Sister Maria Jyoti hands Bishop Anthony B. Taylor the decanter of wine flanked by her fellow Missionaries of Charity Sisters during Mass for St. Teresa of Kolkata Sept. 4. (Dwain Hebda photo)

Father Mariadass Vallapaneni of St. Joseph Church in Conway was among roughly a dozen priests who concelebrated Mass with Bishop Taylor. (Dwain Hebda photo)

Sister Marie Jose kneels before St. Teresa's relics following Mass. St. Teresa had been canonized by Pope Francis the previous day. (Dwain Hebda photo)

Sister Maria Jyoti kisses St. Teresa of Kolkata's relics. Then-Mother Teresa visited Little Rock in 1982 and blessed Abba House in Little Rock where the sisters still reside. (Dwain Hebda photo)

Congregants wait in line to venerate the relics of St. Teresa of Kolkata following her feast day Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel. More than 350 congregants attended the Little Rock event. (Dwain Hebda photo)

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Bishop celebrates Mass after St. Teresa canonization

More than 350 people come to celebrate life of Mother Teresa at Our Lady of Good Counsel

Published: September 8, 2016

Dwain Hebda

Dwain Hebda

A portrait of St. Teresa of Kolkata adorns the lectern at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Little Rock during a feast day Mass Sept. 5.

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor celebrated the bilingual Mass before the more than 350 people, which came one day after Pope Francis canonized Mother Teresa in Rome.

Some in attendance were also on hand for Mother Teresa’s visit to Little Rock in 1982 at the invitation of Bishop Andrew J. McDonald, during which time she visited Abba House, a home for unwed mothers and their children that the Missionaries of Charity still operate. Following Mass, congregants were given the opportunity to venerate St. Teresa’s relics.

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