INDIA: CALCUTTA: THOUSANDS PAY TRIBUTE TO MOTHER TERESA
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(26 Aug 1998) English/Nat
(26 Aug 1998) English/Nat
Thousands of residents of Calcutta joined nuns of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in prayers to pay their tribute to the nun who dedicated her life to serving the poor.
Sister Nirmala, who succeeded Mother Teresa last year as head of the charity, led the sisters in a simple prayer ceremony held at Mother House.
Despite doubts about whether the worldwide charity would survive without its charismatic founder, the Order continues to get funds and has added 20 new centres after Mother Teresa's death.
Prayers to remember Calcutta's saintly nun on her birthday.
At a special Mass held at Mother House, the Missionaries of Charity paid a simple tribute to the founder of their order - by praying and vowing to keep alive her mission of serving the poor.
Mother Teresa died on 5th September last year at the age of 87.
The Nobel laureate nun was buried within the walls of the convent that was her home for half a century.
Her grave, a simple cement tomb with a biblical verse carved on a white marble reads "Love one another as I have loved you " - a quote from the Gospel of St John.
Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910, in what is now Macedonia, Mother Teresa came to Calcutta in 1929 to teach as a novitiate of the Loreto order.
The order she founded - the Missionaries of Charity - was recognised in 1950.
And the people of Calcutta have not forgotten the "Saint of the gutters".
Markets in the eastern Indian metropolis are having brisk sales of Mother Teresa mementos.
Her work for the poorest of the poor crossed all religious boundaries and won her the Noble Peace Prize in 1979.
Plagued by poor health in her later years, Mother Teresa nevertheless continued her mission to work for the disadvantaged.
Her successor, Sister Nirmala, was elected the new head of the order six months before its founder died.
Faced with the daunting task of following in the footsteps of the charismatic nun, Sister Nirmala has carried the mission forward with a quiet dignity.
Charity and donations continue to pour in belying concerns that the order would falter without its popular public face.
SOUNDBITE ( English) :
"It is God's work. If it was only Mother's work, maybe in course of time it could have happened. Since it is God's work, it is the same."
SUPER CAPTION: Sister Nirmala , Superior General, Missionaries of Charity
Missionaries of Charity continue to expand their worldwide network.
The four thousand nun order has added 20 new centres since Mother Teresa's death.
Among them is a new home for the disabled, Dayadan or " Gift for the poor" which is being opened in Calcutta to mark Mother Teresa's birthday
By December this year, the mission will have 614 homes around the world.
For 50 years, these centres have comforted the destitute, sheltered abandoned infants and given succour to the disabled.
Finances of the Order are not made public but Sisters of the mission say the support for the charity has grown.
Volunteers from across the globe continue to share the nuns' work for the sick and the dying.
Mother Teresa's presence is missed, but the mission to comfort the suffering continues.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I guess for people to come here now and not have met Mother,
maybe they are missing out on something very special. But I think
her memory ... her memory and her work and her love for God and for
the poor - that will continue, it won't change."
SUPER CAPTION: Voxpop, Volunteer
There is one cloud on the horizon however in that controversy still plagues the Missionaries of Charity.
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Thousands of residents of Calcutta joined nuns of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in prayers to pay their tribute to the nun who dedicated her life to serving the poor.
Sister Nirmala, who succeeded Mother Teresa last year as head of the charity, led the sisters in a simple prayer ceremony held at Mother House.
Despite doubts about whether the worldwide charity would survive without its charismatic founder, the Order continues to get funds and has added 20 new centres after Mother Teresa's death.
Prayers to remember Calcutta's saintly nun on her birthday.
At a special Mass held at Mother House, the Missionaries of Charity paid a simple tribute to the founder of their order - by praying and vowing to keep alive her mission of serving the poor.
Mother Teresa died on 5th September last year at the age of 87.
The Nobel laureate nun was buried within the walls of the convent that was her home for half a century.
Her grave, a simple cement tomb with a biblical verse carved on a white marble reads "Love one another as I have loved you " - a quote from the Gospel of St John.
Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910, in what is now Macedonia, Mother Teresa came to Calcutta in 1929 to teach as a novitiate of the Loreto order.
The order she founded - the Missionaries of Charity - was recognised in 1950.
And the people of Calcutta have not forgotten the "Saint of the gutters".
Markets in the eastern Indian metropolis are having brisk sales of Mother Teresa mementos.
Her work for the poorest of the poor crossed all religious boundaries and won her the Noble Peace Prize in 1979.
Plagued by poor health in her later years, Mother Teresa nevertheless continued her mission to work for the disadvantaged.
Her successor, Sister Nirmala, was elected the new head of the order six months before its founder died.
Faced with the daunting task of following in the footsteps of the charismatic nun, Sister Nirmala has carried the mission forward with a quiet dignity.
Charity and donations continue to pour in belying concerns that the order would falter without its popular public face.
SOUNDBITE ( English) :
"It is God's work. If it was only Mother's work, maybe in course of time it could have happened. Since it is God's work, it is the same."
SUPER CAPTION: Sister Nirmala , Superior General, Missionaries of Charity
Missionaries of Charity continue to expand their worldwide network.
The four thousand nun order has added 20 new centres since Mother Teresa's death.
Among them is a new home for the disabled, Dayadan or " Gift for the poor" which is being opened in Calcutta to mark Mother Teresa's birthday
By December this year, the mission will have 614 homes around the world.
For 50 years, these centres have comforted the destitute, sheltered abandoned infants and given succour to the disabled.
Finances of the Order are not made public but Sisters of the mission say the support for the charity has grown.
Volunteers from across the globe continue to share the nuns' work for the sick and the dying.
Mother Teresa's presence is missed, but the mission to comfort the suffering continues.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I guess for people to come here now and not have met Mother,
maybe they are missing out on something very special. But I think
her memory ... her memory and her work and her love for God and for
the poor - that will continue, it won't change."
SUPER CAPTION: Voxpop, Volunteer
There is one cloud on the horizon however in that controversy still plagues the Missionaries of Charity.
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