The Mother Teresa Effect: What I Learned Volunteering for a Saint

What it's 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 stateand one garden-variety Catholic.

Journalist Alicia Young volunteered in Calcutta (now Kolkata) over Mother's final Christmas. 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 heran 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 an Australian journalist with more than twenty 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).

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