Mother Teresa, Called to Love [Paperback]

Maryanne Raphael (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2000

CALLED TO LOVE is a down-to-earth, easy-to-read account helping the reader to feel Mother Teresa's spirit. In the Introduction, Raphael tells of her personal experiences with Mother Teresa, how she changed her life and taught her to love. The book itself is a dramatic narrative allowing the reader to witness the miracle of her life and work.

One reader said he had planned to take in a few pages each night, but it grabbed him and he devoured every page before he put it down. It raised my spirits at the same time it made me want to cry, he said, and I felt this sense of peace.

Editorial Reviews

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... one of those books that is easy to read and sinks deep into all of us. -- Hyemeyohsts Storm, Author of: Seven Arrows, Lightningbolt

...an accurate, clearly written, unfurbished biography which all will find inspiring and instructive. -- Anita V. Figueredo, M.D., Member of the Board of Trustees of the University of San Diego, Co-Worker and longtime friend of Mother Teresa

In her concise and precise style, Maryanne Raphael captures the essence of Mother Teresa. -- Robert Gover, Author of ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR MISUNDERSTANDING

About the Author

Articles published:

Over 300 articles, poems and letters in Look, Bride's,Chatelaine (Canada's leading women's magazine)

Interview with Margaret Mead, Mother Earth News, The Writer, East Village Other, Horoscope, Catholic Digest, Virtue, Tab, Vue, Catholic Times, Listen, House and Home (South Africa), Brazil Herald

Career History includes:

Teaching Creative Writing at Ohio University, the University of Hawaii and the Latin American Institute

Teaching Women's Image In Mass Media at the New School for Social Research

Teaching Creative Writing at University of Hawaii

Teaching English as a second language at the Alliance Isrealite in Tetuan, Morocco

Teaching English as a second language at the American School in Rio de Janeiro, in France and Germany

Worked for the American Red Cross in Hawaii

Teaching reading in Haiti

Editor at Prentice Hall Publishing company, editing business publications

Researcher at Woman's Day Magazine

Listed in:

Who's Who in American Women--Who's Who in the West--Who's Who in the World

Education:

B.A. in Creative Writing and Romance Languages from Ohio University

Studied at the Sorbonne, University of Brazil, University of Maryland, New York University

Theatre/Dancing activities:

Professional dancer for United States Air Force Service Clubs in Europe

Did playwriting and acting in Paris at the Griot theatre

Activities Director in Pike Manor Nursing Home in Piketon, Ohio

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Writers World Intl Pr; 1 edition (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967986508
• ISBN-13: 978-0967986500
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,499,545 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A Brief Biography of
MARYANNE RAPHAEL
The oldest of ten children, she grew up in the small Appalachian village of Waverly, Ohio (named for Sir Walter Scott's WAVERLY NOVELS.) She was constantly writing plays for all of her siblings to perform.
Her first rejection slip (from St. Anthony's Messenger) arrived when she was five years old. She had talked her grandfather into typing and mailing her story, Pray for the Wanderer. He told her a rejection slip proved she was a writer. She had written something and sent it out. That was all she had to do to be a writer. Twenty-five years later, she sold a revised version of that original short story to Catholic Digest.
At Ohio University where she majored in Creative Writing and Romance Languages, she was editor of Sphere, the literary magazine.. When she graduated, she won a scholarship to the Sorbonne in Paris. Her auto-biographical novel, UNE ANNEE A PARIS won first place from the Alliance Francaise.
After France, she went to the Caribbean where she met and married Lennox Raphael, a Trinidadian writer. They traveled together through four continents.. Their son Raphael was born in New York City.
Maryanne taught at Ohio University, the New School for Social Research in New York City, and at the University of Hawaii. She was an editor at Prentice Hall and Woman's Day Magazine.
Her first book RUNAWAYS, AMERICA'S LOST YOUTH (co-author Jenifer Wolf) (Preface Anais Nin) was republished by Authors Guild BACKINPRINT. She became a Co-Worker of Mother Teresa's and published MOTHER TERESA, CALLED TO LOVE. Then she published THE MAN WHO LOVED FUNERALS, ALEXANDRIA (co-author Patricia Walden), ALONG CAME A SPIDER, A PERSONAL LOOK AT MADNESS and ANAIS NIN, THE VOYAGE WITHIN.
Maryanne and Lennox wrote GARDEN OF HOPE, Autobiography of a Marriage, beginning it when they were a loving couple and finishing it after their divorce. Their son Raphael wrote the introduction. The book won first place as an unpublished memoir at the San Diego Awards ceremony.
What Mother Teresa Taught Me was published in September 2007 by St. Anthony's Messenger Press, the company that gave her her first rejection slip.
Create Space published Dancing On Water, a novel she wrote during the month of November 2009 for NaNoWriMo.com and Saints of Molokai.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rare glimpse at one remarkable woman . . ., June 9, 2000

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"Mother Teresa, Called to Love" is a compelling look at the saintly woman who served as the world's conscience during much of the 20th century. The author, Maryanne Raphael, has captured a rare glimpse at one remarkable woman. When I finished the book I felt at peace."

4.0 out of 5 stars Mother Teresa, Called to Love, August 21, 2008

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A little depressing, and if you are the hughest of her fans, it will disturb you. I still think very highly of her. And hey, it's good to know we're all human.... Even Mother Teresa! God bless her, she did what she did even with a heavy heart.

5.0 out of 5 stars a saint for our time, September 3, 2003

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This review is from: Mother Teresa, Called to Love (Paperback)

I have read many biographies of Mother Teresa. Some of them had too much information and were not in chronoligical order and confused me. Mother Teresa, Called to Love was easy to read and very interesting. I found it inspirational. I recommend it to anyone who wants to know about Mother Teresa and her great unconditional love for our world and all its people.