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LIVE FEED OF MOTHER TERESA'S CANONIZATION

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Mother Teresa will be canonized on September 4, 2016

Mother Teresa will be canonized September 4, 2016.

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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - In St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Pope Francis will declare Blessed Teresa of Kolkata (Calcutta) an official Saint. Aside from the canonization Mass, there will be a "family feast" for the poor, a musical about her life, other Masses, and prayer vigils, according to the Catholic Herald.

A LIVE FEED of the Canonization can be found HERE

The canonization Mass start times:

10:30 am - Vatican time
9:30 am - UK time
1:30 am - US (PDT)
2:30 am - US (MDT)
3:30 am - US (CDT)
4:30 am - US (EDT)

Mother Teresa will be celebrated every day leading up to her canonization. With help from the Catholic Herald, here is a list of what to expect each day:

September 1: "Feast for the poor and Missionaries of Charity family" will take place. A presentation of a musical based on Mother Teresa's life.

September 2: Mass at Rome's Basilica of St. Anastasia al Palatino and veneration of her relics. A prayer vigil at Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran with Cardinal Agostino Vallini.

September 3: Catechesis by Pope Francis for the jubilee celebration of workers and volunteers for mercy. A prayer and musical meditation at Rome's Basilica of St. Andrea della Valle and veneration of her relics and Mass.

September 4: Canonization Mass

September 5: Celebration of a Mass of thanksgiving and the first feast of St. Teresa of Kolkata in St Peter's Basilica with Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

September 6: Continuing veneration of St. Teresa of Kolkata's relics at St. John Lateran.

September 7-8: Veneration of Teresa's relics at Rome's Church of St. Gregory the Great.

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