August 2010
The Centennial of Blessed Mother Teresa's Birth.

Celebrated August 28th 5pm
St. Augustine Church, Newark, New Jersey

Through the centuries, God has raised up saints - ordinary people accepting the call to be His instruments here on earth. On August 26th, 1910, God raised up a woman who would become a great disciple - a woman who would fall in love with God. Her birth name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Today we know her as Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. This month of August 2010 we celebrate the 100th year of her birth. Mother Teresa's first call from God was a vocation as a Loreto sister, acting as a principal of a Catholic school in Calcutta, India. On September 10th, 1946, while on a train ride to a retreat in the north, Mother received the "call within a call" which would give rise to the Missionaries of Charity....

For more on Brian Murphy's article on Mother Theresa....Click here for an Adobe PDF or here for a Word Document.