mother teresa coming to usd may 31 for free, public
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UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO NEWS BUREAU DIRECTOR: JOHN L. NUNES DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS: CHARLES REILLY TELEPHONE: (619)260·4682 ADDRESS: RM 274 DESALES HALL, ALCALA PARK, SAN DIEGO, CA 9211 O
MOTHER TERESA COMING TO USD MAY 31 FOR FREE, PUBLIC ADDRESS IN STADIUM
Mother Teresa is coming to the University of San Diego
on Tuesday, May 31, her first visit to San Diego since 1960.
The world-famous nun, who heads the Missionaries of
Charity, is scheduled to speak at 2 p.m. in what is expected
to be a 90-minute program in USD's Torero Stadium.
Although the special event will be free and open to the
public, tickets must be obtained to gain admission because
stadium seating is limited to about 6,000.*
Winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for her work and
her organization's work with hundreds of thousands sick,
poor and homeless worldwide, Mother Teresa is coming to USD
at the invitation of Dr. Anita Figueredo, a USD Trustee and
a Missionaries of Charity co-worker.
Dr. Figueredo, on the USD Board of Trustees since its
founding, met Mother Teresa in 1960, when she came to San
Diego. Since that time, Dr. Figueredo, a La Jolla physician,
has been trying to establish a San Diego-Tijuana chapter of
Mother Teresa's mission.
Every two years, Dr. Figueredo has met with Mother
Teresa, requesting she dispatch sisters to minister among
Tijuana's impoverished residents. (For many years, Dr.
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Figueredo donated one day a week to a Tijuana clinic and
free medicines.)
In February of this year, four of Mother Teresa's
Missionaries of Charity began their special work in Tijuana.
The nuns are supervising the construction of a shelter for
homeless men in Tijuana, which Mother Teresa is expected to
visit on Wednesday, June 1.
* For ticket orders, please send a self-addressed
stamped envelope to: Mother Teresa Visit, University of San
Diego, Alcala Park, San Diego, 92110. The order should
include name, address, phone and number of tickets.
For additional information and for large groups
planning to attend, please call 260-4791.
For news media requiring assistance, please contact
John Nunes at 260-4682. Press I.D. will be necessary for
coverage of the event.
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