the operators and manipulators. In fact he uses them”—might seem to gain in relevance. So, too, might his instruction to the brothers during his last visit to India in 1999: “Don’t worry. It’s all OK. It’s our story. It’s how we are and, for God’s sake, just offer it all to him and let him do his marvellous works through it all.” What remained of paramount importance was not to lose “its sanctity.” Mother Teresa herself had predicted that only the thirst of Jesus—hearing it, feeling it, and answering it wholeheartedly—would keep the society alive after she was gone. She had reminded all those who sought to follow her example that, though she might be absent, Jesus, through the profound mystery of the Incarnation, would still always be there, thirsting in the poor. In February 1991

when she gave me permission to write this book and instructed me, as she had done on a number of occasions, to tell of the joy of loving Jesus, we sat in the corner of the chapel of the motherhouse beside an open window. As I strained to hear her broken voice against the din of the traffic and the cries of passersby on A. J. C. Bose Road below, she took my hand in hers and counted off on my fingers one by one, “You did it to me.” Then she added, “Pray . . . pray that we do not spoil God’s work.” 1 Letter to Father Picachy, dated September 3, 1959, in Come Be My Light (New York: Doubleday, 2007), 193. 2 Come Be My Light, 327. 3 Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom (New York: Bantam Press, 1997).

Appendix A Complete List of Missionaries of Charity Foundations Cocorote, Venezuela July 26, 1965 Rome, Italy August 22, 1968 Tabora, Tanzania September 8, 1968 Bourke, Australia September 13, 1968 Catia La Mar, Venezuela March 19, 1970 Melbourne, Australia April 27, 1970 Amman, Jordan July 16, 1970 Marin (Edo Yaracuy), Venezuela November 21, 1970 Southall, London, England December 8, 1970 Bravington Road, London, England July 14, 1971 Bronx, USA October 18, 1971 Dhaka, Bangladesh January 21, 1972 Khulna, Bangladesh February 11, 1972 Port Luis, Mauritius August 15, 1972 Gaza, Israel February 26, 1973 Katherine, Australia March 25, 1973 Hodeidah, Yemen Arab Republic August 22, 1973 Lima, Peru October 4, 1973 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 23, 1973

Hanubade, Papua New Guinea May 28, 1974 Palermo, Sicily, Italy June 9, 1974 Port Morsby, Papua New Guinea July 18, 1974 Taiz, Yemen August 13, 1974 Mausaid, Dhaka, Bangladesh October 25, 1974 Naples, Italy June 16, 1975 Tokarara, Papua New Guinea November 4, 1975 San Felix, Venezuela January 6, 1976 Sanaa, Yemen Arab Republic February 2, 1976 Rome, Italy February 23, 1976 Santa Fe, Mexico April 8, 1976 Guatamala City, Guatamala April 26, 1976 Bronx, USA (Contemplative) June 25, 1976 Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania July 14, 1976 Tejgaon, Bangladesh October 31, 1976 Kerema, Papua New Guinea February 3, 1977 Binondo, Manila, Philippines February 11, 1977 Tabora, Tanzania (Noviciate) March 9, 1977 Haiti, West Indies August 5, 1977 Rotterdam, Netherlands August 15, 1977 Dire, Dawa, Ethiopia August 28, 1977 San Salvador, El Salvador December 21, 1977 Metro-Manila, Philippines February 11, 1978 Caracas, Venezuela April 30, 1978 Zarate, Argentina May 24, 1978 Shylet, Bangladesh July 16, 1978 Liverpool, England July 21, 1978 El Dorado, Panama September 15, 1978 Dodoma, Tabora, Tanzania October 25, 1978 Tondo, Manila February 2, 1979 Beirut, Lebanon March 10, 1979 Reggio, Calabria, Italy May 31, 1979 Essen, Germany June 22, 1979 St. Louis, USA June 22, 1979

St. Louis, USA June 22, 1979 Bari, Italy June 22, 1979 Detroit, USA June 22, 1979 Toluca, Mexico July 16, 1979 Salvador-Bahia, Brazil July 16, 1979 Chimbote, Peru July 16, 1979 Nairobi, Kenya July 16, 1979 Sanfil, Port au Prince, Haiti August 6, 1979 Kigali, Rwanda September 29, 1979 Vittoria, Sicily, Italy December 19, 1979 Cebu City, Philippines December 30, 1979 Berina, Papua New Guinea January 7, 1980 Via Casilina, Rome, Italy June 6, 1980 Ghent, Belgium June 13, 1980 Madrid, Spain June 21, 1980 Skopje, Macedonia June 26, 1980 Katmandu, Nepal July 16, 1980 Santiago, Chile July 19, 1980 Frontera, Argentina August 15, 1980 Miami, USA September 8, 1980 Marseille, France October 4, 1980 Primavalle, Rome, Italy November 1, 1980 Cairo, Egypt March 7, 1981 La Paz el Alto, Bolivia March 25, 1981 East Berlin, Germany March 30, 1981 Tokyo, Japan May 24, 1981 Cúcuta, Colombia May 27, 1981 Alexandria, Egypt June 1, 1981 Batuco, Santiago, Chile June 21, 1981 Washington, DC, USA (Contemplative) June 25, 1981 Newark, USA June 26, 1981 Macau, China June 26, 1981 Anyang, South Korea July 6, 1981 Belabo, Cameroon July 18, 1981

Belabo, Cameroon July 18, 1981 Harlem, USA August 1, 1981 Jijiga, Ethiopia August 12, 1981 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic October 20, 1981 Las Matas de Farfan, Dominican Republic October 20, 1981 Jacmel, Haiti November 4, 1981 Queanbeyan, Australia January 8, 1982 Setubal, Portugal February 11, 1982 Tampico, Mexico April 13, 1982 Jenkins, USA April 30, 1982 Giteranyi, Burundi May 23, 1982 Florence, Italy May 25, 1982 Sabadell, Spain June 18, 1982 Dublin, Ireland June 18, 1982 Brooklyn, USA (Contemplative) July 27, 1982 Jima, Ethiopia August 15, 1982 Bonsucesso, Rio de Janeiro September 1, 1982 Borasal, Bangladesh January 11, 1983 Kowloon, Hong Kong January 17, 1983 San Francisco, USA (Noviciate) January 17, 1983 Jeremie, Haiti January 20, 1983 Tennant Creek, Australia January 25, 1983 West Berlin, Germany February 2, 1983 Ngaroma, Rwanda March 9, 1983 Chicago, USA March 19, 1983 Livingston, Scotland June 10, 1983 Davao City, Philippines June 10, 1983 Calbayog, Philippines June 10, 1983 Darwin, Australia June 10, 1983 Tegucigalpa, Honduras July 16, 1983 Mahe-Victoria, Seychelles July 16, 1983 Little Rock, USA July 16, 1983 Bujumbura, Burundi August 17, 1983 Zaborow, Poland November 4, 1983

