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“Christ shed his blood for his bride, the Church. We, as imitators of Christ, are called to love the Church and work for her good in thought, word and deed.”
-Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly

Mother Teresa prayed this inspirational prayer on a daily basis The prayer sums up her spirituality and desire to spread Jesus' love everywhere she went.

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Saint Teresa of Calcutta, pray for us! 🙏

Born on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, which at that time was part of Albania and is now North Macedonia. She passed away at the age of 87 on September 5, 1997, in Calcutta, India.

Called by the Lord, in 1950 she founded the Missionaries of Charity congregation in India, dedicated to serving “the poorest of the poor.” Additionally, she founded the male branch of the congregation in 1963, and years later established the Contemplative Sisters, Contemplative Brothers, Missionary Fathers of Charity, and the Corpus Christi movement for priests.

Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for uniting people to defend the dignity of the poor and marginalized. She made the destitute, defenseless, forgotten, or rejected visible, while also creating global chains of solidarity.

In her Nobel Prize acceptance speech, the saint courageously rejected abortion and called for its abolition. “The greatest destroyer of peace today is the cry of an innocent unborn child. If a mother can kill her own child in her womb, what worse crime can there be than killing one another?” she said. “For me, those nations that have legalized abortion are the poorest of all nations [...] I implore you in the name of the little ones: save those who are to be born, recognize the presence of Jesus in them!” she added.

Her great friend, Saint John Paul II, beatified her on October 19, 2003, and thirteen years later, Pope Francis canonized her on the occasion of the “Jubilee of Volunteers and Workers of Mercy.”

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

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❤️ 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭. 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐚 ❤️

"𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐍𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃, 𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐁𝐘 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐘 𝐈 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑, 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐀𝐓."

𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐀 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐂𝐔𝐓𝐓𝐀

Happy Feast Day! Saint Teresa of Calcutta, pray for vocations! 💙

The Church celebrates on September 5 the feast of Mother Teresa, a universal symbol of God's merciful and preferential love for the poor and forgotten. https://bit.ly/3ALfXoM

For the newly ordained priest, THANK YOU!
For the newly professed sister, brother, or nun, THANK YOU!
For the new novices who received the habit, THANK YOU!
For the newly married couples, we THANK YOU!
We are thankful for your YES! God bless you!

Happy Labor Day everyone! Today, we're celebrating the hard work and dedication of workers everywhere. Your effort is what keeps the world moving forward. Thank you!