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Dec 21 - GOA-LA, Los Angeles, +1 (714) 821-6168 Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a free party announcement Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ ---------------------------------------------------------- Kolkata celebrates Mother Teresa's papal approval By Krittivas Mukherjee, Indo-Asian News Service Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) With the Pope endorsing a miracle attributed to Mother Teresa Friday, Kolkata that she made her home decades earlier witnessed joyous scenes. Sisters at the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, were visibly moved and offered a special prayer for the nun at the Mother House, the movement's global headquarters. The Missionaries of Charity has also lined up a special thanksgiving mass. "We will hold the special mass on Sunday morning to express our gratitude to the Vatican," Sister Christie said. "It is such a happy occasion for us. We all have been waiting for the news since morning," she said. While sisters at the Mother House immersed in subdued celebrations, the mood was one of utter joy at the numerous orphanages, destitute homes and shelter for lepers run by the Missionaries of Charity. One inmate at one of the homes said: "The final step of cannonisation should also not be delayed for a person like Mother Teresa." Members of at least two city clubs distributed sweets to passers-by after receiving the news. It is being speculated that Mother Teresa could be beatified in 2003. With the Pope recognising that the event of an ailing girl regaining health by wearing a medallion with Mother Teresa's picture on it as a miracle, the Albania-born nun has become "blessed" and moved a step closer to sainthood. The process of sainthood consists of three steps: veneration, beatification and canonization (sainthood). Mother Teresa is the 14th person to be considered for sainthood from India. Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia, on August 26, 1910. She came to Calcutta, now Kolkata, on January 6, 1929. Her life was transformed after hearing a "call within a call" to serve ailing humanity on her way to Darjeeling on September 10, 1946. She founded her order, Missionaries of Charity, in 1949. It received the Church's approval in the following year. Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She died here on September 5, 1997. --Indo-Asian News Service ======================================================================== Ongoing: Exhibition of paintings, Art Chamber, Calangute www.goa-art.com Dec 14 onwards: Shireen Mody's Goa 2002 exhibition, Arpora. Tel 2276759 Dec 17, 18, 20: Indo-Portuguese furniture, lectures Fundacao Ph 2230728 Jan 19-22: Gauri Divan's studio pottery, Rust, Aguada Rd Ph 2479340 Dec 23-Jan 7: Dayanita Singh's photo exhibition, Art House Tel 2276123 Jan 18-19: International kite carnival at Morgim beach, Pernem ========================================================================