Milan, Italy November 13, 1983 Chemnitz, Germany December 18, 1983 Pereira, Colombia April 15, 1984 Jenkins, USA April 30, 1984 Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras July 1, 1984 Winnipeg, Canada August 22, 1984 Tainan, Taiwan August 28, 1984 Colombo, Sri Lanka September 8, 1984 Norristown, USA October 20, 1984 Alamata, Ethiopia November 27, 1984 San Francisco, USA December 16, 1984 Chicago, USA (Contemplative) December 23, 1984 Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico January 19, 1985 Sukutha Marmar, Kenya February 1, 1985 Bogota, Colombia February 2, 1985 Las Piedras, Uruguay February 24, 1985 Damascus, Syria March 10, 1985 Salvador Bahia, Malvinas, Brazil March 25, 1985 La Paz, Bolivia April 10, 1985 Khartoum, Sudan May 1, 1985 Vienna, Austria June 10, 1985 Colon, Panama June 13, 1985 Lahore, Pakistan June 14, 1985 Inchon, South Korea June 14, 1985 Glasgow, Scotland June 15, 1985 Paris, France June 15, 1985 Toronto, Canada June 24, 1985 Baton Rouge, USA June 27, 1985 Singapore City, Singapore June 30, 1985 Mannheim, Germany June 30, 1985 St. George’s, Grenada July 1, 1985 Dagupan City, Philippines July 11, 1985 Mek’ele, Ethiopia July 13, 1985 Warsaw, Poland July 15, 1985

Warsaw, Poland July 15, 1985 Kingston, Jamaica July 20, 1985 Taipei, Taiwan August 10, 1985 Cali Valle, Colombia August 29, 1985 Cotonou, Benin, West Africa September 2, 1985 Assiout, Egypt September 9, 1985 Manhattan, USA December 24, 1985 Lisbon, Portugal February 2, 1986 Beccar, Buenos Aires, Argentina February 11, 1986 Tanguieta, Gouande, West Africa February 19, 1986 Kulaura, Bangladesh February 24, 1986 Ponce, Puerto Rico March 25, 1986 Cagliari, Italy June 6, 1986 Chorzow, Katowice, Poland June 6, 1986 Lafayette, USA July 16, 1986 Athens, Greece July 16, 1986 Gallup, USA August 1, 1986 Tondo 2, Manila, Philippines August 15, 1986 St. Paul, Alberta, Canada August 22, 1986 New Amsterdam, Guyana August 28, 1986 Washington, DC, USA September 8, 1986 Espirito Santo, Vitoria, Brazil September 10, 1986 Nagoya, Japan October 1, 1986 Havana, Cuba November 2, 1986 El Obeid, Sudan November 18, 1986 Managua, Nicaragua December 8, 1986 Chichiltah, USA December 24, 1986 Naga City, Philippines December 28, 1986 Davao City 2, Philippines January 4, 1987 Cebu City 2, Philippines January 5, 1987 Olangapo City, Philippines January 6, 1987 Aleppo, Syria February 11, 1987 Orange, NSW, Australia March 15, 1987 Nablus, Israel March 25, 1987

Nablus, Israel March 25, 1987 Colombo 2, Sri Lanka April 11, 1987 Boston, USA June 7, 1987 Szezecin, Poland June 10, 1987 Dallas, USA June 22, 1987 Kibera, Kenya July 2, 1987 Kisantu, Zaire July 9, 1987 Kanyinya, Burundi July 9, 1987 Goba, Ethiopia July 16, 1987 Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong July 16, 1987 Ljubljana, Slovenia July 16, 1987 Mukkattam, Cairo, Egypt August 15, 1987 San Jose, Costa Rica August 22, 1987 Hinche, Haiti September 8, 1987 Yaounde, Cameroon September 29, 1987 Freetown, Sierra Leone October 7, 1987 Adowa, Ethiopia October 7, 1987 Guayaquil, Ecuador February 27, 1988 Abidjan, Ivory Coast February 27, 1988 Antsirabe, Madagascar March 19, 1988 Ouesso, Congo April 6, 1988 Santa Cruz, Bolivia April 12, 1988 Kumasi, Ghana May 18, 1988 Vatican City May 22, 1988 Vancouver, Canada May 29, 1988 Amsterdam, Holland May 31, 1988 San Francisco, USA (AIDS) June 2, 1988 Bayamo, Cuba June 6, 1988 Onitsha, Nigeria June 10, 1988 Pec, Korsova June 27, 1988 Tijuana, Mexico (Contemplative) July 1, 1988 San Salvador, El Salvador July 4, 1988 Montreal, Canada September 1, 1988 Memphis, USA September 7, 1988

Pokhara, Nepal (Contemplative) October 7, 1988 Georgetown, Guyana October 21, 1988 Maputo, Mozambique November 3, 1988 Cape Town, South Africa November 8, 1988 Aklan, Philippines November 19, 1988 Kampala, Uganda November 26, 1988 Nampula, Mozambique December 8, 1988 Plainfield, New Jersey, USA (Contemplative) December 12, 1988 Moscow, USSR December 22, 1988 Spitak, Armenia December 25, 1988 Ruseifa, Jordan December 28, 1988 Phoenix, Arizona, USA February 2, 1989 Conakry, Guinea, West Africa February 6, 1989 Bormia, Malta February 11, 1989 Faro, Portugal February 11, 1989 Mantanzas, Cuba February 17, 1989 Monrovia, Liberia February 24, 1989 Port of Spain, Trinidad March 1, 1989 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AIDS) March 4, 1989 Montevideo, Uruguay March 7, 1989 Quito, Ecuador March 31, 1989 Rosslyn, Pretoria, South Africa April 16, 1989 Lusaka, Zambia May 1, 1989 Tananarive, Madagascar May 31, 1989 Borodol, Bangladesh June 2, 1989 El Florido, Tijuana, Mexico June 7, 1989 Vera Cruz, Mexico June 10, 1989 Lynwood, USA June 12, 1989 Erd, Budapest, Hungary June 18, 1989 Tangier, Morocco June 23, 1989 Tbilisi, Georgia June 29, 1989 Moscow, USSR August 19, 1989 El Cobre, West Indies October 7, 1989 Cuba (Contemplative) October 7, 1989

Cuba (Contemplative) October 7, 1989 Wewak, Papua New Guinea October 21, 1989 Kandy, Sri Lanka October 22, 1989 Makeni, Sierra Leone October 28, 1989 Denver, USA December 12, 1989 St. Petersburg, USSR December 21, 1989 Torre Bella Monaca, Rome, Italy January 6, 1990 Bujumbura, Burundi January 20, 1990 Brazzaville, Congo February 1, 1990 Morete, Uganda February 2, 1990 Karachi, Pakistan February 11, 1990 Marinella, Naples, Italy February 26, 1990 Novosibirsk, Siberia March 23, 1990 Brussels, Belgium May 1, 1990 Milcov, Bucharest, Romania May 5, 1990 Cadca, Slovakia May 16, 1990 Prague, Czechoslovakia May 29, 1990 Hamburg, Germany June 1, 1990 St. Gheorghe, Romania June 9, 1990 Vanimo, Papua New Guinea June 14, 1990 Budapest, Hungary June 24, 1990 Bacau, Romania June 29, 1990 Asuncion, Paraguay June 29, 1990 Bonio, Khartoum, Sudan July 1, 1990 Curriacou, Grenada August 11, 1990 Gambella, Ethiopia August 22, 1990 Phnom Penh, Cambodia November 26, 1990 Catania, Sicily, Italy January 2, 1991 Tirana 1, Albania March 4, 1991 Tirana 2, Albania March 7, 1991 Kretinga, Lithuania March 19, 1991 Tijuana, Mexico March 19, 1991 Skhodra, Albania April 6, 1991 Forsa, Sweden (Contemplative) April 7, 1991

