The Mother Teresa Effect What I learned volunteering for a Saint Alicia Young 9780996538817 Books
Download As PDF : The Mother Teresa Effect What I learned volunteering for a Saint Alicia Young 9780996538817 Books
*ORIGINAL EDITION. FAMILY EDITION ALSO AVAILABLE (age 14+) *GRAND PRIZE, 2016 Great Midwest Book Festival *WINNER, 2016 Northern California Book Festival *WINNER, 2016 Southern California Book Festival What's it like to meet a future saint? To work for one? Mother Teresa’s mission to the poor resonated through every country, faith, income level, and worldview. Her compassion touched everyone from small children to heads of state—and one garden-variety Catholic. Journalist Alicia Young volunteered in Calcutta (now Kolkata) over Mother’s final Christmas in 1996. She divided her time between Kalighat, the Home for the Dying Destitute, and a rural leprosy hospital. In The Mother Teresa Effect, she narrates her transformative journey with humanity, color, and gentle humor. As the world celebrates the newly canonized Saint Teresa, Alicia vividly • Reveals meeting her—an encounter that veered into unexpected territory • Recounts daily life at the hospice and leprosy ward • Explains how a one-time go-go dancer coped with living in a convent • Chronicles daily life in Calcutta, from pavement dwellers to elegant soirees • Relates anecdotes from others who have felt her ripple effect • Shares simple, potent lessons she learned on gratitude and nonjudgment Alicia Young is a US-based Australian journalist with more than fifteen years’ experience as a medical reporter, foreign correspondent, and news anchor. Outside work, Alicia handles parasols and power tools with equal ease (not really, but she helpfully holds the flashlight when needed). www.aliciayoung.net
The Mother Teresa Effect What I learned volunteering for a Saint Alicia Young 9780996538817 Books
There are people who prompt us to be better than we are. The Mother Teresa Effect: What I Learned Volunteering for a Saint by Alicia Young is such a reminder. Her husband Jon accompanied her to Calcutta where they first visited relatives before she began her mission. After their first evening she writes: “The festive evening ends on a more somber note: Jon and I are up all night with fragile stomachs.” This diplomatic use of language and hyperbole make the difficult passages about working in Kalighat, the home for the dying in Calcutta and in the leprosy ward, palatable to this reader.By almost any standard the conditions she labored in were gross and appalling. She stayed in a convent (her husband returned to Australia) where an aunt had been the Mother Superior and which provided respite from the conditions at Kalighat. Kalighat took people, who had lived on the streets in extreme poverty, and clothed, fed and comforted them as they died. She refused to modernize partly to remind those working there of the conditions these people lived in and to keep them humble. Mother Teresa also lived here and the story of the irrepressible and perky Alicia meeting her will make you smile or even laugh as Mother did.
This is a tale of selfless compassionate service told by a middle class Catholic woman whose Indian/British family immigrated to Australia after the partition in India. It is also the story of Mother Teresa and a backdrop for her sainthood. One English volunteer, after watching a woman cough up blood for three days had a complete meltdown. Once the woman stopped her rant, the nun who had listened to her said simply: “We can’t do great things. We can only do small things with great love.” After a day off the volunteer returned, and while no one said a word, all hugged her.
If you have wondered what Mother Teresa did and created this will give you a framework. If you wonder who goes and does this work, you will see. It will also have you think along as Alicia educates us on “The Mother Teresa Effect” and gives us examples of selfless acts by ordinary people she has known. If you aren’t inspired, you should probably reread it.
Product details
|
Tags : The Mother Teresa Effect: What I learned volunteering for a Saint [Alicia Young] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. *ORIGINAL EDITION. FAMILY EDITION ALSO AVAILABLE (age 14+) *GRAND PRIZE, 2016 Great Midwest Book Festival *WINNER,Alicia Young,The Mother Teresa Effect: What I learned volunteering for a Saint,Parasol Press LLC,099653881X,RELIGION Christian Life Spiritual Growth
People also read other books :
- The great airship a tale of adventure F S b 1872 Brereton 9781171752226 Books
- Family Secrets edition by Markietta Robertson Literature Fiction eBooks
- Harlequin KISS April 2014 Bundle An Anthology edition by Lucy King Joss Wood Nina Harrington Louisa George Contemporary Romance eBooks
- British North Borneo [1913] L W W Gudgeon 9781112574405 Books
- Becoming an Every Day Novelist The Every Day Novelist Volume 1 J Daniel Sawyer 9780991545889 Books
The Mother Teresa Effect What I learned volunteering for a Saint Alicia Young 9780996538817 Books Reviews
Very moving and insightful.
