Mother Teresa was the commencement speaker at Cathedral College, Douglaston, in 1976. On that day, two graduates who are now priests in the Diocese of Brooklyn had their picture taken with her.
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Mother Teresa Visited Bay Ridge
The Sisters of the Visitation, a semi-cloistered contemplative community in Bay Ridge, are observing the canonization of Mother Teresa this weekend by remembering the visit she paid to Visitation Monastery in 1986.
Watch Mother Teresa’s Canonization on NET TV
NET-TV plans a number of programs this weekend, Sept. 3-5, to commemorate the canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
I Have a Clearer Image Of Mother Teresa
I am embarrassed to say that the Church’s newest soon-to-be saint is not someone on my list of go-to saints.
Mother Teresa Visited Brooklyn Many Times
As Mother Teresa is raised to the dignity of sainthood this weekend, memories of her visits to Brooklyn are still vivid in our minds. The Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, have two convents here in Brooklyn. One is located in Our Lady of Victory parish, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and the other is a contemplative house in Our Lady of Lourdes, Bushwick.
Blessed Teresa: Witness of Modern-Day Holiness
Blessed Teresa of Kolkata came to The Catholic University of America 45 years ago to receive her first honorary degree. If I’d been president of our school at the time I would have tried hard to get a picture of her in a Catholic University sweatshirt.
Murdered Sisters of Yemen Remembered in Brooklyn
Prayers were offered April 1 in Brooklyn for the four Missionaries of Charity murdered in Yemen March 4. Auxiliary Bishop Witold Mroziewski celebrated Mass at Our Lady of Victory Church, Bedford-Stuyvesant, with about two dozen Missionaries of Charity, and women representing other religious congregations.
Mother Teresa Canonization Will be Sept. 4
Pope Francis will declare Blessed Teresa of Kolkata a saint at the Vatican Sept. 4. The date was announced March 15 during an “ordinary public consistory,” a meeting of the pope, cardinals and promoters of sainthood causes that formally ends the sainthood process. At the same consistory, the pope set June 5 as the date for the canonizations of Blessed Stanislaus Papczynski of Poland and Blessed Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad of Sweden.
Canonization Consistory Set for Mother Teresa
Pope Francis will preside over a March 15 consistory to approve the canonization of five men and women, including Blessed Teresa of Kolkata.