Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints on September 5
- Justinian, bishop and confessor;
- Bertinus, abbot
- Teresa of Calcutta
St. Bertinus (d. 700 A.D.) is a native of Contances, France, together with St. Mommolinus and St. Bertrand. They were sent to assist St. Omer, bishop of Therouanne, to evangelize the Morini around Pade-Calais. They built monasteries where Mommolinus became abbot in one monastery. When St. Mommolinus was appointed bishop of Noyon, St. Bertinus was made an abbot in one of the monasteries.
St. Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997 A.D.) a.k.a. Mother Teresa, was born in Albania and entered the Sisters of Loreto in 1928 A.D. She taught for seventeen years at the Order's school in Calcutta. When she looked out of the window of the school, she suddenly noticed the poor in the streets of Calcutta. This inspired her to have a "second vocation" - to leave the Sisters of Loreto and found an Order dedicated to the sick, the poor and the dying in Calcutta. The Order of the Missionaries of Charity, which she founded, became a pontifical congregation in 1965 A.D. Because of Mother Teresa's commitment to caring for the people in the slums of Calcutta, the Order she founded grew and exapanded to many countries in the world.
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