Note: When the citation “Testimony of an MC sister” is followed by “Ibid.,” it indicates that the same sister is being cited.
1. Address of Pope Francis to the national confederation of the “Misericordie” of Italy on June 14, 2014, on the occasion of the anniversary of its meeting with Pope John Paul II on June 14, 1986.
2. Misericordiae Vultus, April 11, 2015, 2; hereafter abbreviated as MV.
3. MV 5.
4. Deus Caritas Est 34.
5. Ibid., 34.
6. MV 15.
7. Throughout this work, the name Calcutta will be retained even though the city is now known as Kolkata. This was the name of the city during Mother Teresa’s lifetime, and she will be known officially as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.
8. Account of Mother Teresa’s Activities, December 21–23, 1948.
9. MV 15.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
1. Mother Teresa’s speech in Tokyo, April 26, 1981.
2. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, October 12, 1982.
3. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, November 16, 1977.
4. Mother Teresa’s address at the United Nations, October 26, 1985.
5. Mother Teresa’s speech in Japan, November 24, 1984.
6. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, April 10, 1984.
7. Translation of Mother Teresa’s speech in Zagreb, Croatia, April 1978.
8. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, September 25, 1984.
9. Mother Teresa’s National Prayer Breakfast Address, February 3, 1994.
10. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, March 7, 1979.
11. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, April 9, 1981.
12. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, October 5, 1984.
13. Home of the Missionaries of Charity at Green Park, close to the airport in Calcutta.
14. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, October 5, 1984.
15. Ibid.
16. Mother Teresa’s speech in Japan, November 24, 1984.
17. Mother Teresa’s speech, n.d.
18. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, October 9, 1982.
19. Mother Teresa’s speech in Tokyo, April 26, 1981.
20. Mother Teresa’s interview, April 23, 1981.
21. Mother Teresa’s speech in Rome, n.d.
22. Mother Teresa’s address at Harvard University, Class Day Exercises, June 9, 1982.
23. Testimony of an MC sister.
24. Testimony of an MC sister.
25. Testimony of a priest who knew Mother Teresa for almost three decades until her death.
26. Testimony of an MC sister.
27. Testimony of a collaborator who knew Mother Teresa for about fifteen years and helped with various business matters.
28. Testimony of a Hindu woman co-worker in Calcutta.
29. Testimony of an MC sister.
30. Testimony of an MC priest who had frequent personal contact with Mother Teresa.
31. Testimony of an MC sister.
32. Testimony of an MC sister.
33. Testimony of a member of the Missionaries of Charity Contemplative Brothers, who had frequent personal contact with Mother Teresa.
34. Testimony of an MC sister.
35. Ibid.
36. Testimony of a co-worker of the Missionaries of Charity who knew Mother Teresa from the 1960s until the late 1980s.
37. Testimony of an MC sister.
38. Testimony of an MC sister.
39. Testimony of an MC sister.
40. Testimony of an MC sister.
41. Mother Teresa’s letter to a co-worker.
42. Mother Teresa’s letter to the Co-Workers, October 4, 1974.
1. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, September 29, 1977.
2. Mother Teresa’s National Prayer Breakfast address, February 3, 1994.
3. Mother Teresa’s address to priests, Rome, September 1990.
4. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, June 20, 1981.
5. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, October 14, 1977.
6. Mother Teresa’s speech, n.d.
7. Mother Teresa’s speech at the meeting with the Co-Workers, Tokyo, April 25, 1981.
8. Mother Teresa’s address to priests, Rome, October 1984.
9. Translation of Mother Teresa’s speech in Zagreb, Croatia, April 1978.
10. Testimony of an MC sister.
11. Testimony of an MC sister.
12. Testimony of an MC priest who had frequent personal contact with Mother Teresa.
13. Testimony of an MC brother.
14. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, February 25, 1979.
15. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, February 19, 1970.
1. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, September 15, 1976.
2. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, June 10, 1977.
