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Come and
See: A Photojournalist’s Journey Through the World of Mother Teresa
By Linda Schaefer
DC Press
Many of us limit our Catholicism to Sunday Mass and forget the
global impact the church has on mankind.
Linda Schaefer, a photojournalist who has worked for CNN and the
Associated Press, had visited India in her mid-30’s when her husband
was dying of a rare cancer. Later,
an assignment from CNN spurred her return to India, which led her to
Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity Motherhouse in Calcutta.
Schaefer asked to photograph the sisters’ work, but was met with
rejection, the sort of refusal that brings back a childhood emptiness.
However, Mother Teresa relented in another fashion, and asked
Schaefer to be part of the “Come and See” program, which introduces
young women to the Missionaries of Charity’s tasks to see if they can
withstand the litmus test of self-sacrifice. Schaefer writes, “For her
(Mother Teresa) it wasn’t enough to say the words, “I love you”…We
must put that love into a living action…”Give until it hurts.”
Schaefer’s
primary medium is the camera lens, and the book shows her ability to
show us what she sees, from dusky pictures of Calcutta, to a zoom lens
shot of Mother Teresa’s sandaled feet, which are gnarled with
arthritis. Mother Teresa
becomes not merely a synonym for goodness; she is a reflection of each
of our inner selves.
In great
detail, Schaefer describes the work of Mother Teresa’s order.
Through the volunteer program, Schaefer worked in the orphanage
and spent time at the Missionaries’ community for lepers, Ghandhji
Prem Nivas (Abode of Love), which allows families to stay together.
The lepers work old-fashioned looms and makes clothes for the
sisters throughout the world, as well as diapers for the orphaned
infants. Perhaps most
enlightening of all is Kalighat, the Order’s home for the dying, where
Schaefer volunteered for three months. The experience healed the
experience of losing her husband and death itself took on a new hue.
Mother Teresa believed that the final moments of life are “some of the
most important—and they should not be alone at that time.” The Sister will find the dying on the street and bring them
home where they can leave this world with the warmth of another’s
touch.
What makes
the book so unusual is the first person narrative. While many books are dry and academic, Schaefer is her own
guinea pig. Despite the
detailed documentation of the work done in Calcutta, her personal change
is reflected in the pages.
Although I
am Catholic, it was my own acquaintance with Schaefer that brought me to
this book. We first met in
Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the early ‘70s, where our fathers were both
working on corporate assignments. Several months ago, the school’s
alumni magazine ran a story about Linda, her studies at the University
of Michigan, graduate work at NYU’s journalism program, and the
culmination of her studies and experiences: Come and See. After
30 years, we were in touch again, and I gained a feeling of completion,
of unfinished circles filled in, and that the people who have touched my
life are my greatest asset.
A friend
often tells me the words of a high school teacher who said, “The
purpose of a life is a life of purpose.”
These are the words that echo throughout Come and See. One need not fly to India to find a purpose, but after
reading the book, it is close to impossible to not examine
one’s faith and what we do with it.
For
more information on Come and See, visit www.motherteresaofcalcutta.com
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"A Photojournalist's Journey Into the World of Mother Teresa" was the subject of keynote speaker (center in photo) Linda Schaefer's address during the recent St. Philip Neri Society Dinner benefiting the St. Philip Neri Newman Center for Catholic students. The former CNN editor and photojournalist is joined by the Rev. Stuart Crevcoure (left) and Bishop Edward Slattery. Schaefer's photos can be found in her book "Come and See."
ForeWord Magazine
Fall 2003
PHOTOGRAPHY
Come and See:
A Photojournalist’s Journey into the World of Mother Teresa
Author/Photographer: Linda Schaefer
DC Press (October 2003)
Color photographs
160 pages
Hardcover $29.95
1-932021-08-6
In the crowded genre of books by and about Mother Teresa and the poor of Calcutta , this photographic memoir distinguishes itself by its timing: the author was the last professional photojournalist to gain full, unfettered access to Mother Teresa, and the book’s publication is just in time for the October 2003 beatification ceremonies in Rome .