Forsa, Sweden (Contemplative) April 7, 1991 Chittagong, Bangladesh May 15, 1991 l’Aquila, Italy May 28, 1991 Baghdad, Iraq June 13, 1991 Chitila, Bucharest, Romania June 17, 1991 Lahore, Pakistan June 21, 1991 Dushanbe, Tadzhikistan, USSR June 21, 1991 Tomsk, Siberia, USSR June 26, 1991 St. Thomas, Virgin Islands June 27, 1991 Barcelona City, Spain June 29, 1991 Durres, Albania July 12, 1991 Diglipur, Andamans July 16, 1991 Peoria, USA July 16, 1991 Elbasan, Albania July 18, 1991 Ciego de Avila, Cuba August 15, 1991 Las Tunas, Cuba August 15, 1991 Tlalnelnepantla, Mexico August 22, 1991 Kiev, Ukraine September 14, 1991 Munich, Germany October 7, 1991 Mahaney City, USA (Contemplative) December 12, 1991 Los Angeles, USA (Contemplative) December 23, 1991 Bangui, Central Africa January 1, 1992 San Pedro Sula, Honduras January 1, 1992 Chester, USA January 6, 1992 Piombino, Livorno, Italy (Contemplative) February 11, 1992 San Diego, USA (Contemplative) March 1, 1992 Aden, Yemen Republic March 19, 1992 Korce, Albania March 25, 1992 Baltimore, USA April 19, 1992 Lilongwe, Malawi May 1, 1992 Escuintla, Guatemala June 14, 1992 Zurich, Switzerland June 26, 1992 Usulatan, El Salvador July 3, 1992 Bacalod City, Philippines July 6, 1992

Puke, Albania July 16, 1992 Tripoli, Libya July 19, 1992 Beppu Oitanken, Japan August 15, 1992 Las Cayes, Haiti August 15, 1992 Brasilia, Brazil August 22, 1992 Tallinn, Estonia August 28, 1992 Sao Paulo, Brazil September 19, 1992 Edinburgh, Scotland December 8, 1992 Granada, Nicaragua December 12, 1992 New Bedford, USA December 19, 1992 Bethlehem, Bratislava, Slovakia December 21, 1992 Birmingham, England January 1, 1993 Atlanta, USA January 10, 1993 Kinshasa, Zaire January 27, 1993 Trincomalee, Sri Lanka February 26, 1993 Durban, South Africa March 25, 1993 Bologna, Italy May 31, 1993 Southwark, England June 8, 1993 Tema, Ghana June 18, 1993 Ketu Lagos, Nigeria July 3, 1993 Tashkent, Uzbekistan July 6, 1993 Gomel, Belarus August 4, 1993 Rawalpindi, Pakistan August 25, 1993 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (AIDS) September 8, 1993 Harare, Zimbabwe October 7, 1993 Varna, Bulgaria November 9, 1993 Vilnius, Lithuania January 1, 1994 Madhu, Sri Lanka February 6, 1994 Banjul, Gambia March 17, 1994 Warsaw, Poland (AIDS) March 19, 1994 Ralunge, Tanzania March 19, 1994 Stockholm, Sweden May 24, 1994 Genova, Italy June 8, 1994 Tunis, Tunisia June 24, 1994

Tunis, Tunisia June 24, 1994 Der-Ez-Zor, Syria July 25, 1994 Buenos Aires, Argentina August 5, 1994 Riga, Latvia September 24, 1994 Dona di Amore, Rome, Italy (AIDS) October 16, 1994 Blarney, Ireland November 3, 1994 Gondar, Ethiopia November 17, 1994 Niamey, Niger December 6, 1994 Juli, Peru January 1, 1995 Dareton, NSW, Australia January 7, 1995 Dwellah, Syria January 25, 1995 Tacloban, Philippines February 2, 1995 Esperanza, Ecuador February 5, 1995 Hosororo, Guyana March 2, 1955 Sydney, NSW, Australia April 19, 1995 Charlotte, USA June 13, 1995 Washington, DC, USA June 19, 1995 Cartagena, Colombia August 15, 1995 Acilia, Italy (Contemplative) December 5, 1995 Aguadilla, Puerto Rico January 25, 1996 Galle, Sri Lanka February 2, 1996 Awasa, Ethiopia February 5, 1996 Copenhagen, Denmark February 22, 1996 Pinar del Rio, Cuba March 19, 1996 Castries, Santa Lucia March 19, 1996 Santos, Brazil March 19, 1996 Kaolack, Senegal March 25, 1996 Armagh, Northern Ireland June 14, 1996 Swansea, Wales June 18, 1996 Mar del Plata, Argentina June 29, 1996 Nicaragua (Contemplative) July 6, 1996 Crete July 21, 1996 Johannesburg, South Africa August 22, 1996 Reykjavik, Iceland January 1, 1997

Reykjavik, Iceland January 1, 1997 Missionaries of Charity Foundations: 1997–2010 Nairobi, Kenya (Contemplative) April 27, 1997 Lausanne, Switzerland 1997 Dedougou, Burkina Faso 1997 Dum Dum, India 1997 Rajshahi, Bangladesh 1997 Athens 2, Greece 1997 Kota, India 1997 Wagga Wagga, Australia 1997 Bayamón, Puerto Rico 1997 Manaue, Brazil 1997 Córdoba, Argentina 1998 Bcharre, Lebanon 1998 Odhav, India 1998 Mendoza, Argentina 1998 Suzathganj, India 1998 Kurunegala, Sri Lanka 1998 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1998 M’Baiki, Central African Republic 1998 Kasarani, Kenya 1998 Antipolo, Philippines 1998 Loja, Ecuador 1998 Ambikapur, India 1998 Sojong, India 1998 Alice Springs, Australia 1998 Nintolla, India 1998 Karaganda, Kazakhstan 1998 Buenaventura, Colombia 1998

Buenaventura, Colombia 1998 Brisbane, Australia 1999 Comayagua, Honduras 1999 Jaffna, Sri Lanka 1999 Faisalabad, Pakistan 1999 Imphal, India 1999 Kurnool, India 1999 Milan, Italy 1999 Karkar Island, Papua New Guinea 1999 Natitingou, Benin 1999 Baruipur NH, India 1999 Tacloban, Philippines (Contemplative) 1999 Mata de Palma, Dominican Republic 1999 Santa Clara, Cuba 1999 Gary, USA 1999 Potosi, Bolivia 1999 Asbury Park, USA 1999 Helsinki, Finland 1999 Mailanijote, India 1999 Port Sudan, Sudan 1999 Ossimn, Papua New Guinea 1999 Plovamdiv, Bulgaria 1999 Willianagar, India 1999 Casablanca, Morocco 1999 Limon, Costa Rica 1999 Newcastle upon Tyne, England 1999 Caacupé, Paraguay 1999 Aracaju, Brazil 1999 Kabwe, Zambia 1999 San, Mali 1999 Auckland, New Zealand 2000 Cape Palmas, Liberia 2000 Indianapolis, USA 2000 Ehammas, India 2000

