Mother Teresa by 
Mother Teresa of Calcutta by 
Love: The Words and Inspiration of Mother Teresa by 
Where There Is Love, There Is God by
"What you are doing I cannot do, what I'm doing you cannot do, but together we are doing something beautiful for God, and this is the greatness of God's love for us." --Mother Teresa, from Where There Is Love, There Is God In this book, Mother Teresa's relationship with God and her commitment to those she served--the poorest of the poor--is powerfully explored in her own words. Taken largely from her private lessons to her sisters, published here for the first time, Where There Is Love, There Is God unveils her extraordinary faith in, and surrender to, God's will. Love is perhaps the word that best summarizes Mother Teresa's life and message. She sought to be an extension of God's heart and hands in today's world. She was called to be a missionary of charity, a carrier of God's love to each person she met, especially those most in need. Yet she did not think that this was a vocation uniquely hers; she believed each person is in some way called to be a carrier of God's love. Through the practical and timely advice she offers, Mother Teresa sets us on the path to closer union with God and greater love for our brothers and sisters.
Teresa House is named after Mother Teresa, born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia. Mother Teresa began her religious life as a Loreto sister, beginning her studies in Dublin. She took the name Mary Teresa. But, working in a private school for girls in Calcutta for 19 years, she was moved by the condition of the people living and dying in the streets. She recognised what she described as “a call within a call”. Though a fully-professed member of the Loreto order, she was allowed to leave to found the congregation of religious sisters, the Missionaries of Charity (MC). Her first ministry was home for the dying. Riverview boys on immersion to India work with the Missionaries of Charity.
Mother Teresa was the recipient of numerous honours including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. In 2003, she was beatified as "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta".
Mother Teresa
26 August 1910 - 5 September 1997
Feast Day - 5 September
A Daily Prayer of the Missionaries of Charity
Dear Lord, the Great Healer
I kneel before You.
Since every perfect gift must come from You.
I pray, give skill to my hands
clear vision to my mind
kindness and meekness to my heart.
Give my singleness of purpose
strength to lift up a part of the burden
of my suffering fellow men,
and a true realisation of the privilege that is mine.
Take from my heart all guile and worldliness
that with a simple faith of a child
I may rely on You.
Amen.