A former editor and photojournalist for CNN, Schaefer began her relationship with Mother Teresa during the nun’s 1995 visit to Atlanta , which Schaefer photographed for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Later that year Schaefer traveled to Calcutta and was granted an interview, but Mother Teresa initially refused Schaefer permission to photograph her and suggested instead that the author volunteer with the Missionaries of Charity founded by the nun. After demonstrating her commitment by working in one of the order’s orphanages for a few weeks, Schaefer was granted complete access to the sisters’ work.
Through its “Come and See” program, the Missionaries of Charity give volunteers and visitors an opportunity to participate in the work of the order as well as providing a trial period for prospective sisters. Mother Teresa, who died in 1997, offered this invitation to Schaefer, and by extension, to her readers.
The photographs depict daily life among Calcutta ’s poor, and the charitable activities of the nuns and associated volunteers. Indeed, of the hundreds of photographs that Schaefer took, she chose to include images that emphasize the joy amidst the suffering, in keeping with the desires and attitudes of Mother Teresa. Readers already know that life is hard in India and will be reassured by Schaefer’s book that someone is doing something about it.
It seems that no Westerner, not even a journalist, goes to India without having a profound spiritual experience; Schaefer does not disappoint. From her encounter with a mysterious prophet on the flight over to divine intervention in resolving a battery crisis prior to her final crucial assignment, Schaefer writes with wonder and awe at all of her interactions, but she reserves her deepest reverence for the diminutive nun at the center of the story. “In my heart I knew Mother Teresa wasn’t another photo opportunity, but a messenger from God who embodied the characteristics of the Mother,” Schaefer writes.
Whether or not it was her intention, Schaefer’s text and photos could serve as a volunteer recruiting tool for the Missionaries of Charity if the sisters ever need such a thing. Without exception, the Western volunteers Schaefer meets during her months in India are transformed by their experience. For those who have ever been inspired to embark on a mission journey, or simply appreciate those who do, Schaefer provides an opportunity for a vicarious pilgrimage to one of the late twentieth century’s most celebrated institutions of love and hope. [August]
Review by Sharon Flesher
The Catholic News & Herald
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July 25, 2003 Book Review
Book Invites Readers to “Come and See” Mother Teresa
Atlanta – Mother Teresa beatification in October is expected to be one of the biggest international events of the year. People around the world are expected to be scrambling for memorabilia relating to the renowned nun.
Prior to Mother Teresa’s death in 1997, one photojournalist, Linda Schaefer, was personally invited to make a photographic journey through Mother Teresa’s world. The results are the historic and spectacular Come and See: A Photojournalist’s Journey into the World of Mother Teresa.
Schaefer has captured what few people can imagine.
The former CNN editor and photojournalist first met Mother Teresa when she was hired by the Archdiocese of Atlanta to photograph her 1995 visit. Schaefer later flew to Calcutta and went to the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity, requesting permission to photograph their work. Mother Teresa emphatically responded “no,” because she felt to many had become rich from books about her with the poor and sick getting nothing.
Mother Teresa further challenged Schaefer to put down her cameras and become a volunteer in the orphanages and house of the dying. After observing Schaefer’s sincerity and dedication, Mother Teresa gave her a handwritten note granting full access to all of her facilities. He vocal directive “…show the real word in which I live and work.”
The photographs speak for themselves. The book, being released in conjunction with the beatification ceremonies in Rome this fall, feature 160 full-color photographs capturing the reality of poverty, sickness and death wrapped tightly in love and joy. Images include portraits, dramatic “insider’s photographs” never-before-seen ceremonies involving Mother Teresa, the Missionaries of Charity, the international team of volunteers and the thousand of poor and sick served in their facilities throughout India.
Bishop William G. Curlin, bishop emeritus, who was friend of Mother Teresa’s, wrote the preface to Schaefer’s book.
“Come and See is the story of a woman’s search for peach – in mind and hear,” writes Bishop Curlin. “Linda Schafer’s wonderful photographs and recording of her meeting with Mother Teresa of Calcutta and accepting Mother Teresa’s invitation to share her ministry to the poorest of the poor will surely help others in search of inner peace in mind and heart to discover these gifts in our serving the least among us.”
