OSV newsweekly on Mother Teresa

We've had some great articles on Mother Teresa in recent years in the OSV newsweekly, the No. 1 national Catholic weekly in the United States. Here's a sampling of the best:



From our October 12, 2008, issue:
Book reveals Mother Teresa's Secret Fire»
How I met Mother Teresa»


From our September 2, 2007, issue:
Ten years ago, someone beautiful went to God»
Mother Teresa 'simply loved life'»
In Focus: One heart at a time»


From the April 1, 2007, issue:
The Secret Fire Within Mother Teresa»


From the December 31, 2006, issue:
Thirsting for Jesus the way he thirsts for us

Catholic News Service on new Mother Teresa book

CNS' Nancy Frazier O'Brien just interviewed Father Joseph Langford about his new book, "Mother Teresa's Secret Fire."

"As America faces its own dark night of the soul," the priest said, Mother Teresa shows Americans and the rest of the world "how to live joyfully, creatively, in a way that leaves a legacy."

Read the full story here.

So what about Mother Teresa's "crisis of faith"?

Ever since an August 2007 Time magazine provocatively titled "Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith", many people have had lingering questions about whether Mother Teresa was really a saint, or worse, if she was some sort of hypocrite. The magazine article looked at what was then a new book, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light - The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta (Doubleday, $22.95), a collection of previously unpublished letters by Mother Teresa.

That makes for good journalistic sensationalism, but the real story is a lot more complex — and interesting.

Here are a couple of links to stories that will help you get beyond the hype to the true story:

— Paul Thigpen, editor of The Catholic Answer magazine, gives an overview here.

— The editor of Mother Teresa's letters, Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, who also serves as the postulator for her canonization cause, told OSV in our Sept. 23, 2007 issue how she was being misunderstood, and even said she should be the patron saint of unbelievers.

Offer a petition to Mother Teresa

Have something you'd like to prayerfully place in Mother Teresa's intercessory hands?

Here's an opportunity to do so, over at the Our Sunday Visitor Web Mother Teresa site.

A Mother Teresa "word search" puzzle

This puzzle on the Our Sunday Visitor web site is not just for kids: It has some 30 words buried among random letters.


What's cooler is that it can be played both interactively, or printed out as a PDF for completion away from a computer.

Check it out.

Meditate with Mother Teresa

From the pages of Father Joseph Langford's new book, Mother Teresa's Secret Fire, is a five-page guided meditation for you to download in PDF format.


It is based on the core of Mother Teresa's insight into Christ's words on the cross, "I thirst."

Video trailer for the book

Check out this one-and-a-half minute video "trailer" for Father Joseph Langford's book on Mother Teresa, "Secret Fire."

Welcome to Our Sunday Visitor's new Mother Teresa blog

With the publication of Father Joseph Langford's new book, Mother Teresa's Secret Fire: The Encounter that Changed Her Life, and How It Can Transform Your Own, Our Sunday Visitor has launched this new blog. We'll feature posts from Father Joseph, book excerpts, audio files and more. Check back soon!