Finding Calcutta

"Lifelong educator Mary Poplin, after experiencing a newfound awakening to faith, sent a letter to Calcutta asking if she could visit Mother Teresa and volunteer with the Missionaries of Charity. She received a response saying, "You are welcome to share in our works of love for the poorest of the poor."" "So in the spring of 1996, Poplin spent two months in Calcutta as a volunteer. There she observed Mother Teresa's life of work and service to the poor, participating in the community's commitments to simplicity and mercy. Poplin's journey gives us an inside glimpse into one of the most influential lives of the twentieth century and the lessons Mother Teresa continues to offer. Mother Teresa's unabashedly religious work stands in countercultural contrast to the limitations of our secular age. And Poplin soon discovered that God was calling her to the same kind of holistic service in her own Calcutta - the university world." "Not everyone can go to Calcutta. But all of us can find our own meaningful work and service. Come and answer the call to find your Calcutta."--BOOK JACKET.

Mary Poplin is professor of education at Claremont Graduate University in California.