KIM EVANGELINE A. OKOL
Dagupan City – Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan (ALD) offered a thanksgiving mass on September 5, in celebration of the newly canonized saint, St. Teresa of Calcutta.
ALD Auxiliary Bishop, Most Reverend Jose Elmer I. Mangalinao, led the celebration of the thanksgiving mass which was held at St. John the Evangelist Cathedral.
In Bishop Mangalinao’s homily, he described St. Teresa as ‘woman, worship, and warrior’. He believed that St. Teresa is a woman who showed the people a different kind of worshipping through serving children, and became a warrior who was tough enough to pray for everyone who condemned her.
St. Teresa of Calcutta, known before as Mother Teresa and born with the name Agnes, is the founder of Missionaries of Charity. She served millions of needy children, especially those who are poor, sick, and abandoned. Aside from kids, St. Teresa also welcomed those mentally ill, former prostitutes and refugees in the said Catholic congregation. Shelter, food, clothes, and other necessities are provided by donors through the volunteers of the Missionaries of Charity
St. Teresa was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding in 1962, Pope John XXIII Peace Prize in 1971, and 15 others, in recognition of her charitable works.
ALD Auxiliary Bishop, Most Reverend Jose Elmer I. Mangalinao, led the celebration of the thanksgiving mass which was held at St. John the Evangelist Cathedral.
In Bishop Mangalinao’s homily, he described St. Teresa as ‘woman, worship, and warrior’. He believed that St. Teresa is a woman who showed the people a different kind of worshipping through serving children, and became a warrior who was tough enough to pray for everyone who condemned her.
St. Teresa of Calcutta, known before as Mother Teresa and born with the name Agnes, is the founder of Missionaries of Charity. She served millions of needy children, especially those who are poor, sick, and abandoned. Aside from kids, St. Teresa also welcomed those mentally ill, former prostitutes and refugees in the said Catholic congregation. Shelter, food, clothes, and other necessities are provided by donors through the volunteers of the Missionaries of Charity
St. Teresa was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding in 1962, Pope John XXIII Peace Prize in 1971, and 15 others, in recognition of her charitable works.