LFS pays rich tributes to Saint Mother Teresa

Jamshedpur, September 18: “Whatsoever you do to the least of my brethren, you do unto me. When I was hungry, you gave me to eat; when I was thirsty you gave me to drink and naked you clothed me” � Jesus Christ
Mother Teresa helped these words become reality in the lives of the unfortunate, the leper, the AIDS patient, the poor, the indentured, a generous dispenser of divine mercy, making herself available to everyone through her defense of human life, those unborn and abandoned and discarded. She bowed down before those who were spent, left to die on the side of the road, seeing in them their God given dignity.

Mother Teresa said “By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus.”

Therefore, it was only fitting that we pay tribute to this legend of love and angel of peace, a true Indian citizen, belonging to the world. The Parish Priest of the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Telco, organized an Inter Faith Tribute to St. Mother Teresa of Kolkata on 17th September 2017.

S.B. Borwankar, Executive Director (Quality), Tata Motors Ltd., Pune, was the Chief Guest, and Rt. Rev. Bishop Felix Toppo, S.J., D.D., and A.B. Lall, Head (Jamshedpur Plant), Tata Motors Ltd., were the Guests of Honour.

Krishna Kumar, Head (HR), Tata Cummins, Harpal Singh, Md. Riyazuddin, and Fr. C.R. Prabhu, S.J., Director, Catholic Charities, were special guests at the event which was held in the Auditorium of Little Flower School (LFS).

It was heartening to see people from the neighborhood gather to celebrate the life of Mother Teresa, the living saint, who personally touched the lives of many in Jamshedpur too.

While the representatives of different religions read verses and prayed, the students of Little Flower School, student nurses of Jeevan Jyothi School of Nursing, and students of S.K. Public School, Telco, put up performances in honour of this legendary saint who we had the privilege of meeting in our lifetime.

Thousands of words have been spoken about her and what she has done for the downtrodden and the unfortunate, and her unconditional love. Dylan Thomas once said that love is gratitude with a memory. To Mother Teresa we can simply say, “thanks for the memories”.