Fr David Yen (CHN), director of Fu Jen Catholic University Service-Learning Centre in Taipei reports that a group of students and teachers from the University participated in a service trip to work in the houses for the dying in Kolkata, India that were founded by Blessed Mother Teresa. In fact, for a number of years, the Catholic University in Taiwan has been organizing yearly service trips visiting such places as India, Mongolia, Cambodia and parts of Taiwan where those most in need live. These missionary experiences of charity are aimed at helping university students become men for others and amongst others, "doing the little things with great love." The students and their teachers take advantage of their vacation time to offer volunteer service to the marginalized. Among the volunteers are priests, religious, and laity, professors of Law, Psychology, Public Administration, Medicine. For nearly a week they served as volunteers in one of the houses founded by Blessed Mother Teresa; washing the dying, accompanying the handicapped, washing dishes, making clothing for the women in the poor house. According to the participants, "just like those who come here, we also understood what it means to be among angels."

Source: Electronic News Service SJ Vo. XIII, N. 20 | December 4, 2009