Mother Teresa and Lou Torok Collection

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Title
Mother Teresa and Lou Torok Collection
Description
This collection includes papers collected by Lou Torok of his correspondence and friendship with Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Saint Teresa of Calcutta, M.C.). While serving a prison sentence in Kentucky the last decade of his life, Lou Torok petitioned a number of United States governors to proclaim October 7 (some chose another day) as Love Day. October 7 was the anniversary of the day Mother Teresa received permission to establish the congregation that would later be known as the Missionaries of Charity. The Missionaries of Charity observe October 7 as a special day of prayer for those who were hungry, suffering, or abandoned. The collection contains mostly original copies of the gubernatorial proclamations of Love Day in the mid-1990's from various states. There are also writings by and about Lou Torok and information about Mother Teresa receiving the Bellarmine Medal from Bellarmine College (now Bellarmine University).
Subject
Teresa, -- Mother, Saint, -- 1910-1997.
Torok, Lou.
Creator
Torok, Lou.
Date
1991-1998
Contributor
Teresa, -- Mother, Saint, -- 1910-1997.
Rights
Copyright The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University. All rights reserved.

Photographs copyright of the Merton Legacy Trust. Not to be used without written permission.
Format
Text
Language
English
Identifier
Sub-Section I.1
Relation
http://www.merton.org/Research/Manuscripts/Related.aspx?SubSec=I.1

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