New center aims to educate people about Blessed Mother Teresa

Published: 2005-07-12

NEW YORK (CNS) -- The Missionaries of Charity religious order has announced the creation of the Mother Teresa of Calcutta Center. The center is being established as a nonprofit organization to promote devotion to Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, India, and authentic knowledge about her life, work, spirituality and message. It was incorporated in New York in June and will have facilities in Calcutta, Rome, the United States and Tijuana, Mexico. The center's administrative and legal functions are currently based in Fairfield County, Conn. According to an announcement, the center will function as a publisher and distributor of books and devotional materials; will collect, preserve and exhibit Mother Teresa's genuine relics as well as articles of historical importance; and display creative works inspired by her life, words and works.

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