Mary Prema Pierick

Sister Mary Prema Pierick, M.C.
Religion Roman Catholicism
Personal
Nationality German
Born Mechthild Pierick
(1953-05-13) 13 May 1953
Reken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Senior posting
Title Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity
Period in office 2009-
Predecessor Nirmala Joshi

Sister Mary Prema Pierick, M.C. (born 13 May 1953), is the current Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity of Calcutta, India, the religious institute founded by the Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

Biography

She was born Mechthild Pierick in a farming community in Reken, Germany. In 1980, after reading the biography of the foundress, Something Beautiful for God by Malcolm Muggeridge, she went to meet Mother Teresa in Berlin. She felt called to join her work and moved to India to join the Missionaries.[1]

Pierick eventually became the Regional Superior of the institute for the Sisters in Europe. She returned to India to supervise the tertianship program of the institute, the last stage of training before final religious profession. She succeeded Sister Nirmala Joshi as Superior General on 24 March 2009, heading an institute which had over 5,000 members worldwide at that time.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Mother Teresa Center About Sister Mary Prema
  2. ↑ Mother Teresa Center
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Sister Nirmala Joshi, M.C.		 Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity
2009 – present 		Incumbent

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