Mother Teresa and Me

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Marlene singing "Am I My Brother's Keeper?", which she wrote for Mother Teresa and presenting Mother with gifts of a monstrance and chalice, at the Mass of Dedication for the Home for Unwed Mothers and Infants in Washington, D.C. June 19, 1995	One of the many posters which were displayed all over Rome during the time of Mother Teresa's Beatification, which took place on October 19. 2003.	A special moment during visit of Marlene with Mother Teresa in Tijuana, Mexico, December 1993. Marlene, her husband, Anthony, along with her brother George and his wife Rosemary, brought donations of clothing, money, rosaries and gifts for the poor.
This poster, a favorite of the Missionaries of Charity, of Pope John Paul II with Mother Teresa, appeared everywhere in Rome during the time of Mother Teresa's Beatification.	Marlene snapped this photo as Mother Teresa opened the door to a beggar as she was leaving Calcutta in 1987. It was the inspiration for the song she wrote called, "Am I MY Brother's Keeper?" which became Mother Teresa's anthem for the homeless and which she asked Marlene to sing at her funeral.	People cheered as this painting was uncovered in St. Peter's Square as Pope John Paul announced Mother Teresa as "Blessed Teresa" during the Mass of Beatification.
On a visit to the priests of the Missionaries of Charity in Tijuana, MX, Marlene snapped this photo of a picture hanging in the mission. The twosome the world has come to know as 'saints'... John Paul II and Blessed Teresa.	Front page of an article written about Marlene, by Robert Brennan of The National Catholic Register	Marlene singing at the Funeral of Mother Teresa, September 13, 1997, in the NETAJI Indoor Stadium, Calcutta, India
First meeting of Marlene and Mother. Motherhouse, Calcutta, India, October 1987	Mother amidst crowds of people with her ever-present rosary beads, greeting each with joyful smile and bow	Monsignor John Esseff, Marlene's brother, met by Mother Teresa as he arrived in Rome to give a retreat to Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity. She was carrying her signature "suitcase" ( a plastic bag), containing all she owned...
The cover page of the ceremonies conducted for the Final Profession of vows of the Missionaries of Charity at St. Aloysius Church, Washington, D.C. June 10, 1995	Cover page of ceremony booklet for Profession of vows of the Missionaries of Charity @ St. Anthony's Church, Bronx, NY, June 9, 1988	Cover of booklet for ceremonies of the Funeral of Mother Teresa September 13, 1997, Calcutta, India
Visiting Mother Teresa in Tijuana, Mexico, December,1993	Monsignor John Esseff, Mother Teresa, Marlene during October, 1987 visit at Motherhouse in Calcutta, India	Sister Nirmala, Mother Teresa, Marlene kneeling in prayer in chapel of the "House of Peace", Washington, D.C. June 1995
Mother Teresa, Cardinal Hickey, First Lady, Hillary Clinton at the Dedication of the Home for Unwed Mothers and Infants in Washington, D.C. June 19, 1995. Mrs. Clinton was responsible for obtaining the home for Mother Teresa through an anonymous donor	A gift to Marlene by her friend, artist, Sescul. He has painted words from one of Marlene's songs inspired by Mother Teresa, "See Jesus", a pair of rosary beads and Mother, with head bowed, kneeling at prayer
Msgr. John, Sister Fatima, Mother Teresa, Bronx, NY, June 1988. She greets us and other guests who were attending the Final Profession of Vows in her order.	We were attending a private Mass for the families and Sisters who would take their Final Vows, June 1995, in Washington, when Mother Teresa spotted this little baby in the crowd and took her into her arms, blessing her and singing a lullaby	Marlene and Mother outside the Missionaries of Charity Motherhouse in Tijuana Dec. 1993
Dying leper in the House of the Destitute and Dying, called Kalighat, in Calcutta, 1987. This photo inspired the song Marlene wrote: "See Jesus."	One of the Brothers, Missionaries of Charity, cleansing the wounds of a leper patient in Kalighat, October 1987	This photo is of a leper patient in Kalighat who was saved from the streets of Calcutta and He gratefully bows to the Sisters who are caring for him.
A young postulant feeding one of the developmentally handicapped children in "Dum Dum" in India, October 1987. This is one of Mother's many places caring for children around the world.