Prayer platform marks St. Teresa’s canonization anniversary by taking petitions to her tomb
Sept. 4 marks the 10th anniversary of the canonization of St. Teresa of Calcutta , an occasion the prayer platform Hozana is commemorating by taking prayer intentions from people around the world to her tomb.
The platform will collect the intentions and deliver them to the Motherhouse of the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta (Kolkata), India, where the saintʼs remains are laid to rest.
As Sharael Sánchez, head of Hozana’s Spanish-language division, explained to ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News, the initiative is being carried out in collaboration with the Missionaries of Charity and is seeking to enable “those who cannot travel to Kolkata to entrust what they carry in their hearts to that place.”
The response to this initiative has been significant. Last year alone, more than 700 intentions were submitted, written in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
“How many hearts, from so many different places, will have commended themselves to St. Teresa in this way?” wondered Sánchez, who hopes that even more people will send in their petitions this year.
As Sánchez noted, the tomb of St. Teresa of Calcutta has become “a place of prayer and…
