Religion Roman Catholicism Name Mary Pierick | Period in office 2009- Nationality German | |
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Title Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity |
Up close with sister mary prema pierick mc
Sister Mary Prema Pierick, M.C. (born 13 May 1953), is the current Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity of Calcutta, India, the religious institute founded by the Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
Contents
- Up close with sister mary prema pierick mc
- WITNESS Sr Prema Pierick MC Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity
- Biography
- References
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WITNESS - Sr. Prema Pierick, MC: Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity
Biography
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She was born Mechthild Pierick in a farming community in Reken, Germany. In 1980, after reading the biography of the foundress, Something Beautiful for God by Malcolm Muggeridge, she went to meet Mother Teresa in Berlin. She felt called to join her work and moved to India to join the Missionaries.
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Pierick eventually became the Regional Superior of the institute for the Sisters in Europe. She returned to India to supervise the tertianship program of the institute, the last stage of training before final religious profession. She succeeded Sister Nirmala Joshi as Superior General on 24 March 2009, heading an institute which had over 5,000 members worldwide at that time.
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