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SACRED JOURNEY
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BY MICHELLE BEARDEN, mbearden@tampatrib.com; Michelle Bearden can be reached at (813) 259-7613
A photojournalist travels to India to capture Mother Teresa's life and finds spiritual enlightenment along the way. Linda Schaefer's brief encounter with Mother Teresa in 1995 marked a dramatic change in the photojournalist's life. Something about the diminutive nun from Calcutta, India, so captured Schaefer that she knew their Atlanta meeting was destiny. A few months later, she flew to India and went to the headquarters of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, asking for permission to photograph their work. "It's hard not to look at her and know what she's done and not be inspired," says Schaefer, 46.
On Sunday, the nun who inspired Schaefer and millions more will be beatified by Pope John Paul II in Rome - the final step before canonization, or official sainthood. Mother Teresa, who died at age 87 on Sept. 5, 1997, will become the first person beatified so soon after death. After she died, the pope waived the customary five-year waiting period to start the procedures leading to sainthood While not without her critics, this frail woman, revered as "the saint of the gutters" for her work with the poorest of the poor, easily matched the pope in popularity. Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, Mother Teresa was recognized by the pope in 2002 for performing a miracle.
Schaefer flew from her home in Atlanta to Rome for the beatification. Amid the ceremonies and the Roman Catholic ritual, she plans to quietly reflect on her personal memories of Mother Teresa and how this nun so deeply affected her life. Those memories are captured in Schaefer's book, "Come and See: A Photojournalist's Journey Into the World of Mother Teresa" (DC Press, $29.95), a collection of her photos and recollections that give a rare look at Mother Teresa and her mission. Rare is the operative word - Mother Teresa did not like cameras capturing her business. "I don't need photographers. I need volunteers," she told Schaefer when first approached about participating in a photo essay. It wasn't just a simple no. It was an emphatic no. Simply put, Mother Teresa believed too many had financially benefited from such proposals, while the sick, the dying and poor got nothing in return. "Not Too Many Photographs Of Me' Schaefer did not give up. After Mother Teresa invited her to "come and see" the work for herself, the photographer put aside her cameras and became a volunteer in orphanages and the clinics. That sincerity and dedication so impressed the nun that a few weeks later she gave Schaefer a handwritten note: "Let Linda Schaefer take photos of the work. God Bless You, Mother Teresa." She also gave her a verbal directive: "Show the real world in which I live and work. Not too many photographs of me." Those words were transforming. "I said yes, and I never stopped being fully committed to this. Although she has been gone these six years, the journey still continues through her work and her legacy," Schaefer says. It is said every picture tells a story, and so it is with Schaefer's beautiful and stark collection of 155 photos. Her accompanying heartfelt text brings the reader to a place few have gone - or desire to visit. She has captured the essence of the people whose lives are touched by missionaries - some are joyous and some are incredibly sad and neglected.
The work begun by Mother Teresa and continued by her legions of volunteers in India is not always pretty. For Schaefer and those she interviewed for the book, it is necessary and inspiring. The people who go there to serve others often feel they are the true benefactors. Schaefer's book touches upon her personal trials and triumphs: a craving to win her own mother's approval, the death of a beloved husband, a briefsecond marriage that ends in divorce and a child of that union who has become the joy of her life.
No Distinctions Made
The months Schaefer spent with the Missionaries of Charity did not constitute a Catholic experience, she says. Although she grew up in largely Catholic countries - Portugal, Italy and Brazil - she was never a member of the church. Instead, she considers herself a spiritual person. And that was fine with Mother Teresa. "She made no distinction when it came to race, color or religion. She never told anyone to convert," Schaefer recalls. "If you were Jewish, she only wanted you to be a better Jew. She wanted people to stop seeing their differences and find the qualities that connect us instead." And that is why Mother Teresa believed that every person has the capacity to become a saint, Schaefer says. That's a mighty big order, considering the Catholic Church's standards of saintly virtues: faith, hope, charity, humility, prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance to an extraordinary degree. "What I think she meant was that we all have the power to open our hearts, to focus on the positive and do what needs to be done," Schaefer says. "It's about being a better person and making this a better world for everyone. It's really a simple concept."
