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Teresa’s birth anniversary special as sainthood approaches
Special thanksgiving prayers were organised to celebrate Mother Teresa’s 106th birth anniversary on Friday, coming just a few days ahead of her proposed canonisation in Vatican on September 4.
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Prayers were held across the Missionaries of Charity centres and churches all over the state to mark the late Roman Catholic nun’s birth anniversary and to also commemorate her journey to sainthood on September 4. The Missionaries have put up a special prayer card for the faithful which says, “We thank you (Lord Jesus) for the gift of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, who will be canonised in this Jubilee Year of Mercy”.
In a message, Sister Prema, Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity, said with great joy we are looking forward to the celebrations of the Mother’s sainthood. “It will be a moment when gathered around Mother we shall have an experience of universal family of the children of the one Heavenly Father. The difference of caste, creed, colour, rich and poor will not prevent us from rejoicing together in the honour bestowed on Mother,” said Prema who is already in Vatican.
“Mother is with God and as she promised us she will continue to light the light of hope and peace in everyone’s heart,” she said, adding the sainthood of Mother inspires the people in Kolkata and all over the world to follow her example of untiring and humble services given to everyone. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also paid her homage by tweeting, “My deepest respect on the birth anniversary of Mother Teresa.”
Besides her, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and a host of other dignitaries from India are scheduled to attend the canonisation ceremony where Pope Francis will declare Mother Teresa a saint. The theme of the canonisation in Vatican is ‘Carrier of God’s Tender and Merciful Love’.
Film festival begins, 3 world premieres scheduled
Coinciding with Mother Teresa’s 106th birthday and in the run-up to her canonisation as saint, a film festival focusing on her life and teachings was inaugurated here on Friday. The four-day-long movie carnival at the state-run Nandan multiplex is screening a selection of 23 best foreign and Indian films ever made on or inspired by Teresa. The festival opened with the screening of the 82-minute-long documentary ‘Mother Teresa’ by Petrie Productions (1986). One of the biggest highlights of MTIFF is the world premiere of ‘Mother Teresa: An unexpected encounter’ by Leigh Wharton, who was one of the six people Teresa had allowed to film her. The film had its beginnings 22 years ago in Kolkata when the renowned documentary filmmaker started shooting, but the footage later on got lost for 27 years before being found at a lab in New York
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