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to help the poor."
What are you saying, Sister Teresa?
I don't know.
I love teaching. I love being a nun.
But I must do something.
Surely God must love the poor
outside these walls
as much as he loves
privileged girls inside the walls.
I believe you're going on a retreat
in the next few days.
Yes.
I will ask God What I am to do.
(horn blows)
(man on speakers, faint)
I think I'll take this one.
Tell-Tell Mother General not to worry.
Have a restful retreat, Sister Teresa.
God be with you.
Thank you. God bless you.
(engine hissing)
(horn blowing)
VAN EXEM:
It was on this train,en route to Darjeeling,
that she had a life-changing moment.
She received What she took
as a message from God
to go serve the poorest of the poor
and live among them.
She referred to it
as the call Within a call-
to give up everything
and to follow him into the slums.
And she said she knew it was his will,
that she had to do it.
But it would have to be
the decision of the church.
MOTHER GENERAL:
What do you meanIt was not audible,
but was very clear, direct.
It told me that I must leave
the solace of the convent
and give my life to serve the poor,
to live among the poor.
It was a command
that I must follow Christ into the slums
and serve him by sewing
the poorest of the poor.
You seem to have forgotten the vows
you took as a cloistered nun, Sister.
Among the vows was poverty, chastity
and obedience.
Yes, I know, Mother General.
But I also know it is his will,
and I have to follow him.
It is a call Within a call.
I would like to apply for exclaustration.
This way, I can remain in Loreto order
and continue to live by my vows.
What I'm asking is permission
to work outside the walls.
You know very well that cloistered nuns
cannot go outside the walls.
You are the principal of our school.
The girls depend on you and love you.
They don't even mind when you are strict.
So, What are you saying?
Are you asking for permission
to be released from your duties?
Are you asking for permission
to be released from your vows?
No, no. I Want to remain a nun.
But all I'm asking is to be allowed
to Work with the poor. That is all.
Mother General,
there are people starving
right outside our door.
I see them every day from my window.
It is-
It is terrible sight.
How can we ignore that'?
Where is all this suddenly coming from?
Well, it's not so sudden.
Before I became a nun,
I Wanted to be a missionary.
I Wanted to go out
and give the life of Christ
to people in the missionary countries.
At that time,
when I was a girl in Skopje, Yugoslavia,
I read there were missionaries
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