GRAPHIC:
Photos by LINDA SCHAEFER
* Mother Teresa did not like cameras capturing her business, but she allowed Linda Schaefer access to her Missionaries of Charity in 1995. Schaefer returned from India with a plethora of inspiring images, including this rare pose from a smiling Mother Teresa.
* Schaefer's book, "Come and See," contains memorable pictures and recollections from her trip. Volunteer Mary Ellen Moore, a nurse from New Hampshire, assists other nuns in administering medicine to the poor in Calcutta.
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Despite the carping of British socialist Christopher Hitchens, most people consider the ministry of the late Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity to the orphans, lepers, and dying, whom many have called the poorest of the poor, the most powerful argument for Christianity in the world today. Schaefer was affected powerfully enough by her ministry to pursue ardently the opportunity to photograph the order's leader and work, and then to put it off a bit, at Mother Teresa's request, to help care for the inmates at one of the order's facilities for the dying. Her account, unaffected to the point of naiveté, of her encounters with Mother Teresa, India, and a cross section of the order's members and voluntary helpers stirs the emotions as hers were stirred by the order's work, even without the complement of 155 color photographs she eventually took of Mother Teresa and her work. In combination with those pictures, this unpretentious album's power is immense. A lovely testament of the healing of sufferers, healers, and observer alike.
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COME AND SEE: A Photojournalist's Journey into the World of Mother Teresa
Linda Schaefer. DC Press, $29.95 (138p) ISBN 1-932021-08-6
When Schaefer first showed up unannounced at Mother Teresa's
headquarters in Calcutta in 1995 and begged to be allowed to do a photo book of the nun's life and work, the answer was a humble but
firm "no." Instead, Mother Teresa put Schaefer to work as a volunteer, changing diapers and playing with the children in one of the
Missionaries of Charity's 40-odd orphanages. Over time, as Schaefer's motivations shifted from a drive to merely document to a desire to
participate in the ministry, the nun permitted her to bring out the camera. The result is this unique, behind-the-scenes collection of
photos from various outreach centers throughout India, including a leper colony and a hospice for the dying. Schaefer draws on her own
experiences and on interviews with other volunteers, who come from many different nationalities and religious backgrounds. In all, this
is a very appropriate tribute to Mother Teresa on the eve of her canonization, since it celebrates not just the woman's life, but the
people who were her life's work.
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Accepting Miracles: Unlocking the World of Mother Teresa with Linda Schaefer, Internationally Known Photojournalist
The result of Schaefer’s experiences, Come and See, is a book created around the dictates of Mother Teresa, who wanted the people who picked it up to see Mother Teresa’s world” – to “see, hear and smell” the environment in which she lived and shared her love.
Accepting Miracles: Unlocking the World of Mother Teresa with Linda Schaefer, Internationally Known Photojournalist
“We’re excited to have Linda Schaefer joining our program today to help us persevere to fulfill our dreams,” commented Tacy Trump, Executive Director at VoiceAmerica. Schaefer joins Dr. Pat Baccili just weeks after returning from Rome, Italy, where she attended Mother Teresa’s beatification, one of the steps to sainthood in the Catholic Church. Schaefer, an internationally known photojournalist, is the author of a very unique book called Come and See: A Photojournalist's Journey into the World of Mother Teresa. Something about the diminutive nun from Calcutta, India so captured Schaefer that she knew their Atlanta meeting was destiny. Schaefer had decided many years ago that she wanted to shoot a pictorial of Mother Teresa and her work. Finally, in 1995 she had a brief encounter with the living saint during Mother Teresa’s visit to Atlanta. This renewed Schaefer’s passion to photograph the nun in her natural surroundings and share a different view of Mother Teresa with the world.
This was not an easy task. Mother Teresa was opposed to "another book" about her. As she put it, "Too many people are making money and none of it gets to the poor who really need it." After accepting a challenge from Mother Teresa to put her cameras down and go to work in the orphanages and houses of the dying, Schaefer finally received the answer to her prayers. Mother Teresa penned a note to Schaefer granting her complete and unfettered access to her facilities, the Missionaries of Charity, the international team of volunteers, and thousands of the poor and sick. In the process, Schaefer was gifted with many life changing experiences, including crying in the arms of the living saint.