Ehammas, India 2000 Jerusalem, Israel 2000 Cardiff, Wales 2000 Kebre Mengist, Ethiopia 2000 Guantanamo, Cuba 2000 Sligo, Ireland (Contemplative) 2000 Thessaloniki, Greece 2000 Perm, Russia 2001 Cusco, Peru 2001 Nalgonda NH, India 2001 Houston, USA 2001 Jhabua, India 2001 Frankfurt, Germany 2001 Debre Markos, Ethiopia 2001 Meerut NH, India 2001 Sarh, Chad 2001 Kasramal, India 2001 Rumbek, Sudan 2001 Bhachau, India 2001 Bridgeport, USA 2001 Florida, Uruguay 2001 Gwangju, South Korea 2001 Algiers, Algeria 2001 Goalpara, India 2001 Wellington, New Zealand 2001 Turalei, Sudan 2001 Miskolc, Hungary 2001 Siem Reap, Cambodia 2001 Dakar, Senegal 2001 M.S. Palya, India 2001 Bucurestii Noi, Romania 2002 Shantiniketan, India 2002 San Luis Potosi, Mexico 2002 Darjeeling, India (Contemplative) 2002 Darkhan, Mongolia 2002

Darkhan, Mongolia 2002 Anna Nagar, India 2002 Bhopal, India 2002 Aparri, Philippines 2002 Isotry, Madagascar 2002 Alampur, India 2002 Vijayawada NH, India 2002 Sukananda, India 2002 Murcia, Spain 2002 Gangraj, India 2002 Astana, Kazakhstan 2002 Bergen, Norway 2002 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia 2002 Nalchik, Russia 2002 Minneapolis, USA 2002 Ngarama, Rwanda 2002 Udon Thani, Thailand 2002 Perth, Australia 2002 Bettish, India 2002 Djibouti, Djibouti 2002 Puebla, Mexico 2002 Udaipur, India 2002 Japrelango, India 2003 Bilaspur, India 2003 Motinagar, India 2003 Bercuisimeto, Venezuela 2003 Dibadih, India (KC Contemplative) 2003 Lodz, Poland 2003 Port-de-Paix, Haiti 2003 Beatification House, India 2003 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo 2004 San Cristobal de lan Canan, Mexico 2004 Belkh, Mongolia 2004 Dharmapuri, India 2004

Dharmapuri, India 2004 Tathawade, India 2004 Tagaytay, Philippines 2004 Kpalimé, Togo 2004 Mahajanga, Madagascar 2004 Gangarampur, India 2004 Semera, Ethiopia 2004 Rosarito, Mexico 2004 Muzaffarpur, India 2004 Marsabit Town, Kenya 2004 Gunadala, India 2005 Lyon, France 2005 Douala, Cameroon 2005 Thakurgaon, Bangladesh 2005 Dahanu, India 2005 Burdwan, India 2005 Gandhinagar, India 2005 Sacramento, USA 2005 Harihar, India 2005 Petare, Venezuela 2005 Awassa, Ethiopia 2005 Mymensingh, Bangladesh 2005 Carrefour, Haiti 2005 Kalgoorlie, Australia 2005 Quebec, Canada 2005 Banja Luka, Bosnia 2005 Moreh, India 2005 Pomme Hoge, Grenada 2006 Baku, Azerbaijan 2006 Dhanbad, India 2006 Spokane, USA 2006 Saramuli, India 2006 Dibrugarh, India 2006 Kabul, Afghanistan 2006

Kabul, Afghanistan 2006 Burduria-Khonsa, India 2006 Richmond, USA 2006 Santiago, Cuba 2006 Yerevan, Armenia 2006 Bethlehem, Palestine 2006 Pokhara, Nepal 2006 Ostrava, Czech Republic 2006 Komskul, Papua New Guinea 2007 Namastale, Uganda 2007 Tamulpur, India 2007 Ajmer, India 2007 Isla des Juventud, Cuba 2007 Torino, Italy 2007 Almaty, Kazakhstan 2007 Ahmedabad NH, India 2008 N’Djamena, Chad 2008 Bermemin, Jordan 2008 Oropouche, Trinidad and Tobago 2008 Kakinada, India 2008 Aileu, East Timor 2008 Cochabamba, Bolivia 2008 Anjouan, Comoros 2009 Soddo, Ethiopia 2009 Guadalajara, Mexico 2009 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 2010 Sofia, Bulgaria 2010 Atambua, Indonesia 2010 Sonapur, India (Contemplative) 2010

Appendix B

Nobel Peace Prize Lecture As we have gathered here together to thank God for the Nobel Peace Prize, I think it will be beautiful that we pray the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi, which always surprises me very much. We pray this prayer every day after Holy Communion, because it is very fitting for each one of us. And I always wonder that 400 to 500 years ago when St. Francis of Assisi composed this prayer, they had the same difficulties that we have today as we compose this prayer that fits very nicely for us also. I think some of you already have got it—so we will pray together: Let us thank God for the opportunity that we all have together today, for this gift of peace that reminds us that we have been created to live that peace, and that Jesus became man to bring that Good News to the poor. He, being God, became man in all things like us except in sin, and he proclaimed very clearly that he had come to give the Good News. The news was peace to all of goodwill, and this is something that we all want—the peace of heart. And God loved the world so much that he gave his son—it was a giving; it is as much as if to say it hurt God to give, because he loved the world so much that he gave his son. He gave him to the Virgin Mary, and what did she do with him?

with him? As soon as he came in her life, immediately she went in haste to give that good news, and as she came into the house of her cousin, the child—the unborn child—the child in the womb of Elizabeth, leapt with joy. He was, that little unborn child was, the first messenger of peace. He recognized the Prince of Peace, he recognized that Christ had come to bring the Good News for you and for me. And as if that was not enough—it was not enough to become a man—he died on the cross to show that greater love, and he died for you and for me and for that leper and for that man dying of hunger and that naked person lying in the street not only of Calcutta, but of Africa, and New York, and London, and Oslo—and insisted that we love one another as he loves each one of us. And we read that in the Gospel very clearly: “love as I have loved you; as I love you; as the Father has loved me, I love you.” And the harder the Father loved him, he gave him to us, and how much we love one another, we too must give to each other until it hurts. It is not enough for us to say: “I love God, but I do not love my neighbor.” St. John says that you are a liar if you say you love God and you don’t love your neighbor. How can you love God whom you do not see, if you do not love your neighbor whom you see, whom you touch, with whom you live? And so this is very important for us to realize that love, to be true, has to hurt. It hurt Jesus to love us. It hurt him. And to make sure

we remember his great love, he made himself the bread of life to satisfy our hunger for his love—our hunger for God—because we have been created for that love. We have been created in his image. We have been created to love and be loved, and he has become man to make it possible for us to love as he loved us. He makes himself the hungry one, the naked one, the homeless one, the sick one, the one in prison, the lonely one, the unwanted one, and he says: “You did it to me.” He is hungry for our love, and this is the hunger of our poor people. This is the hunger that you and I must find. It may be in our own home. I never forget an opportunity I had in visiting a home where they had all these old parents of sons and daughters who had just put them in an institution and forgotten, maybe. And I went there, and I saw in that home they had everything, beautiful things, but everybody was looking toward the door. And I did not see a single one with a smile on their face. And I turned to the sister and I asked: How is that? How is it that these people who have everything here, why are they all looking toward the door? Why are they not smiling? I am so used to see the smiles on our people, even the dying ones smile. And she said: “This is nearly every day. They are expecting, they are hoping that a son or daughter will come to visit them. They are hurt because they are forgotten.” And see—this is where love comes. That poverty comes right there in our own home, even

