Posted September 26, 2016

St. Patrick Parish in Norristown hosted a Mass Sept. 20 in thanksgiving for the canonization earlier this month of St. Teresa of Calcutta. The founder of the Missionaries of Charity, whose sisters staff a convent adjacent to the church and offer an outreach ministry to the poor of the Norristown area, had visited her sisters there several times. Auxiliary Bishop John McIntyre was the main celebrant of the Mass. St. Patrick’s pastor, Father Gus Puleo, and other priests concelebrated, and deacons assisted at the altar. (Photos by Sarah Webb)

  • Victoria Castro attends the Mass honoring St. Teresa with her mother and brother.

  • Deacon Brian Connolly incenses the congregation.

  • Barbara Glackin

  • Victoria Castro offers a sign of peace to her neighbor.

  • Father Christopher Walsh distributes holy Communion to a Missionary of Charity sister.

  • It was standing-room-only at St. Patrick Church in Norristown for the Mass honoring the canonization of St. Teresa of Calcutta.

  • Victoria Castro prays along during a Mass honoring the canonization of St. Teresa.