3. Mother Teresa’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, December 11, 1979.
4. Mother Teresa’s speech, December 10, 1981.
5. Mother Teresa’s speech at the meeting with the Co-Workers, Minnesota, June 20–22, 1974.
6. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, March 1993.
7. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, September 18, 1981.
8. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, October 12, 1977.
9. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, September 16, 1981.
10. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, January 16, 1983.
11. Mother Teresa’s speech, December 10, 1981.
12. Mother Teresa’s speech, n.d.
13. Mother Teresa, “Charity: Soul of Mission,” January 23, 1991.
14. Mother Teresa’s speech in Japan, November 24, 1984.
15. Mother Teresa’s address at Harvard University, Class Day Exercises, June 9, 1982.
16. Mother Teresa’s speech, April 25, 1982.
17. Testimony of an MC sister.
18. Testimony of a co-worker.
19. Testimony of an MC sister.
20. Testimony of an MC sister.
21. Testimony of an MC sister.
22. Testimony of an MC sister.
23. Testimony of an MC sister.
24. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, February 19, 1970.
25. Mother Teresa’s letter to the Co-Workers, October 4, 1974.
1. Cf. Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC, ed., Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light (New York: Doubleday, 2007), p. 232.
2. Mother Teresa, “Charity: Soul of Mission,” January 23, 1991.
3. Shelter for men in Rome, close to the Termini train station.
4. Mother Teresa’s speech in Assisi, June 6, 1986.
5. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, Eve of Ash Wednesday, n.d.
6. Mother Teresa’s speech, September 17, 1987.
7. Mother Teresa’s speech in Japan, November 24, 1984.
8. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, n.d.
9. Mother Teresa’s speech in St. Louis, 1988.
10. Mother Teresa’s speech at the meeting with the Co-Workers, Minnesota, June 20–22, 1974.
11. Mother Teresa’s discussion with the youth, July 21–22, 1976.
12. Mother Teresa’s address in Osaka, April 28, 1982.
13. Mother Teresa’s address to priests, Rome, September 1990.
14. Mother Teresa’s letter to a co-worker, March 11, 1961.
15. Mother Teresa’s letter to a priest, July 23, 1976.
16. Mother Teresa’s National Prayer Breakfast address, February 3, 1994.
17. Mother Teresa’s address to priests, Rome, October 1984.
18. Mother Teresa’s letter to a priest, March 4, 1991.
19. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, Easter 1995.
20. Mother Teresa’s speech in Shillong, April 18, 1975.
21. Mother Teresa’s talk at the Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia, 1976.
22. Mother Teresa’s letter to a co-worker, November 5, 1972.
23. Mother Teresa’s speech at Marquette Discovery Awards, June 13, 1981.
24. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, February 19, 1970.
25. Mother Teresa’s letter to a co-worker, October 13, 1969.
26. Testimony of an MC sister.
27. Testimony of an MC sister.
28. Testimony of an MC sister.
29. Testimony of an MC sister.
30. Testimony of an MC sister.
31. Testimony of an MC sister.
32. Testimony of an MC sister.
33. Testimony of a doctor co-worker who collaborated with Mother Teresa from the late 1950s.
34. Testimony of an MC sister.
35. Testimony of a police officer.
36. Testimony of an orphan girl.
37. Testimony of an orphan boy.
38. Testimony of a Hindu volunteer in Calcutta.
39. Testimony of an MC sister.
40. Testimony of a co-worker who had a close relationship with Mother Teresa from the 1960s onward.
41. Testimony of an MC sister.
42. Testimony of a doctor co-worker.
43. Testimony of an MC sister.
44. Testimony of a co-worker who had a close relationship with Mother Teresa from the 1960s onward.
45. Testimony of one of Mother Teresa’s doctors.
46. Testimony of a co-worker who had a close relationship with Mother Teresa from the 1960s onward.
47. Testimony of an MC sister.
48. Testimony of a member of the Missionaries of Charity Contemplative Brothers who had frequent personal contact with Mother Teresa.