That poverty comes right there in our own home, even neglect to love. Maybe in our own family we have somebody who is feeling lonely, who is feeling sick, who is feeling worried, and these are difficult days for everybody. Are we there? Are we there to receive them? Is the mother there to receive the child? I was surprised in the West to see so many young boys and girls given into drugs. And I tried to find out why. Why is it like that? And the answer was: “Because there is no one in the family to receive them.” Father and mother are so busy they have no time. Young parents are in some institution, and the child goes back to the street and gets involved in something. We are talking of peace. These are things that break peace. But I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a direct killing, direct murder by the mother herself. And we read in the scripture, for God says very clearly: “Even if a mother could forget her child, I will not forget you. I have curved you in the palm of my hand.” We are curved in the palm of his hand; so close to him, that unborn child has been curved in the hand of God. And that is what strikes me most, the beginning of that sentence, that even if a mother could forget, something impossible—but even if she could forget—I will not forget you. And today the greatest means, the greatest destroyer of peace, is abortion. And we who are standing here—our parents wanted us. We would not be here if our parents

parents wanted us. We would not be here if our parents would do that to us. Our children, we want them, we love them. But what of the other millions? Many people are very, very concerned with the children of India, with the children of Africa where quite a number die, maybe of malnutrition, of hunger, and so on, but millions are dying deliberately by the will of the mother. And this is what is the greatest destroyer of peace today. Because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between. And this I appeal in India, I appeal everywhere—“Let us bring the child back”—and this year being the child’s year: What have we done for the child? At the beginning of the year I told, I spoke everywhere, and I said: Let us ensure this year that we make every single child born, and unborn, wanted. And today is the end of the year. Have we really made the children wanted? I will tell you something terrifying. We are fighting abortion by adoption. We have saved thousands of lives. We have sent word to all the clinics, to the hospitals, police stations: “Please don’t destroy the child; we will take the child.” So every hour of the day and night there is always somebody—we have quite a number of unwedded mothers—tell them: “Come, we will take care of you, we will take the child from you, and we will get a home for the child.” And we have a tremendous demand for families who have no children, that is the blessing of

for families who have no children, that is the blessing of God for us. And also, we are doing another thing which is very beautiful. We are teaching our beggars, our leprosy patients, our slum dwellers, our people of the street, natural family planning. And in Calcutta alone in six years—it is all in Calcutta —we have had 61,273 babies less from the families who would have had them because they practice this natural way of abstaining, of self-control, out of love for each other. We teach them the temperature method, which is very beautiful, very simple. And our poor people understand. And you know what they have told me? “Our family is healthy, our family is united, and we can have a baby whenever we want.” So clear—those people in the street, those beggars—and I think that if our people can do like that how much more you and all the others who can know the ways and means without destroying the life that God has created in us. The poor people are very great people. They can teach us so many beautiful things. The other day one of them came to thank us and said: “You people who have evolved chastity, you are the best people to teach us family planning because it is nothing more than self- control out of love for each other.” And I think they said a beautiful sentence. And these are people who maybe have nothing to eat, maybe they have not a home where to live, but they are great people. The poor are very wonderful people. One evening we went out and we picked up four people from the street.

went out and we picked up four people from the street. And one of them was in a most terrible condition. And I told the sisters: “You take care of the other three; I will take care of this one that looks worse.” So I did for her all that my love can do. I put her in bed, and there was such a beautiful smile on her face. She took hold of my hand, as she said one word only: “thank you”—and she died. I could not help but examine my conscience before her. And I asked: “What would I say if I was in her place?” And my answer was very simple. I would have tried to draw a little attention to myself. I would have said: “I am hungry, I am dying, I am cold, I am in pain”, or something. But she gave me much more—she gave me her grateful love. And she died with a smile on her face— like that man who we picked up from the drain, half- eaten with worms, and we brought him to the home—“I have lived like an animal in the street, but I am going to die like an angel, loved and cared for.” And it was so wonderful to see the greatness of that man who could speak like that, who could die like that without blaming anybody, without cursing anybody, without comparing anything. Like an angel—this is the greatness of our people. And that is why we believe what Jesus has said: “I was hungry, I was naked, I was homeless; I was unwanted, unloved, uncared for—and you did it to me.” I believe that we are not really social workers. We may be doing social work in the eyes of the people. But we are

be doing social work in the eyes of the people. But we are really contemplatives in the heart of the world. For we are touching the body of Christ twenty-four hours. We have twenty-four hours in his presence, and so you and I. You too must try to bring that presence of God into your family, for the family that prays together stays together. And I think that we in our family, we don’t need bombs and guns to destroy or to bring peace—just get together, love one another, bring that peace, that joy, that strength of presence of each other in the home. And we will be able to overcome all the evil that is in the world. There is so much suffering, so much hatred, so much misery, and we with our prayer, with our sacrifice are beginning at home. Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do. It is to God almighty—how much we do does not matter, because he is infinite, but how much love we put in that action. How much we do to him in the person that we are serving. Some time ago in Calcutta we had great difficulty in getting sugar. And I don’t know how the word got around to the children, and a little boy of four years old, a Hindu boy, went home and told his parents: “I will not eat sugar for three days. I will give my sugar to Mother Teresa for her children.” After three days his father and mother brought him to our house. I had never met them before, and this little one could scarcely pronounce my name. But he knew exactly what he had come to do. He knew

But he knew exactly what he had come to do. He knew that he wanted to share his love. And this is why I have received such a lot of love from all. From the time that I have come here I have simply been surrounded with love, and with real, real understanding love. It could feel as if everyone in India, everyone in Africa is somebody very special to you. And I felt quite at home, I was telling sister today. I feel in the convent with the sisters as if I am in Calcutta with my own sisters. So completely at home here, right here. And so here I am talking with you. I want you to find the poor here, right in your own home first. And begin love there. Be that Good News to your own people. And find out about your next-door neighbor. Do you know who they are? I had the most extraordinary experience with a Hindu family who had eight children. A gentleman came to our house and said: “Mother Teresa, there is a family with eight children; they have not eaten for so long; do something.” So I took some rice and I went there immediately. And I saw the children—their eyes shining with hunger. I don’t know if you have ever seen hunger. But I have seen it very often. And she took the rice, she divided the rice, and she went out. When she came back I asked her: “Where did you go? What did you do?” And she gave me a very simple answer: “They are hungry also.” What struck me most was that she knew—and who are they? A Muslim family—and she knew. I didn’t bring

are they? A Muslim family—and she knew. I didn’t bring more rice that evening because I wanted them to enjoy the joy of sharing. But there were those children, radiating joy, sharing the joy with their mother because she had the love to give. And you see this is where love begins—at home. And I want you—and I am very grateful for what I have received. It has been a tremendous experience, and I go back to India—I will be back by next week, the 15th I hope, and I will be able to bring your love. And I know well that you have not given from your abundance, but you have given until it has hurt you. Today the little children, they gave—I was so surprised— there is so much joy for the children that are hungry. That the children like themselves will need love and get so much from their parents. So let us thank God that we have had this opportunity to come to know each other, and that this knowledge of each other has brought us very close. And we will be able to help the children of the whole world, because as you know our sisters are all over the world. And with this prize that I have received as a prize of peace, I am going to try to make the home for many people that have no home. Because I believe that love begins at home, and if we can create a home for the poor, I think that more and more love will spread. And we will be able through this understanding love to bring peace, be the Good News to the poor. The poor in our own family first, in our country and in the world.