Mother Teresa also gave Schaefer a verbal directive: “Show the real world in which I live and work. Not too many photographs of me. Focus on the work, not on me”, declared Mother Teresa. These words were transforming. “I said yes and have never stopped being fully committed to this.” The result of Schaefer’s experiences, Come and See, is a book created around the dictates of Mother Teresa, who wanted the people who picked it up to see Mother Teresa’s world” – to “see, hear and smell” the environment in which she lived and shared her love. Come and See combines the text of Schaefer’s handwritten journal with 160 full color photographs selected from the thousands Schaefer took as she lived and worked with the Missionaries of Charity and the international team of volunteers in the various facilities run by Mother Teresa throughout India. “I just want people to be moved by the compassion that she had,” Schaefer said.
A photographer by trade and an artist by intuition, Schaefer’s work has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Time, Newsweek, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Paris Match, Stern, and the Catholic Digest, to name a few. Schaefer received grants that allowed her to document “The Face of America” during the presidential campaign of 1988. Her work was exhibited at both the Democrat and Republican conventions that year, and CNN featured her documentary.
Schaefer began her career as a journalist for CNN in 1985 but found she couldn’t put aside her first love, still photography. Her passion for documentary work, fueled by the fact that she had lived in Brazil in her childhood, led her to explore and photograph the Amazon. In the southeastern basin of the river, she documented the indigenous tribe known as the Xevante. In 1993 Schaefer traveled with a Christian medical relief team to Romania, where she photographed the events in the wake of the end of the Communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu. She then turned her attention to Croatia and war-torn Bosnia. In 1995 Schaefer had her first contact with Mother Teresa, who was visiting Atlanta, and several months later Schaefer began living and working with the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta.
Schaefer resides in Atlanta, Georgia with her son, Paul, and continues to honor the work of Mother Teresa by speaking to groups and organizations. As Mother Teresa often commented, “Each person can make a difference.” That is what Linda seeks to accomplish through her work.
If you are looking for a new, creative way to answer the question, “What would I do if I knew that I could not fail?”, then step into a Crust Free Zone™ with Dr. Pat Baccili every Thursday morning at 8:00 AM PST on VoiceAmerica.com. Join Dr. Pat and her guest, Linda Schaefer, to break through your crust and live your life full out! Join us to do some dynamic and fun Crust Busting and break through those layers of crusty conditioning to reveal the unlimited possibilities available to you to get what you really want out of life!
Inspirational Letter to Linda
Schaefer
Dear Linda,
I'm a friend of Pat Baccili's (radio talk show host) -- in fact, we are prayer partners. I was listening to her show on Tuesday when you were interviewed, and I also sent in an email saying how inspiring your sharing had been. I want to elaborate on this so you will know the potential impact of your story.
As I was listening to you talk, one of the things you said was "you have to ask for what you want". This is not news to me, but in the context of your story it somehow hit me with the force of lightening -- and I saw that I needed to take action and go knock on some doors of my own. You'd been talking about going to see Mother Teresa without an appointment, you just went and knocked on her door. It inspired me to do the same thing. I have wanted to return to ______ University -- where I had a wonderful career a few years back. It was ended due to budget issues, and I had felt bitter about it for almost a decade. I have returned to California knowing this is something I still want in my heart -- but I've been confused and concerned about getting the money I need just to live. I've looked at other ways of earning a living, but my heart is at
__________. When you told your story it became so clear to me: just go there. Don't call up and make an appointment, just go! I did, and I was not disappointed. What a joy it was to see former colleagues and friends who greeted me with open arms. Not only that, but I was introduced to a new VP there who wants to talk with me -- and opens up the possibility for returning there to finish a career that has been interrupted for several years. At the very least it has been the healing of the past for me. And that opens up the future, whether it is at
_____________ or somewhere else. I am so grateful!
I just want you to realize that your message, your story carries with it the grace of Mother Teresa. I felt it very strongly. People need to hear your story. They may begin to cry, as I did, not even realizing at first why they are so touched. But the grace, the unconditional love works in them, and makes clear their paths. I am sure of it! Pat tells me that she's working with you on getting together a tour of the west coast. I have told Pat I am happy to help in any way I can. I live in the SF Bay Area, so if there's anything I can do, any connections I can help make for you, I'm willing to do that.
