Teresa

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• The cross represents Mother Teresa’s great faith in Christ. So much so, that she founded the Religious Order known as the Missionaries of Charity.

• The larger figure holding the smaller figure represents Mother Teresa supporting another in need. She recognised that no matter how poor, disabled or insignificant an individual may be, they all deserve the deepest respect and care.

• The motto asks us to continue our good work for Christ.

Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, died on 5 September 1997, in her convent in India. She was 87. Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910 in Skopje, Yugoslavia, she joined the Sisters of Loreto in 1928. She took the name “Teresa” after St Teresa of Lisieux, patroness of missionaries.

In 1948, she came across a half-dead woman lying in front of a Calcutta hospital. She stayed with the woman until she died. From that point on, she dedicated the majority of her life to helping the poorest of the poor in India, thus gaining her the name “Saint of the Gutters.” She founded an order of nuns called the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, dedicated to serving the poor. Almost 50 years later, the Missionaries of Charity have grown from 12 sisters in India to over 3,000 in 517 missions throughout 100 countries worldwide.

In 1952, she founded the Nirmal Hriday Home for the Dying in a former temple in Calcutta. It was there that they would care for the dying Indians who were found on the streets. Mother would see Jesus in everyone she met. It did not matter whether they were dying of AIDS or Leprosy. She wanted them to be able to die in peace and with dignity. For over 50 years, she worked selflessly helping the poor. That devotion towards the poor won her respect throughout the world and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

Mother Teresa was a living saint and she will be greatly missed.  Eternal rest grant unto her Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace.  Amen.

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