Encountering Mother Teresa

"Come and see." These were the first words Mother Teresa spoke to the author and journalist Linda Schaefer. These three words had such a profound effect on her that she spent the next twenty-three years on a mission to "come and see" the impact of this living saint on the people around her and the world at large.

Join Linda on her quest to interview people who worked with Mother Teresa in her ministry. Read first-hand about their encounters and the lessons they learned.

Encountering Mother Teresa features interviews with:

Father James E. McCurry, O.F.M.Conv., who led many retreats for Mother Teresa in her ministry and carried on a correspondence with herMonsignor John Esseff, spiritual director to the contemplative brance of the Missionaries of CharityFather Michael Van Der Peet, SCJ, in whom Mother Teresa confided the spiritual darkness she experiencedDr. Anita Figueredo, one of the first female oncologist surgeons in the United States who met Mother Teresa in the 1960sHuldah Buntain, a Protestant missionary who accompanied her husband to India in the early 1950s to begin their service to the poorSister Tarcisia, the eighteenth sister to Join Mother Teresa's order

Includes never-before-seen candid photos of Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity, taken by the author.

Saint Teresa of Calcutta invites you personally to "come and see" what is possible when you "love until it hurts."