and in the world. To be able to do this, our sisters, our lives have to be woven with prayer. They have to be woven with Christ to be able to understand, to be able to share. Today there is so much suffering, and I feel that the Passion of Christ is being relived all over again. Are we there to share that Passion, to share that suffering of people—around the world, not only in the poor countries. But I found the poverty of the West so much more difficult to remove. When I pick up a person from the street, hungry, I give him a plate of rice, a piece of bread, I have satisfied. I have removed that hunger. But a person that is shut out, that feels unwanted, unloved, terrified, the person that has been thrown out from society—that poverty is so hurtful and so much, and I find that very difficult. Our sisters are working among that kind of people in the West. So you must pray for us that we may be able to be that Good News. We cannot do that without you. You have to do that here in your country. You must come to know the poor. Maybe our people here have material things, everything, but I think that if we all look into our own homes, how difficult we find it sometimes to smile at each other, and that the smile is the beginning of love. And so let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love, and once we begin to love each other, naturally we want to do something. So you pray for our sisters and for me and for our brothers and for our Co-Workers that are around the world. Pray

and for our Co-Workers that are around the world. Pray that we may remain faithful to the gift of God, to love him and serve him in the poor together with you. What we have done we would not have been able to do if you did not share with your prayers, with your gifts, this continual giving. But I don’t want you to give me from your abundance. I want that you give me until it hurts. The other day I received $15 from a man who has been on his back for twenty years and the only part that he can move is his right hand. And the only companion that he enjoys is smoking. And he said to me: “I do not smoke for one week, and I send you this money.” It must have been a terrible sacrifice for him, but see how beautiful, how he shared. And with that money I brought bread and I gave to those who are hungry with a joy on both sides. He was giving, and the poor were receiving. This is something that you and I can do—it is a gift of God to us to be able to share our love with others. And let it be able to share our love with others. And let it be as it was for Jesus. Let us love one another as he loved us. Let us love him with undivided love. And the joy of loving him and each other—let us give now that Christmas is coming so close. Let us keep that joy of loving Jesus in our hearts, and share that joy with all that we come in touch with. That radiating joy is real, for we have no reason not to be happy because we have Christ with us. Christ in our hearts, Christ in the poor that we meet, Christ in the smile

hearts, Christ in the poor that we meet, Christ in the smile that we give and the smile that we receive. Let us make that one point—that no child will be unwanted, and also that we meet each other always with a smile, especially when it is difficult to smile. I never forget some time ago about fourteen professors came from the United States from different universities. And they came to Calcutta to our house. Then we were talking about the fact that they had been to the Home for the Dying. (We have a home for the dying in Calcutta, where we have picked up more than 36,000 people only from the streets of Calcutta, and out of that big number more than 18,000 have died a beautiful death. They have just gone home to God.) And they came to our house, and we talked of love, of compassion. And then one of them asked me: “Say, Mother, please tell us something that we will remember.” And I said to them: “Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family. Smile at each other.” And then another one asked me: “Are you married?” And I said: “Yes, and I find it sometimes very difficult to smile at Jesus because he can be very demanding sometimes.” This is really something true. And there is where love comes—when it is demanding, and yet we can give it to him with joy. Just as I have said today, I have said that if I don’t go to heaven for anything else I will be going to heaven for all the publicity because it has purified me and sacrificed

me and made me really ready to go to heaven. I think that this is something, that we must live life beautifully, we have Jesus with us and he loves us. If we could only remember that God loves us, and we have an opportunity to love others as he loves us, not in big things, but in small things with great love, then Norway becomes a nest of love. And how beautiful it will be that from here a center for peace from war has been given. That from here the joy of life of the unborn child comes out. If you become a burning light of peace in the world, then really the Nobel Peace Prize is a gift of the Norwegian people. God bless you! December 10, 1979

Index The pagination of this electronic edition does not match the edition from which it was created. To locate a specific passage, please use the search feature of your e-book reader. key to abbreviations: Fr. = Brother; Pr. = Father; Sr. = Sister abortion, 62, 168, 177–78, 183–84, 186, 190, 252– 53, 266, 276, 329–30 Agagianian, Cardinal Gregory, 79 Agnes, Sr., MC (Subhasini Das), 38, 79, 83, 167, 279, 281 Agra, 94, 159 AIDS, xvii, 176, 203–211, 236, 276; homes, 206, 207, 208–10, 211 Albania, 3–11, 19, 97, 222, 223, 237–40, 257, 260, 308 Alia, Ramiz, 238, 257 Amman, 84–85, 96 Anand, Sr., MC, 306

Anand, Sr., MC, 306 Andrew, Fr. (Ian Travers-Ball), 105–21, 292–93, 302, 311; on criticism of Mother Teresa, 258; 268; death of, 293; resignation as General Servant, 227; resignation from MC Brothers, 228–29; work in Australia, 233 Anne, Princess, 179 Antoine, Pr. Robert, 104 Antwerp, 138, 140, 231, 263–64, 265, 273, 279, 305 Arafat, Yasser, 224 Armagh, 278, 308 Armenia, 217–18, 235 Asansol, 27, 103, 303 A Simple Path, 275 Augustine, St. 181 awards, 275–76; Albert Schweitzer International Prize, 161; Bharat Ratna, 171; Congressional Gold Medal, 282, 290; Deshikottama, Viswa Bharati University, 162; FAO Ceres, 160–61; Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Cambridge University, 162; Honorary Doctor of Laws, St. Francis Xavier University, 161–62; Honorary Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, 275; Honorary Order of Merit, 180; Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, 160; Knight of Humanity, 162; Magsaysay, 94, 159; Medal of Freedom, 171–72; Nehru Award, 160; Nobel Peace Prize, 149, 165–70, 197, 245, 328–34; Padma Shri, 159; peace awards, 160, 213, 267,

Padma Shri, 159; peace awards, 160, 213, 267, 275, 276; Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, 276; St. Columbus’ Gaudium et Spes, 275; Sword of Honour, 160; Templeton Prize, 160, 164–65; Voice of America, International Women’s Year Pin, 161; Women of the World, 164 Bangladesh, ix, 88–89, 91, 113, 188 Barber, Msgr., Vicar General of Calcutta, 50 Basu, Jyoti, 258, 291 beatification and canonization, 285–90, 293–94, 296–98, 299, 300, 304, 310–11; ceremony, 298; feast day set, 309 Beirut, 188–90 Belfast, 89, 97–99, 278, 308–9 Bellière, Maurice, 301 Benares (Varanasi), 256 Berlin, 198 Besra, Monika, 289–90, 293, 294 Beyond Love (Lapierre), 176 Bilotti, Dr. Vincenzo, 191, 222–23 Blaikie, Zelda Ann Simons, 65–66, 122–23, 125–26, 145, 223, 230, 264, 269; illness and death, 262, 277 Bojaxhiu, Aga, 8, 10, 19, 79, 97 Bojaxhiu, Aggi, 79, 223 Bojaxhiu, Nikola, 4–6

