The MC Train

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by: Susie Aki

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Father Sebastian Vazhakala is Co-founder with Mother Teresa of the Missionaries of Charity Contemplative Brothers and priests and one of the five branches of the Missionaries of Charity family. He joined the Missionaries of Charity Brothers in Calcutta in 1967 as a member of the first group of 12 novices, and was the first ordained M.C. priest. He worked continuously with Mother Teresa since 1967, first in Calcutta and then in other countries of the world. In 1984, Father Sebastian founded, in the presence of Blessed Teresa M.C., the Lay Missionaries of Charity Movement for the lay people who live consecrated lives in the world. PICTURE OF THE AUTHOR "In the dark hours of the night of Tuesday, 10th September 1946, Mother Teresa IBVM (Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary) was in a running train, heading toward the hill country of Darjeeling, in the high ranges of the mighty Himalayas. "She was going away from the crowded and noisy city of Kolkata, careless and chaotic, to go into the silence of contemplation, as she knew very well that the call to holiness is accepted and can be cultivated only in the silence of contemplation. She did not know or realize that the crowd she was trying to get away from was following her all the way. "With Mother Teresa, Jesus started a new railway company......M.C. train......from Kolkata to the end of the world."