Our alabaster St. Teresa of Calcutta Prayer Bookend depicts Christ's servant and spouse, who gave her life to love Jesus in the poorest of the poor. Keeping heavy books in line, they both organize and decorate your home. This pair of bookends makes the perfect personal gift to a friend, relative, or religious who has a devotion to Mother Teresa.

Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta entered a contemplative religious order as a young woman in 1928. After being fully professed, she received a "call within a call" to serve those on the streets of India, still remaining consecrated to God. As many young women followed her to serve the poor, the group eventually was approved by the Vatican to become the Missionaries of Charity. Mother Teresa traveled the world, spreading her mission of love. Despite receiving great honors from the world, her joy and mission still flowed from her Bridegroom, Jesus Christ.

The bookends are made from stone-cast alabaster here in our shop in Steubenville, Ohio. Alabaster is a building and decorating material created from the mineral gypsum that has been used since the time of the ancient Egyptian Pharaohs. It boasts an attractive smooth finish and will last for years to come.

Each measures roughly 6" x 8", including the 4"x 6" inset image plaque, and is 3" deep.

Text reads:

"Born: August 26, 1910

Founded her order: October 7, 1950

Died: September 5, 1997

Beatified: October 19, 2003

Canonized: September 4, 2016

O Living God

who uses the weak to lead the strong,

who casts down the mighty and lifts up the lowly,

the Church rejoices at the canonization of

Holy Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

By her humble service to the Poorest of the Poor,

and staunch defense of unborn human life,

she became a bastion for the culture of life.

We ask, O Lord, that her heavenly intercession

and earthly example continue

to bless the world, now and forever.

Amen."

(BKE-949A)