Mother Teresa

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“I have called you by your name Jesus said. You are mine. Water will not drown you, fire will not burn you. I will give nations for you. You are precious to me, I love you. We have that in the Scriptures so clearly, the tenderness and the love of God for us and He wants us to be that tenderness and love to the people.”

– Mother Teresa, from the book A Call to Mercy

Mother Teresa Institute (MTI)

The Mother Teresa Institute (MTI) is an outgrowth of the work and activities of The Mother Teresa Center, a non-profit organization established and directed by the religious family founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, The Missionaries of Charity.

The aim of the MTI is to preserve, protect, promote, and develop the authentic legacy of Saint Teresa of Calcutta to the Church and to the world. The MTI will provide resources to students, scholars and researchers who are interested in Mother Teresa, her life, charism and message, giving them the opportunity to study in depth one of the great saints of modern times.

Holy Week 2025 - Join Us in Prayer and Reflection

L.D.M.            25th March 1993

“My dearest Children-

Sisters, Brothers, and Fathers,

…Jesus wants me to tell you again, specially in this Holy Week, how much love He has for each one of you – beyond all that you can imagine…Do you really know the living Jesus – not from books but from being with Him in your heart? Have you heard the loving words He speaks to you? Ask for the grace, He is longing to give it. Until you can hear Jesus in the silence of your own heart, you will not be able to hear Him saying “I thirst” in the hearts of the poor…Jesus wants you each to hear Him – speaking in the silence of your heart.”

– From Mother Teresa’s General Letters to Her Sisters, pp. 436-437

Conferences on St. Teresa of Calcutta’s feast day, 2024

In celebration of St Teresa of Calcutta’s feast day, the Mother Teresa Institute held its annual keynote lecture and Colloquium.

On Thursday, 5 September, Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. delivered the keynote conference on “Mother Teresa: Mystic of the Thirst of Jesus”
To listen to this lecture, please click here

On Friday, 6 September, a Colloquium was held at the Catholic University of America’s School of Theology and Religious Studies. Five conferences were presented on various topics related to Mother Teresa’s life, work, and message.
To listen to Morning Session, please click here
To listen to Afternoon Session, please click here

On Saturday, 7 September, a solemn celebration of the feast day of St. Teresa took place in the crypt church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

Mother Teresa Events

August 19th - November 11th

Mother Teresa's Instructions to Her Sisters - Fr. Brian

You Did It to Me - Mother Teresa's Gospel on Five Fingers - Fr. Brian

Mother Teresa's Work - First Give Love and Care - Fr. Brian

The Mother Teresa Institute - Prof. Derek McAllister

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Official portrait of St. Teresa painted by Chas Fagan. The Knights of Columbus commissioned this portrait for her canonization. The Supreme Knight entrusted it to the Mother Teresa Institute on September 11, 2022, the day of the inauguration and blessing of the Mother Teresa Institute in Washington, DC, where it is displayed.

Articles About Mother Teresa

Feb. 11, 2025

The Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments releases the decree inscribing St. Teresa of Calcutta in the General Roman Calendar, along with the liturgical texts to accompany her feast day on September 5.

By Devin Watkins

Mar. 9, 2025

March is Women’s History Month. I could not think of a better woman to honor than Mother Teresa!  As stated on Biography.com, “Mother Teresa was the founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to helping the poor. Considered one of the 20th Century’s greatest humanitarians, she was canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta in 2016.”

By Michele Gunn

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ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

Text of Mother M. Teresa’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech given in Oslo, Norway on 11th December, 1979. NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 11 December, 1979   As we have gathered here together to thank God for...

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