🇺🇸 🇻🇦 Servant of God Mother Mary Teresa Tallon
Foundress (6 May 1867 Anno Domini A.D. – 10 March 1954 A.D.)
Servant of God Mother Mary Teresa Tallon founded the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate, a contemplative-missionary congregation that, among other activities, conducts door-to-door evangelization 🚪
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https://parishvisitorsisters.org/her-life/
with missionary visitation. Their purpose is to reach those who have fallen away from the practice of the faith, or may be on the verge of doing so. "These souls are dear to the Good Shepherd 
who came to seek out & bring back the lost sheep," 
notes the congregation's website. "This is the New Evangelization called for by the Church!" 
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Tallon was born to Irish immigrant ☘️ parents near Utica , New York , the 7th of 8 children. Her desire for religious life formed early. She entered the Holy Cross Sisters at South Bend , Indiana at the age of 19 & taught at Catholic schools for 33 years 👩🏫 ⛪ But her heart hungered for something else, something more 💗
She felt a call toward lapsed, estranged & uninstructed Catholics. She asked for & was granted approval to leave the Holy Cross Sisters. & on the Feast of the Assumption , 1920 she arrive in New York City 
to begin what would become her real work-"the cause," as she called it: "the original vocation."
to begin what would become her real work-"the cause," as she called it: "the original vocation."
Thus the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate came to be. In administering the Congregation, Mother Foundress tirelessly met with associates & religious officials, traveled abroad, fundraised, maintained a wide-ranging correspondence 📝 & established & directed a publishing arm of the community.
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Though by all accounts Tallon was unfailingly generous & kind to the poor, photographs of her during this period give the impression that she did not suffer fools gladly. She didn't have time to. She was 53 when she embarked on her true mission, & ill for the last 20 years of her life 🤒
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The work continued: gathering Christ 's lost sheep into the fold one by one, person to person, heart to heart 
healing, as Christ did, by looking people in the eye & inviting them to something more; casting out the demons 
of family & social wounds by showing people a light 
& inviting them to devote their lives to seeking its source.
one by one, person to person, heart to heart healing, as Christ did, by looking people in the eye & inviting them to something more; casting out the demons of family & social wounds by showing people a light & inviting them to devote their lives to seeking its source. 
& left the congregation in his hands. She died on the evening of March 10, 1954 A.D., as the sisters finished praying the rosary around her bedside 
Today, Pope Francis 's directive - "Go out to the periphery"-is at the heart of the sisters' apostolate. Their activities include visiting families for person-to-person evangelization & catechesis , helping the needy to obtain social service aid, & guiding & assisting immigrants. They visit hospitals 🏥 jails ⛓️ courts ⚖️ promote praying the rosary at home 🏘️ offer religious education for children & adults, & "rescue boys & girls from moral danger."
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In 2013 A.D. , Mother Tallon was declared a Servant of God, opening the way for her cause for canonization. Her remains are located at the motherhouse chapel in Monroe , New York
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126557646/mary-teresa-tallon
https://route20catholic.org/parishes/st-josephs-church/mary-teresa-tallon/
https://parishvisitorsisters.org/her-life/
🙏 Heavenly Father, through the example of your Servant Mary Teresa Tallon, you summon all your faithful to become apostles to the most spiritually deprived. Through your loving kindness, we pray that you heed this special favor which would confirm the holiness of your faithful Servant: (hear make your request). We ask you this in the name of Jesus Your Son, loving Shepherd of us all. Amen. 🛐
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