It is not success that is important but our faithfulness.
Mother Teresa, From Part One
For thirty years, Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala worked closely with Mother Teresa, co-founding with her the Missionaries of Charity Contemplative and founding the Lay Missionaries of Charity. At her funeral, he was one of only six people given the honor of riding on the catafalque that carried her body. She has always been a mother to me, he has said, we always remained very close.
In this book, Fr. Sebastian tells not only the stories of the founding of the Contemplative and the Lay Missionaries, but also provides fresh insight into Mother Teresa who was timid and very sensitive by nature, according to the author, but who surrendered everything to God in order to serve him in the poor.
Through unedited letters, photos and anecdotes ranging from Mother Teresa s childhood in Albania to the memory loss of her later years, the reader gains a new portrait of both Mother Teresa and the inner spirit of the Missionaries of Charity. A Servant Book.
The pages of this book do not leave the reader indifferent. On the contrary, on every page there is something that is impressed upon you...until you are inspired to do something beautiful for God. Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Vazhakala, Sebastian

Cincinnati, Ohio: Servant Books

Fischer Productions

Franciscan Media

Ikonographics

United States, United States of America

October 31, 2004

PS, 2004

iv, 242 p. : 21 cm
Remembering Mother Teresa -- Lazar remembers -- Mother's other brothers -- A good mother to me -- First American missions -- The founding of the Missionaries of Charity Brothers Contemplative -- Contemplative yet apostolic -- The lay Missionaries of Charity -- Lessons in faith -- Lessons in hope -- Lessons in love -- A woman of virtue -- The evangelical counsels -- Afterword -- Letters from Mother Teresa -- Photos -- The guiding principles of the Missionaries of Charity Brothers Contemplative

I met Lazar for the first time at Via di San Agapito in Rome, in December 1979, shortly after Mother received the Nobel Prize.

Fr. Vazhakala tells the story of co-founding of the Missionaries of Charity Contemplative with Mother Teresa

2023-06-28