In 1985-1986, four priests assisted Mother Teresa in New York to establish an order of priests to assist the sisters in service of the poor. I was privileged to be one of them, as I was on a sabbatical year from my duties in the Archdiocese of Toronto.​..

My friend Tess and I travelled to Kolkata, India in 2003 to volunteer for one month with the Missionaries of Charity. We were about to start post-graduate degrees in Development Studies and felt we should witness true poverty firsthand...

My aunt was a retired nun with the Sisters of Charity in Calcutta. On our annual vacation to Bombay in December of 1989, my wife Luiza and I decided to visit her as she wasn’t in good health...

I first met Mother Teresa over 40 years ago when she came to my hometown of Jamshedpur, which is not far from Calcutta. Here, my father, John D'Costa, volunteered to be her "right-hand man"...

In June of 1982, I had the privilege of personally welcoming and accompanying Mother Teresa while she was in Toronto for the Youth Corps Event at Varsity Stadium. My role was to meet Mother Teresa at the airport, accompany her to and during the event at Varsity Stadium and bring her b​ack to the airport...

In the spring of 1981, I went on a six-week trip to India, including Calcutta, with my college study group. Before I left, I spoke with Bishop Clune, a friend of the family, and asked for advice on how to meet Mother Teresa. He suggested simply knocking at the door of her motherhouse and asking to meet her...

In the streets of Calcutta, June often saw Mother Teresa reaching out and helping the poor and destitute lying out in the streets. In 1956, at the age of 22, as a member of the Legion of Mary, June remembers clearly the day she spent at the Home for the Dying Destitutes in Calcutta...

Sister Sue asked Jean Vanier to ask Mother Teresa if she would speak at our next Toronto event. Mother Teresa said that she wanted to stay at a small, poor convent. Sister Sue thought our house on McGee St. in South Riverdale would fill the bill. Her housemates agreed, needless to say...