Blessings,
Bobbi Braden
Deccan Herald
Sunday, March 14, 2004
She came and saw and she never left!
A chance assignment turns into a mission for life for Linda Schaefer
JOSE M KOCHUPARAMPIL
“I don’t need photographers. I need volunteers.” Linda Schaefer, a former CNN editor and photojournalist, recalls the feeble but determined words of late Mother Teresa of Calcutta when she met her in August 1995 at the Missionaries of Charity headquarters to seek permission to photograph her and her activities.
Mother Teresa suggested that she volunteer at Shishu Bhavan. For Schaefer it was an abrupt entry into the world of this tiny, frail but strong and hearty ‘icon of divine love’ whom Pope John Paul II beatified on October 19, 2003.
CNN had assigned Schaefer to do five video features on India including a possible one on Mother Teresa, her religious order -- Missionaries of Charity and their works. Enthusiastic and optimistic the Brazilian born Schaefer, 47, flew in to the City of Joy to capture the world of the much acclaimed nun through her camera lens.
Earlier the same year when Mother Teresa had visited Atlanta, Schaefer was called in to photograph her visit. Thrilled with joy of having been assigned as the official photographer, Schaefer says, “The night before her arrival in Atlanta I could not sleep; by 5 a.m. I was on my way to Hartsfield International Airport.”
What happened at the tarmac was just incredible for Schaefer. “I was shocked when I saw Mother Teresa approaching me after shaking hands with the dignitaries,” she says, noting how “Mother Teresa held my hands with surprising strength.”
Schaefer is now part of the Mother’s order. “I have been completely devoted to her for eight years now. Though I am not working in her order and living with her sisters I feel like I am working for her,” she says.
Recollecting the disappointing initial days, she talks of how after few weeks of volunteering at the various facilities of Missionaries of Charity in Kolkatta, she decided to try her luck again. This time Shaefer asked Mother Teresa if she could photograph her work for a possible book. “Why,” was the instantaneous response. “There are already many books. People are making too much money on them,” Mother Teresa said. Whatever persuasion Schaefer employed, the ‘angel of love’ didn’t budge and ended the conversation with an emphatic ‘no’.
For Schaefer there was no way to control her emotions and she burst into tears. Someone who had been around the world making documentaries in Bosnia, Croatia, the Brazilian Amazon, the lost children of Rio de Janeiro, India and many other nations, never before had Schaefer burst into tears.
This time the tender loving care of Mother Teresa reached forth to console the renowned photojournalist. The tears obviously had an effect, as the next day the Mother wrote: “Sisters, let Linda Schaefer take pictures of the work. God bless you. Mother Teresa, M.C.”
Schaefer is no stranger to the media world. Her works have appeared on reputed newspapers and magazines. But after having been attracted by the life and humanitarian activities of Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity, Schaefer decided to dedicate a chunk of her time talking about the ‘star of Kolkotta’ and her legacy. The world of Mother Teresa that Schaefer captured through her camera lens was finally out in the form of a book, a photographic memoir titled ‘Come and See’ on the occasion of the beatification of Mother Teresa. Schaefer chose the title of her book from the ‘Come and See’ program that the Missionaries of Charity offers to the thousands of volunteers, especially to young women interested in dedicating their lives to the service of God.
Schaefer recalls how while handing over the permission slip Mother Teresa had also given her a directive: “Show the real world in which I live and work; not too much photograph of me. Focus on the work and not on me.”
Faithful to that directive the author has diligently compiled captivating pictures that speak volumes about the mission and compassion of Mother Teresa.
By sheer coincidence Schaefer happened to be in India during the passing away of Mother Teresa in 1997. “She has merged with the eternal flame of divinity,” writes Schaefer with a heavy heart, ending her notes in ‘Come and See’ with “but I knew that she would always be a flame in my heart.”
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