Mary Prema Pierick

Mary Prema Pierick, MC (born 13 May 1953), is a German-Indian religious sister and the former Superior General[1][2][3][4] of the Missionaries of Charity of Calcutta, India, the religious institute founded by the Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

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 returned to India to supervise the tertianship program of the institute, the last stage of training before the perpetual vows.

She succeeded Sister Nirmala Joshi as Superior General on 24 March 2009, heading an organisation which had over 5,000 members worldwide at that time.

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