While visiting inmates at Massachusetts Correctional Institute in Framingham, the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner announced that she would visit the school for special needs children which she learned about last year when the school director, Lewis Randa, visited her in Calcutta, India. Because students were home for the weekend, there was a flurry of activity to notify students and parents of the event.

Mother Teresa was accompanied by clergy and a member of her Missionaries of Charity who assisted her in distributing white rosaries and sacred medals to the children. She then spoke to the teachers about the message of love in the lives of the children. “Never give up hope or lose faith” she told the parents.

Before leaving she asked for the prayers of those present and told the staff that she would pray for the children and pray that the dream of obtaining the house adjacent to the school would become a reality.


"My prayer is that The Life Experience School continues to prepare its children to become peacemakers in our troubled world - the true peace that comes from loving and caring and respecting the rights of everyone - my brother, my sister." Mother Teresa.