Mother Teresa will be canonized by Pope Francis on Sept. 4.
She will be sainted due to her tireless dedication and her courageous spirit in caring for the children and the poor.
As reported by the Catholic News Service that she was born in Macedonia, Mother Teresa helped India’s destitute for more than 50 years and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
In answering a call to serve” the poorest of the poor,” she became known as ”the saint of the gutters.”
The former Loreto sister founded the Missionaries of Charity, which now has more than 4,500 nuns worldwide, and co-founded the Missionary Brothers of Charity.
Since 1952 her Nirmal Hriday (Pure Heart) home for the dying has cared for thousands of people abandoned on Calcutta’s streets.
She was beatified in 2003 and passed away in 1997 and was born in 1910.
Her long life should be an example for all of us to care for all those in need by volunteering to those charitable organizations that aid in that effort.
As a Catholic and as Grand Knight of St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus Council 5911 in Douglaston, I applaud the canonization of Mother Teresa.
Frederick R. Bedell Jr.
Mineola
