I am sorry to read some people accusing Mother Teresa of spreading prejudice and bigotry. In fact, if you have studied much about Mother Teresa you will know that she was criticized because she did NOT push formal conversion to people or acceptance of dogma. When Mother Teresa wrote about converstion she described the silent sharing of Christ's love with suffering people. I am sorry that some of the writers are filled with their own prejudice and hate and projecting that onto Mother Teresa. I also know from living in one of her homes that there was no obvious fundraising activity. She and her sisters did live the faith the way she described it. The only supplies provided to the house were spontaneous gifts provided by individuals in the community. For example, one man in the community used to bring food for the residents and cook it himself once a week. Others brought clothing. Offers of washing machines etc...were refused and everyone washed clothing by hand to live in the true spirit of poverty. She even turned down offers of church support from various communities where her sisters were housed, including offers of health insurance from a government entity. Finally, Mother Teresa shut down some of the lay operations when she realized they were getting too organized and moving away from her belief in relying on divine providence and being based on faith and spirituality, not business development.
On Feb 5, 2010 Jennifer wrote:
I am sorry to read some people accusing Mother Teresa of spreading prejudice and bigotry. In fact, if you have studied much about Mother Teresa you will know that she was criticized because she did NOT push formal conversion to people or acceptance of dogma. When Mother Teresa wrote about converstion she described the silent sharing of Christ's love with suffering people. I am sorry that some of the writers are filled with their own prejudice and hate and projecting that onto Mother Teresa. I also know from living in one of her homes that there was no obvious fundraising activity. She and her sisters did live the faith the way she described it. The only supplies provided to the house were spontaneous gifts provided by individuals in the community. For example, one man in the community used to bring food for the residents and cook it himself once a week. Others brought clothing. Offers of washing machines etc...were refused and everyone washed clothing by hand to live in the true spirit of poverty. She even turned down offers of church support from various communities where her sisters were housed, including offers of health insurance from a government entity. Finally, Mother Teresa shut down some of the lay operations when she realized they were getting too organized and moving away from her belief in relying on divine providence and being based on faith and spirituality, not business development.