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St. Mother Teresa parishioners come together to celebrate their patron’s life

Parishioners at the new St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish came together on Sept. 5, 2019, St. Teresa’s feast day, to thank her for her example and to ask her continued intercession as they work to unite the former St. Therese Chinese Catholic Parish in Chinatown and St. Barbara Parish in Bridgeport.
Students from St. Therese Chinese Catholic School greet parishioners at the start of a Sept. 5, 2019, Mass in honor St. Teresa of Kolkata. Bishop John Manz was the main celebrant for the Mass, which celebrated the newly formed St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish at St. Barbara Church, 2859 S. Throop St., one of the new parish's two worship sites. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Bishop John Manz was the main celebrant for a Sept. 5, 2019,Mass to celebrate the newly formed St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish at St. Barbara Church, 2859 S. Throop St. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Missionary of Charity Sisters pray at the start of a Sept. 5, 2019, Mass in honor of their founder, St. Teresa of Kolkata. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
St. Teresa of Kolkata was honored on her feast day, Sept. 5, 2019, at a Mass hosted by St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish at St. Barbara Church, 2859 S. Throop St., one of the parish's two worship sites. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Bishop John Manz was the main celebrant for a Sept. 5, 2019, Mass to celebrate the newly formed St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish at St. Barbara Church, 2859 S. Throop St. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Second graders from St. Therese Chinese Catholic School, which has campuses at both worship sites of the new St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish, follow along during a Mass celebrating her Sept. 5, 2019, feast day at St. Barbara Church, 2859 S. Throop St. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Bishop John Manz and Father Francis Li, pastor of St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish, celebrate a Sept. 5, 2019,Mass to celebrate the newly formed St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish at St. Barbara Church, 2859 S. Throop St. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Students from St. Therese Chinese Catholic School place roses in front of a portrait of St. Teresa during the Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father Lukas Ouda, associate pastor at St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish, holds a blood relic of St. Teresa as Missionary of Charity novice venerates it following a Mass in honor of the saint's feast day Sept. 5, 2019. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
A Missionary of Charity sister reads the storyboards about the life of St. Teresa of Kolkata, the founder of her community, after the saint’s Sept. 5, 2019, feast day Mass at St. Barbara Church, 2859 S. Throop St. St. Barbara is one of two worship sites of the newly formed St. Mother Teresa Parish. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

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