49. Mother Teresa’s letter to the Co-Workers, October 4, 1974.
1. Testimony of one of Mother Teresa’s doctors.
2. Mother Teresa’s Ek-Dil message, Christmas 1987.
3. Mother Teresa’s letter to a layperson, April 21, 1991.
4. Mother Teresa’s address at the Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia, August 1976.
5. Ibid.
6. Mother Teresa’s address to priests, Rome, October 1984.
7. Explanation of the Original Constitutions of the Missionaries of Charity.
8. Mother Teresa’s speech, n.d.
9. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, March 7, 1979.
10. Mother Teresa’s address to the oblate clerics and novices, Rome, December 1979.
11. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, July 3, 1978.
12. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, Easter 1995.
13. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC superiors, November 13, 1969.
14. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, October 11, 1968.
15. Mother Teresa’s letter to Jacqueline de Decker, October 20, 1952.
16. Mother Teresa’s letter to Jacqueline de Decker, January 13, 1953.
17. Ibid.
18. Ibid.
19. Mother Teresa’s letter to a layperson, December 22, 1989.
20. Testimony of an MC sister.
21. Testimony of a government official who knew Mother Teresa from the mid-1970s and helped her in the matters related to the Indian government.
22. Testimony of an orphan boy.
23. Testimony of an MC priest who had frequent personal contact with Mother Teresa.
24. Testimony of a collaborator who knew Mother Teresa for about fifteen years and helped with various business matters.
25. Ibid.
26. Testimony of an MC sister.
27. Testimony of an MC sister.
28. Testimony of an MC sister.
29. Testimony of a priest.
30. Testimony of a priest in Australia.
31. Testimony of a priest who helped Mother Teresa for decades in Calcutta.
32. Testimony of a priest who knew Mother Teresa from the 1980s and remained in close contact with her until her death.
33. Testimony of an MC sister.
34. Testimony of an MC sister.
35. Testimony of an MC sister.
36. Testimony of a laywoman.
37. Testimony of a doctor practicing in Calcutta.
38. Testimony of an MC sister.
39. Testimony of an MC sister.
40. Testimony of an MC sister.
41. Testimony of an MC sister.
42. Testimony of an MC sister.
43. Testimony of an MC sister.
44. Jacqueline de Decker, I need souls like you.
45. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, September 20, 1959.
46. Mother Teresa’s letter to the Co-Workers, October 4, 1974.
1. Mother Teresa’s speech, n.d.
2. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 24, 1983.
3. Maximilian Kolbe (1894–1941), a Polish Franciscan who died in a concentration camp in Auschwitz, offering his life in place of that of a young father.
4. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 25, 1983.
5. Mother Teresa’s speech, Washington, D.C., n.d.
6. Father Joseph, co-founder of the MC fathers.
7. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 21, 1986.
8. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, March 7, 1979.
9. Mother’s appeal to stop the death penalty of Joseph O’Dell, convicted and judged guilty of rape and murder. He was executed in Virginia by lethal injection on July 23, 1997, despite many appeals to save his life (Pope John Paul II also appealed). Telephone dictation by Mother Teresa, July 5, 1997.
10. Mother Teresa’s speech at the meeting with the Co-Workers, Minnesota, June 20–22, 1974.
11. Testimony of an MC sister.
12. Testimony of a priest who knew Mother Teresa for almost three decades until her death.
13. Testimony of a volunteer of the Missionaries of Charity in the United States.
14. Testimony of an MC sister.
15. Testimony of a co-worker.
16. Testimony of a doctor volunteer of the Missionaries of Charity in the United States.
17. Testimony of a volunteer from the United States.
18. Testimony of an MC sister.
19. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, February 19, 1970.
1. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 27, 1983.