Bojaxhiu, Nikola, 4–6 Bojaxhiu, Drana, 4–9, 19–20, 79, 96, 97 Bojaxhiu, Lazar, 4, 6, 8, 11, 19, 79, 96–97, 168, 185 Bombay, 77–78 Bucharest, 311 Budapest, 235–36 Buddhism, 158 Buffi, Ylli, 240 Bush, George, x, 260 Calcutta, vii, 26, 86, 88, 174, 189, 294; Bangladesh war and, ix; bustees of, 17, 78, 150, 153; destitution, starvation in, 52–53, 57–58, 127, 159, 246, 247; Diana visit to, 262–63; family planning in, 62–63; governing, 52; lepers, ix, 63–64, 67, 114, 135; miracles in, 93–94; Mother Teresa arrives (1929), 14; sectarian violence (1946), 21; spiritual richness, 116, 256; statue of Mother Teresa, 291; war years, 18; women of, 133–34, 151. See also Loreto House, Calcutta; Nirmal Hriday Cambodia, 114–15, 238 Carrol, Sr., MC, 100 Cassaroli, Cardinal Agostino, 199 Castro, Fidel, 211, 212, 235 Catholic Missions, 11, 13, 14–15 Cenacle, Mother, 19, 21, 31

Cenacle, Mother, 19, 21, 31 Charles, Prince of Wales, 179 Chattisgarh, 307–8 cheerfulness, xiii, 23, 42, 47, 72, 73, 92, 141, 143, 224, 230 Chernobyl, 213 Chetcuti, Pr. Paul, 273 China, 199, 201–2, 237, 241, 270, 271–72 City of Joy (Lapierre), 174 Clinton, Bill, 272 Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 272, 284 Cooke, Cardinal Terence, 93, 119, 194 Collins, Larry, 174 conversion, 55, 207, 253–54, 307 Corrymeela, 184–85 Craven, John, 179 Croatia, 7, 104, 288 Cuba, 211, 212, 235 Cullis, David, 230 Cullis, Margaret, 230, 265, 274 Cuomo, Mario, 204, 205 Czechoslovakia, 237 D’Souza, Albert, Archbishop of Calcutta, 34, 104 D’Souza, Henry, Archbishop of Calcutta, 280, 284, 286, 287, 299 Dacca, 89, 253

Dhaka, Bangladesh, 88 Daniel, Archbishop George, 214 Darjeeling, 14, 16, 17, 182; call within a call and, 22, 23, 108, 298, 302 Daughters of St. Anne, 19, 26 Day, Dorothy, 111 Deasy, Mother M. Raphael, 12 de Decker, Jacqueline, 138–43, 231, 263, 265, 273, 274, 279, 305, 306 Dengel, Mother (Dr. Anna Dengel), 33 Deng Pufang, 202, 271, 272 Denmark, 257 Desai, Morarji, 155–57, 257 Diana, Princess, 262–63, 266, 279, 282, 283 Dias, Archbishop Ivan, 240 DiGioia, Dr. Richard, 203, 204 Di Raimondo, Francesco, 196 Doheny, Pr. Kevin, xiii, 241 Dublin, 94, 266, 278 Dum Dum, 107–8 Dyer, Vivian, Archbishop of Calcutta, 34, 103, 159– 60, 220 Egan, Eileen, 3, 97 Elizabeth II, Queen, 180, 284 Etchegaray, Cardinal Roger, 271 Ethiopia, 98–99, 201, 210, 247, 257

Ethiopia, 98–99, 201, 210, 247, 257 Fallon, Pr. Pierre, 23 family planning, 62–63, 177, 252, 330 fidelity, 12, 75 Francis, St., 130, 168, 190, 241, 328 Frederick, Sr., MC, 186, 200, 262 Freedom of Religion Bill, 154–57 fundraising, 93, 135–37, 201, 266, 275 Gabric, Pr. Ante, 104, 197 Gandhi, Indira, 61, 162–63, 171, 182, 200 Gandhi, Mahatma, ix, 127, 152, 155–56, 157, 283, 294 Gandhi, Rajiv, 176, 222, 223 Gandhi, Sanjay, 190 Gaza, 89–90 Geldof, Bob, 201 Geoff, Fr., MC, 227, 232, 264, 265, 309 Gertrude, Sr. (Magdalen Polton Gomes), 39, 167, 265, 267, 279 Ghosh, Prabir, 290 Gjergji, Lush, 4 Glemp, Cardinal Josef, 200 Gomes, Alfred, 37, 41 Gomes, Michael, 38, 149

Gomes, Michael, 38, 149 Gorbachev, Mikhail, 296 Gorrée, Pr. Georges, 138 Gracias, Cardinal Valerian, 78 Greer, Germaine, 253 Griffiths, Dom Bede, 154 Haiti, 311 Henry, Pr. Julien, 27, 37–38, 43, 49, 104, 105 Hickey, Archbishop James, 207–8 Hinduism, 154–58; MC and, 157, 159, 256, 291–92, 307–8, 332 holiness, xiv, 12, 73, 74, 106, 177, 179–80, 230, 235, 249, 272–73, 276, 285, 297, 302, 304 Hong Kong, 116–17, 271 Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, 165 Humanae Vitae, 62 Husain, Dr. Zakir, 158–59 Hussein, Saddam, x, 241 Ignatius Loyola, St., 39, 72 “Inspiration Day” (call within a call), 22–24, 279, 298, 299, 300, 302 International Association of Co-Workers, 122–37, 284, 306, 307; constitutions, 127–29, 307; disbanding, 263–65, 268–70, 273–75; finances,

disbanding, 263–65, 268–70, 273–75; finances, 134–37; Medical, 195–96; prayer and, 130, 185, 307; spiritual role, 137 In the Name of God’s Poor (film), 282 Iraq, 241–43 Islam, Dr, 43 Israel, 113 Jackson, Glenda, 175 Jackson, Lady Barbara Ward, 149, 165, 166 Jambrekovic, Pr. Franjo, 9–10 John, St., 329 John of the Cross, St., 211, 301 John Paul II, Pope, xii, 177–78, 186, 191, 194, 212, 213, 222, 224, 226, 236, 239, 249, 251, 261, 270, 272, 279, 281, 282, 286, 296, 297–98 John XXIII, Pope, 79, 144 Jordan, 84–85, 96, 113 joy, 50, 73, 172 Kajnc, Betika, 12 Kathmandu, 185 Kennedy, Edward, ix, 166 Kennedy, Mother Gertrude M., 29 Kenya, 211 Kerala, 307 Khayelitsha, South Africa, 214–15

Khayelitsha, South Africa, 214–15 Kilburn, London, 263, 267 Kinnock, Neil, 200 Knox, Archbishop James Robert, 79–80, 82, 239 Koch, Edward, 205, 214 Kolodiejchuk, Pr. Brian. 286–87, 297, 300, 305, 306 Kosovo, 5, 294, 310 Kumar, Satish, 185 Laghi, Archbishop Pio, 84 Langford, Pr. Joseph, 120–21, 192–95, 261, 305–6 Lapierre, Dominique, 174–77, 192, 282, 283 L’Arche communities, 306 Lay Missionaries of Charity, 234, 284, 311 Lefebvre, Archbishop Georges, 257 Leon, Sr., MC, 212 Leonie, Sr., MC, 100 leprosy, ix, 63–69, 114–15, 123, 135, 160, 166, 203, 229, 330 Gandhiji Prem Nivas centre, 114–15, 127, 229 Letnice, Madonna of, 8, 11, 96 Lima, 90 Link for Sick and Suffering Co-Workers, 138, 140– 145, 148, 231, 274–75, 279, 301, 305, 306 Little Sisters of the Poor, 34 Lobo, Bishop S., 294 London, 85–86, 94–95, 99, 263, 266