Reading this let me feel personally connected to the magnificent compassion that was Mother Teresa's life's work. Alicia Young's personal response to this trip of compassion gets the reader involved in her experiences, and brings the many parts of India to life. I will never meet Mother Teresa, but through this book, I was able to feel touched by her grace.
Alicia has the gift of sharing a good story with humour and honesty. The many examples of how doing something good for others can enrich any life is powerful without ever sounding preachy. I highly recommend this book to anyone - but especially for anyone in the West, we need these reminders that we need to count our blessings and be less self-involved to become the best version of ourselves. - Thank you Alicia - Jacquie M
Ms. Young's self-deprocating humor and engaging story telling immediately draws the reader in. I was hooked from page one - wanting to follow Young's personally journey as much as her first hand accounts of the amazing Mother Teresa.
Alicia Young's new book, "The Mother Theresa Effect," is a charming and emminently readable book with a serious topic and a sly sense of humor. I enjoyed Young's light touch, injected strategically when the circumstances of her volunteer work were fraught and difficult. Her upbeat personality shines through the whole book. Her 'Mother Teresa Effect' sidebars were a nice way to make the point that giving from the heart does not require a trip to India while the rest of Young's book makes one want to leave immediately for Calcutta and the Motherhouse.
Alicia Young takes us with her through the streets of Calcutta, to the convent of the Sisters of Charity, to the sickbed of the dying and destitute, to the children’s home for the abandoned, and into the heart of service to the poorest of the poor. Sound heavy? It’s not. Alicia’s story is as inspiring as it is delightful. Her journalistic insights about life in India, her quirky self-deprecating wit, and her delicate handling of inevitable difficulties make for an informative and surprising read. Interspersed with her daily reflections on life with the Sisters, Alicia has included anecdotes from others who have felt the Mother Teresa effect. I’m feeling it now and thank her for writing such a lovely book.
I was immediately immersed into this rich narrative of Mother Teresa which opens with a story of a very young boy who had never met Mother Teresa but had awareness of her existence. His awareness inspired him to go without sugar in hopes that more needy children might have sugar. This lovely little story really shows how greatly Mother Teresa effected others and how her compassionate, kind and giving nature was almost contagious. In addition to the valuable insight into this modern day saint, there is such vivid, sensual details of Calcutta that I almost felt like I was there. Interspersed throughout are quotes about Mother Teresa by a variety of people-- some famous, some unknown, some old, some young. Alicia Young really conveys how the effect of Mother Teresa knows no boundaries, and inspires the reader to embrace the Mother Teresa Effect.
There are people who prompt us to be better than we are. The Mother Teresa Effect What I Learned Volunteering for a Saint by Alicia Young is such a reminder. Her husband Jon accompanied her to Calcutta where they first visited relatives before she began her mission. After their first evening she writes “The festive evening ends on a more somber note Jon and I are up all night with fragile stomachs.” This diplomatic use of language and hyperbole make the difficult passages about working in Kalighat, the home for the dying in Calcutta and in the leprosy ward, palatable to this reader.
By almost any standard the conditions she labored in were gross and appalling. She stayed in a convent (her husband returned to Australia) where an aunt had been the Mother Superior and which provided respite from the conditions at Kalighat. Kalighat took people, who had lived on the streets in extreme poverty, and clothed, fed and comforted them as they died. She refused to modernize partly to remind those working there of the conditions these people lived in and to keep them humble. Mother Teresa also lived here and the story of the irrepressible and perky Alicia meeting her will make you smile or even laugh as Mother did.
This is a tale of selfless compassionate service told by a middle class Catholic woman whose Indian/British family immigrated to Australia after the partition in India. It is also the story of Mother Teresa and a backdrop for her sainthood. One English volunteer, after watching a woman cough up blood for three days had a complete meltdown. Once the woman stopped her rant, the nun who had listened to her said simply “We can’t do great things. We can only do small things with great love.” After a day off the volunteer returned, and while no one said a word, all hugged her.
If you have wondered what Mother Teresa did and created this will give you a framework. If you wonder who goes and does this work, you will see. It will also have you think along as Alicia educates us on “The Mother Teresa Effect” and gives us examples of selfless acts by ordinary people she has known. If you aren’t inspired, you should probably reread it.
0 Response to "≫ [PDF] Free The Mother Teresa Effect What I learned volunteering for a Saint Alicia Young 9780996538817 Books"
Post a Comment