2. Mother Teresa’s discussion with the youth, July 21–22, 1976.
3. Ibid.
4. Mother Teresa’s address at the meeting with the Co-Workers, Minnesota, June 20–22, 1974.
5. Mother Teresa’s speech in Chicago, October 8, 1981.
6. Testimony of an MC sister.
7. Testimony of an MC sister.
8. Testimony of a collaborator who knew Mother Teresa for about fifteen years and helped with various business matters.
9. Testimony of a co-worker.
10. Testimony of an MC sister.
11. Testimony of a co-worker.
12. Testimony of an MC sister.
13. Testimony of an MC sister.
14. Testimony of a co-worker.
15. Testimony of a co-worker.
16. Testimony of a priest who helped Mother Teresa for decades.
17. Testimony of a co-worker of the Missionaries of Charity who knew Mother Teresa from the 1960s until the late 1980s.
18. Testimony of a priest who helped Mother Teresa for decades in Calcutta.
19. Testimony of an MC sister.
20. Testimony of a member of the Missionaries of Charity Contemplative Brothers who had frequent personal contact with Mother Teresa.
21. Testimony of a co-worker.
1. Mother Teresa to “Katoličke Misije,” February 1, 1935.
2. Mother Teresa’s diary, December 29, 1948.
3. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, June 3, 1964.
4. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, n.d.
5. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC superiors, March 18, 1995.
6. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, September 5, 1992.
7. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, August 29, 1987.
8. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, August 10, 1988.
9. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, February 23, 1989.
10. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, February 19, 1992.
11. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the novice mistresses, August 7, 1993.
12. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, January 10, 1984.
13. Mother Teresa to a journalist of Skopje (Macedonia) Television, March 28, 1978.
14. Mother Teresa’s discussion with the youth, July 21–22, 1976.
15. Mother Teresa, press conference in Tokyo, April 22, 1982.
16. Mother Teresa’s address in Osaka, April 28, 1982.
17. Mother Teresa’s address to priests, Rome, September 1990.
18. Mother Teresa, press conference in Tokyo, April 22, 1982.
19. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, June 6, 1966.
20. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, n.d.
21. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, June 6, 1966.
22. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, June 1974.
23. Testimony of an MC sister.
24. Testimony of an MC sister, Mother Teresa’s former student in Loreto School.
25. Testimony of an MC sister.
26. Testimony of a woman whose family helped Mother Teresa when she began her work in the slums.
27. Testimony of a woman who was Mother Teresa’s student in the Motijhil slum school.
28. Testimony of an MC sister.
29. Testimony of an MC sister.
30. Testimony of an MC sister.
31. Testimony of an MC sister.
32. Testimony of an MC sister.
33. Testimony of an MC sister.
34. Testimony of an MC sister.
35. Testimony of an MC sister.
36. Testimony of an MC sister.
37. Testimony of an MC sister.
38. Testimony of an MC sister.
39. Testimony of an MC sister.
40. Testimony of an Australian volunteer who helped especially in the Shishu Bhavan, the children’s home in Calcutta.
41. Testimony of an MC sister.
42. Testimony of an MC sister.
1. Mother Teresa, Come Be My Light, Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC, ed. (New York: Image, 2009), 209.
2. Mother Teresa, press conference in Tokyo, April 22, 1982.
3. Mother Teresa’s letter to Malcolm Muggeridge, July 5, 1969.
4. Ibid., November 12, 1970.
5. Ibid., February 24, 1970.
6. Mother Teresa’s letter to two co-workers, August 20, 1966.
7. Mother Teresa’s letter to a co-worker, December 1, 1967.
8. Mother Teresa’s letter to a co-worker, February 1992.
9. Mother Teresa’s letter to a priest, September 22, 1985.
10. Testimony of a layperson.
11. Ibid.
12. Testimony of an MC contemplative brother who had frequent personal contact with Mother Teresa.
13. Testimony of an MC contemplative brother who had frequent personal contact with Mother Teresa.
14. Testimony of a priest who helped Mother Teresa for decades in Calcutta.
15. Testimony of an MC sister.
16. Ibid.
17. Testimony of a doctor.
18. Testimony of an MC sister.
19. Testimony of an MC sister.
20. Testimony of an MC sister.
21. Ibid.
22. Testimony of an MC sister.
23. Testimony of an MC sister.
24. Testimony of a priest.
25. Testimony of a layperson.
26. Testimony of an MC sister.
27. 1988 Constitutions, no. 45, no. 49.
1. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, August 22, 1980.
2. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, November 14, 1979.
3. Ibid.
4. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, September 29, 1981.
5. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, 1980s.
6. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, January 8, 1979.
7. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, n.d.
8. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, August 24, 1980.
9. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, February 13, 1983.
10. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, November 9, 1977.
11. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 18, 1978.
12. Ibid.
13. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, August 20, 1982.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, December 4, 1982.
17. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 7, 1980.
18. Ibid.
19. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, September 13, 1988.
20. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 6, 1980.
21. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 7, 1980.
22. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 17, 1980.
23. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, April 3, 1981.
24. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, August 20, 1982.
25. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, February 14, 1983.
26. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, April 16, 1981.
27. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, July 15, 1981.
28. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, November 1979.
29. Mother Teresa’s letter with prayer for those who have committed abortion, Japan, April 11, 1982.
30. Mother Teresa, press conference in Tokyo, April 22, 1982.
31. Mother Teresa’s speech in Tokyo, April 23, 1982.
32. Mother Teresa’s speech in Nagasaki, April 26, 1982.
33. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, December 4, 1980.
34. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, March 6, 1965.
35. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, August 30, 1988.
36. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, n.d. but before 1973.
37. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC superiors, June 6, 1966.
38. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC superiors, June 1962.
39. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC superiors, September 8, 1977.
40. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, July 14, 1981.
41. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 14, 1982.
42. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 25, 1983.
43. Mother Teresa’s open letter, October 3, 1983.
44. Testimony of an MC priest who had frequent personal contact with Mother Teresa.
45. Testimony of an MC sister.
46. Testimony of a priest from the United States.
47. Testimony of an MC sister.
48. Testimony of an MC sister.
49. Testimony of an MC sister.
50. Testimony of an MC sister.
51. Testimony of an MC brother.
52. Testimony of an MC sister.
53. Testimony of an MC priest who had frequent personal contact with Mother Teresa.
54. Ibid.
55. Testimony of a collaborator who knew Mother Teresa for about fifteen years and helped her in various business matters.
56. Testimony of an MC priest who had frequent personal contact with Mother Teresa.
57. Testimony of an MC sister.
58. Testimony of an MC sister.
59. Testimony of an MC sister.
60. Testimony of a co-worker.
61. Testimony of an MC sister.
62. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, 1980s.
63. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 10, 1986.
1. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, n.d.
2. Mother Teresa, press conference in Chicago, 1981.
3. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, October 5, 1984.
4. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, March 23, 1987.
5. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, November 19, 1979.
6. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, April 12, 1985.
7. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, January 10, 1984.
8. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, April 10, 1984.
9. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, January 15, 1981.
10. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, n.d.
11. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, May 19, 1968.
12. Mother Teresa’s letter to a co-worker, March 10, 1965.
13. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, November 2, 1982.
14. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, November 7, 1987.
15. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 22, 1986.
16. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, September 16, 1980.
17. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, April 18, 1981.
18. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, April 15, 1981.
19. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, n.d.
20. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 20, 1987.
21. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, August 24, 1980.
22. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, August 15, 1983.
23. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 22, 1978.
24. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, September 13, 1988.
25. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, October 5, 1984.
26. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, n.d.
27. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, January 23, 1983.
28. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 25, 1983.
29. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, October 30, 1981.
30. Mother Teresa’s letter to a co-worker, October 13, 1969.
31. Mother Teresa’s letter to a co-worker, July 3, 1969.
32. Mother Teresa’s letter to a co-worker, April 11, 1964.
33. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 26, 1983.
34. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 20, 1987.
35. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, October 22, 1977.
36. Abbé Pierre (1912–2007), a French priest and founder of Emmaus communities dedicated to helping the poor and homeless people in France and throughout the world.
37. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, October 11, 1982.
38. Testimony of an orphan boy.
39. Testimony of an MC sister.
40. Testimony of an MC sister.
41. Testimony of an MC sister.
42. Testimony of an MC sister.
43. Testimony of a priest.
44. Testimony of an MC sister.
45. Ibid.
46. Testimony of an MC sister.
47. Testimony of a co-worker.
48. Testimony of an MC sister.
49. Ibid.
50. Testimony of an MC sister.
51. Testimony of an MC sister.
52. Testimony of an MC sister.
53. Ibid.
54. Ibid.
55. Testimony of an MC sister.
56. Testimony of an MC sister.
57. Testimony of an MC sister.
58. Mother Teresa’s letter to a priest, February 7, 1976.
1. Lk 23:34.
2. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, April 15, 1981.
3. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, September 18, 1981.
4. Mother Teresa’s address in Nagasaki, April 26, 1982.
5. Mother Teresa, press conference in Chicago, 1981.
6. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, June 30, 1965.
7. Mother Teresa’s speech in Nagasaki, April 26, 1982.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
10. Mother Teresa’s talk to volunteers in Calcutta, December 21, 1995.
11. Mother Teresa, press conference in Beirut, April 1982.
12. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, May 1964.
13. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, December 14, 1973.
14. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, February 21, 1979.
15. Ibid.
16. Mother Teresa’s speech in Kentucky, June 19, 1982.
17. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, February 21, 1981.
18. Ibid.
19. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, August 24, 1980.
20. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, September 12, 1980.
21. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, February 21, 1981.
22. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, March 27, 1981.
23. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, December 4, 1982.
24. Ibid.
25. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, December 6, 1982.
26. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, October 15, 1977.
27. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, November 7, 1977.
28. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, February 21, 1979.
29. Ibid.
30. Mother Teresa’s speech, September 17, 1987.
31. Ibid.
32. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, January 15, 1981.
33. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 14, 1982.
34. Testimony of an MC sister.
35. Testimony of an MC sister.
36. Testimony of an MC sister.
37. Testimony of an MC sister.
38. Testimony of an MC sister.
39. Testimony of an MC sister.
40. Testimony of an MC sister.
41. Testimony of a collaborator who knew Mother Teresa for more than twenty years.
42. Testimony of an MC sister.
43. Testimony of an MC sister.
44. Testimony of an MC sister.
45. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, February 21, 1979.
46. Mother Teresa’s address in Nagasaki, April 26, 1982.
1. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, May 23, 1986.
2. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, December 24, 1988.
3. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, February 8, 1981.
4. Mother Teresa’s message at Narita Airport, Tokyo, April 22, 1981.
5. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, December 15, 1978.
6. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, October 15, 1971.
7. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, September 20, 1959.
8. Mother Teresa’s speech, n.d.
9. Mother Teresa’s speech to medical personnel.
10. Mother Teresa, press conference, n.d.
11. Mother Teresa’s address in Chicago, June 4, 1981.
12. Mother Teresa’s speech at the meeting with the Co-Workers, Minnesota, June 20–22, 1974.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Mother Teresa’s letter to the Co-Workers, March 1, 1995.
