The feast of mother Teresa de Calcutta registered in the liturgical calendar

Since its canonization on September 4, 2016 by Pope Francis, the craze around Mother Teresa remains intact. Thanks to her charismatic face and her blue and white sari, she is recognizable by all.

Not only has it become a universal icon of charity but it also leaves an important heritage behind it. Since her death, the Congregation of Missionaries of Charity, of which she is the founder, has opened 92 houses. Today there are nearly 700 households in 136 countries.

In 2013, the United Nations even decided to establish an international charity day which took place on September 5, the day of the anniversary of the disappearance of Mother Teresa. From now on, on the same date, the optional memory of this saint is inscribed in the general Roman calendar, announced the dicastery for divine worship and the discipline of the sacraments this Tuesday, February 11.

A model of mercy

The decree signed by Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the dicastery in charge of liturgical questions, specifies that this inscription is “an answer to the requests of the bishops, religious and associations of faithful, and taking into account the influence of the spirituality of Sainte Teresa From Calcutta around the world, wishes to offer it as an exceptional testimony of hope for the left-handed life of life. »»

British cardinal recalled that during his canonization in 2016,, “Pope Francis presented it as a generous vector of divine mercy which, like the” salt “which gives flavor to everything and the” light “which illuminates darkness, impregnated everything she undertook. »»