Mary Prema Pierick

Sister Mary Prema Pierick, MC (born 13 May 1953), is a German-born 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. She is of German origin.

Sister
Mary Prema Pierick
MC
Sr Mary in 2016
TitleSuperior General of the Missionaries of Charity
Personal
Born
Mechthild Pierick

(1953-05-13) 13 May 1953
Reken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
ReligionRoman Catholicism
NationalityGerman, Indian
CitizenshipIndian
Senior posting
Period in office2009-2022
PredecessorNirmala Joshi
SuccessorSister Mary Joseph, MC

Biography

Pierick 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.[5]

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 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.[6]

References
  1. "With Mother Teresa Set to Be Canonized, Her Work Lives On in the Streets". The New York Times. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  2. "Missionaries gets new head in Sister Prema". The Times of India. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. "German sister succeeds Sr Nirmala". CathNews. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  4. Rosario, Francis Sunil (12 April 2022). "Q & A with Sister Mary Joseph, new superior general of the Missionaries of Charity".
  5. Mother Teresa Center About Sister Mary Prema
  6. Mother Teresa Center


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