16. Testimony of an MC sister to a co-worker, February 12, 1981.
17. Mother Teresa’s letter to a priest, February 7, 1974.
18. Mother Teresa’s letter to a layperson, December 22, 1989.
19. Mother Teresa’s letter to a co-worker, September 11, 1967.
20. Mother Teresa’s letter to a layperson, 1992.
21. Mother Teresa’s letter to a layperson, July 11, 1992.
22. Mother Teresa’s letter to a laywoman, August 9, 1990.
23. Mother Teresa’s letter to a layperson, March 8, 1996.
24. Mother Teresa’s letter to a priest, September 7, 1991.
25. Testimony of an MC sister.
26. Testimony of an MC sister.
27. Testimony of a volunteer from the United States.
28. Testimony of an MC sister.
29. Testimony of a co-worker.
30. Testimony of a co-worker.
31. Testimony of a layperson.
32. Testimony of an MC sister.
33. Testimony of a volunteer who had a close relationship with Mother Teresa.
34. Testimony of a priest who helped Mother Teresa in Calcutta.
35. Testimony of an MC sister.
36. Where There Is Love, There Is God, Brian Kolodiejchuk: After Mother Teresa began receiving international recognition, she started distributing a small card. On one side were the words “God bless you” and her signature, and on the other the following saying: “The fruit of silence is prayer; the fruit of prayer is faith; the fruit of faith is love; the fruit of love is service; the fruit of service is peace.” With a bit of impish humor, she referred to this card as her “business card.” Unlike standard business cards, hers did not bear the name of her organization, nor her title, contact information, or phone number. Yet the sequence of phrases can be taken as the formula of the “success” of her “business.” Without intending to advertise her undertakings with this well-known quote, Mother Teresa indicated that her endeavors were of a spiritual nature, focused on God, and directed toward her neighbor.
37. Testimony of a priest who had frequent contact with Mother Teresa.
38. Testimony of an MC sister.
39. Testimony of a volunteer in Calcutta.
40. Testimony of an MC sister.
41. Testimony of a layperson.
42. Testimony of a police officer who helped Mother Teresa in dealings with public authorities.
43. Testimony of a Calcutta volunteer who helped mostly in Kalighat.
44. Testimony of a volunteer.
45. Testimony of a co-worker who had a close relationship with Mother Teresa from the 1960s onward.
46. Testimony of a co-worker who had a close relationship with Mother Teresa from the 1960s onward.
47. Testimony of an MC priest who had frequent contact with Mother Teresa.
48. Mother Teresa’s letter to a layperson, October 12, 1988.
1. Mother Teresa’s letter to the Co-Workers, Lent 1996.
2. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, n.d.
3. Testimony of an MC priest who had frequent personal contact with Mother Teresa.
4. Testimony of an MC sister.
5. Constitutions, no. 130, 1988.
6. Mother Teresa’s speech at Congress of the Family, September 17, 1987.
7. Testimony of an MC sister.
8. Mother Teresa’s speech in Japan, November 24, 1984.
9. Mother Teresa’s speech in New York, n.d.
10. Mother Teresa’s address at Harvard University, Class Day Exercises, June 9, 1982.
11. Mother Teresa to a journalist, June 1979.
12. Mother Teresa’s address in Fukuoka, Japan, April 27, 1982.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Mother Teresa’s open letter, November 7, 1995.
16. Mother Teresa’s address in Tokyo, April 23, 1982.
17. Mother Teresa’s speech to the International Congress for Women, Rome.
18. Mother Teresa, press conference in Tokyo, April 22, 1982.
19. Mother Teresa’s address in Nagasaki, April 26, 1982.
20. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, November 19, 1979.
21. Mother Teresa’s letter to the MC sisters, September 9, 1965.
22. Mother Teresa’s instructions to the MC sisters, November 4, 1965.
23. Testimony of a doctor co-worker who collaborated with Mother Teresa from the late 1950s.
24. Testimony of an MC sister.
25. Testimony of an MC sister.
26. Testimony of an MC sister.
27. Testimony of an MC sister.
28. Testimony of an MC sister.
29. Ibid.
30. Testimony of an MC sister.
31. Testimony of an MC sister.
32. Testimony of an MC sister.
33. Testimony of an MC sister.
34. Testimony of an MC sister.
35. Testimony of an MC sister.
36. Testimony of an MC sister.
37. Testimony of an MC sister.
38. Testimony of an MC sister.
39. Testimony of a volunteer who had a close relationship with Mother Teresa.
40. Testimony of an MC sister.
41. Testimony of a layperson.
42. Testimony of a laywoman.
43. Ibid.
44. Testimony of a police officer.
45. Ibid.
46. Ibid.
47. Testimony of a doctor practicing in Calcutta.
48. Testimony of an MC sister.