I didn’t realize until today that September 5 was the feast day of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. I was able to see Mother Teresa twice during her life, both times in Winona at the Cathedral. This was back in the 70s when Msgr. Feiten was her treasurer here in the United States. Msgr. Feiten for years was the director of Catholic Charities in the Winona diocese, and he invited her to come and speak on two occasions.
She insisted that all the priests that processed into the Cathedral genuflect to the tabernacle before assuming their seats for her talk. I’ll never forget that. A small woman directing the priests of our diocese. I recall being able to barely see her small frame behind the ambo from which she spoke. She spoke with such simplicity.
May we all have at least a small portion of her faith and her zeal for the poor!
