Santa Maria della Vittoria, due passi da via Veneto,a Roma, una delle opere più belle del Bernini: L’Estasi di Santa Teresa. La musica è di Peter Hammill ed è dedicata proprio a quest’opera.
Mother Teresa is a Roman Catholic saint who was a Nobel laureate known for her missionary work with the poor in India. She founded the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to the poor, and she was canonized as a saint in 2016.
In 1950, Mother Teresa established the Missionaries of Charity, a religious congregation that was initially dedicated to serving "the poorest of the poor" in the slums of Calcutta.
~ Mother Teresa The Divine Call The call of Jesus that led Mother Teresa to found the religious order of the Missionaries of Charity. “On the train journey to Darjeeling on 10th September 1946 is where the M.C [Missionaries of Charity] begins – in the depths of God’s infinite longing to love and to be loved.
Mother Teresa was a person of profound prayer and deep love for her religious sisters and her students, and her twenty years in Loreto were filled with remarkable happiness.
Mother Teresa left a testament of unshakable faith, invincible hope and extraordinary charity. Her response to Jesus’ plea, “Come be My light,” made her a Missionary of Charity, a “mother to the poor,” a symbol of compassion to the world, and a living witness to the thirsting love of God.
St. Teresa of Calcutta is the patron saint of World Youth Day, Missionaries of Charity and a co-patron of the Archdiocese of Calcutta, alongside St. Francis Xavier.