London, 85–86, 94–95, 99, 263, 266 Loreto, Entally, 16, 18, 21, 23 Loreto House, Calcutta, xi, 14 Loreto Order, 11–12, 16, 31 Los Angeles, 115–16, 232–33, 241, 261 Luke, Fr., MC, 241, 294 ] MacAvin, Mother Eugene, 12 Macdonnell, Malcolm, 161–62 Mackenzie, Margaret, 123 Maharashtra, 276 Malfatto, Angelo, 213 Mariadas, Fr., MC, 229 Marian Society, 123 Marie Thérèse, Sr., 14, 15, 16, 18, 21–22, 31 Mascarenhas, Sr. Rita, 288–89 Mauritius, 113, 118 Maxwell, Robert, 266 Medical Mission Sisters, 31–33 Melbourne, 84, 106, 164, 293 McDermott, Mother Mary Emmanuel, 12 McNamara, Robert, 166 Menouth College, 271 miracles, 93–94, 95, 288–90, 292, 293–94, 297, 310–11 Missionaries of Charity, Contemplative, 119–20, 137–38, 145

137–38, 145 Missionaries of Charity (MC), vii, viii, ix, xii, xiii, 44–51, 52, 53, 55–56, 61, 69, 70, 162, 181, 230, 247–48, 268, 269–70, 294, 295, 299, 305– 11; beatification of Mother Teresa and, 285–87, 289–90, 296–97; candidate qualification, 73; Chapters General, 219–27, 276–81, 235, 295, 296, 306; children, work with, xi, 57–61, 62, 63, 77, 78, 81, 87, 89, 90, 91, 94, 108, 122, 123, 124, 125, 159, 179, 182, 189, 203, 217, 236, 240–41, 242, 271, 272, 277, 307–8, 309, 330, 332 ( see also Shishu Bhavan); constitution, 40–41; Decree of Praise, 79–80; Diana’s visit to, 262–63; directive and mission, 24, 70, 110, 145, 166, 248, 254, 250, 306, 331; the dying, work with ( see Nirmal Hriday); erection as congregation, 41–42; family planning and, 62–63, 330; first postulancy, 42; first vows, 50, 142; Fr. Andrew’s death and, 293; growth of, xv, 52, 75, 77–102, 118, 125, 140, 183–84, 191, 195, 196, 198–201, 214, 218, 231, 232, 234–36, 238–40, 272, 284, 296, 311, 313–27; as the “hidden treasure,” 22; Hindus and, 157, 159, 256, 291–92, 307–8, 332; “Jubilee of Jesus,” 196; Lapierre’s film on, 174, 176; lepers and, 64, 78, 166, 330; mother house (A. J. C. Bose Road), xii, xv, xvi, 43–44, 46, 58, 80, 92, 101, 105, 122, 128, 135,

166, 171, 179, 183, 223, 224, 262, 264, 270, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 290–91, 293–94, 309, 311; Mother Teresa’s resignation, xiv, 219; naming of, 24; Silver Jubilee, 147–49; spirituality, xv, 24, 39–40, 42–48, 71–76, 110, 295; succession of leadership, 225, 276, 280– 81. See also AIDS; International Association of Co-Workers; Lay Missionaries of Charity; Link for Sick and Suffering Co-Workers; prayer Missionary Brothers, Contemplative, 118, 119–20, 285, 292 Missionary Brothers of Charity, 103, 107, 108–9, 112, 115–16, 232–33, 284, 309 Missionary Fathers of Charity, 118, 192–95, 233– 34, 284, 305–6, 311 Morton, Andrew, 263 Moscow, 216–17, 218 Mother Teresa (film), 173–75, 188–89, 222 Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light—The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta (Kolodiejchuk, ed.), 300 Mother Teresa of Calcutta Center, 306 Motijhil, 18, 34–36, 39, 57, 63, 303 Movement for Life, 177–78 Muggeridge, Malcolm, vii, 106, 126–27, 165–66, 172, 255–56

Nairobi, Kenya, 211, 216, 281, 308 Nehru, Jawaharlal, ix, 77, 160, 171, 283, 294 Neuner, Pr. Joseph, 204 Newman, Cardinal John, 307 New York, xv, 87, 91, 93, 119, 193, 194, 195, 203– 7, 210, 233 Nirmal Hriday, Home for the Dying, xii, 36, 53–58, 69, 104–5, 124, 127, 146, 178, 187, 201, 206, 207, 223, 334 Nirmala, Sr., MC, 278, 279, 281, 282, 284, 291, 294–95, 296–97, 306, 309 Nobel Peace Prize, 149, 165–70, 197, 245; Lecture, 328–34 obedience, 17, 24, 25, 32, 33, 41, 48, 72–73, 75, 81, 83, 120,148, 150, 186, 221, 227, 249, 250 O’Connor, Cardinal John, 205, 275 O’Donohue, John, 303 Oppenheimer, Mrs. Harry, 214 Oxford Union, 266–67 Paisley, Reverend Ian, 257 Patna, 31–32 Paul, Gautam, 291 Paul VI, Pope, 62, 63, 68, 76, 78–79, 80, 81, 83–84,

Paul VI, Pope, 62, 63, 68, 76, 78–79, 80, 81, 83–84, 101, 128–29, 160, 177, 199, 249, 257 Pearson, Lester, 165 Périer, Archbishop Ferdinand, 14, 21, 25–31, 33–34, 40–41, 44, 47, 50–51, 65, 103, 125, 163 Peru, 113 Petrie, Ann, 173, 174–75, 188 Petrie, Jeanette, 173, 174–75, 188 Picachy, Cardinal Lawrence, 34, 220 Pius XI, Pope, 9 Pius XII, Pope, 41, 239 Placidus Toppo, Cardinal Telesphore, 309 politics, 183, 184, 214, 216, 247, 268 Potter, Jack, 310 poverty, 24, 37, 43–46, 48, 49–50, 57, 73, 92–93, 190, 199, 206, 246–48, 251, 256, 257–59; of the rich, 86, 116–17, 251–52, 329, 333; richness of, 330–31 Prasad, Dr. Rojendra, 159 prayer, ix, xi, 7, 23, 31, 38, 41, 42, 47, 71–72, 75, 95, 96, 105, 110, 130–31, 132, 133, 137–38, 139, 141, 142, 149, 155, 157, 163, 172–73, 181, 187, 192, 211, 213, 215, 220, 221, 223, 224, 227, 230, 233, 237, 262, 263, 268, 269, 274, 275, 277, 283, 301, 333; Co-Workers, 130, 185, 307; Fr. Roger of Taizé and, 152–53; MCs and, 45–46, 71–72, 75, 110, 111, 118, 119, 129, 130, 137–38, 141, 144, 145, 183,