I owe Bishop Brom for so much in my life. He accepted me to be a seminarian for the diocese of Duluth back in the 1980s and was a mentor of mine for many years.
Bishop Brom was among the greatest influences of my early life for which I am so grateful. His influence and his generosity still continue to this day with his incredible generosity to this collection. Most recently the 1st class relic of Mother Teresa’s hair, and the second class relic of the cross and miraculous medal from her hospital gown are gifts from him.
They are currently on loan to the papal artifacts’ collection.
Thank you Bishop Brom, and God bless you in your continued ministry!
—Father Richard Kunst
- St. Mother Teresa: Crucifix from Hospital Gown 1992
- Bishop Robert Brom 1983-1989
- St. Mother Teresa: Crucifix from Hospital Gown 1992 & Letter from BP Brom
Statement from Bishop Robert Brom regarding this 2nd class relic
This crucifix together with the miraculous medal and safety pin were given to me by Mother Teresa of Calcutta from her hospital gown in January 1992 while she was hospitalized here in San Diego, and I was the active bishop. She did so to emphasize the point she was making in a visit with me that to be truly Christian we must love Jesus and one another, especially in the distressing disguise of the poor, as he first loves us — “with love ’til it hurts.”
Signed: Robert H. Brom
Bishop Emeritus of San Diego
A sign with the relics states, The Crucifix along with the miraculous medal and safety pin are to be given to : Father Richard Kunst, Diocese of Duluth
NOTE: These 2nd class relics are on loan to the Papal Artifacts’ Collection.
The Cross Mother Teresa Loved and Carried with Her
Created by a Schoenstatt seminarian, it ‘best expressed what she and her community wanted to do’
The memory of the conversation with Mother Teresa of Kolkata about the Unity Cross remains engraved perfectly in my memory.(When I worked in Rome) she attended the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life to speak about a new Institute of priests she was founding. Their center would be in Tijuana, Mexico. This would be their Kolkata (many people from Central America and Mexico flocked to this town after having left their homes and sold everything they had to cross over the border into the United States. They were unsuccessful and succumbed to immense poverty).When she greeted me and saw my pectoral cross, which is a copy of the Unity Cross, she slightly lifted the jacket she was wearing over her sari and showed me a small Unity Cross that she always carried with her. (She didn’t say anything about the origin of the cross she carried.) She added: ‘Here is the Mother of God together with the Poorest of the poor. ‘As she said goodbye, she asked me if I could get 3,000 crosses because she wanted every Sister of Mercy to have her own. I wanted to give them this gift. I found enough donors and we bought them in Mexico. I sent them to her.”
Kathleen N. Hattrup – published on 11/27/16
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- Eight-by-Ten Color Photo of Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Signed
- Letter From Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta to Father Richard Kunst, Dated 1995
- Letter From Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta to Father Richard Kunst, Dated 1995 (page 2)
- Letter from Mother Teresa, 1990
- Tickets to the October 19, 2003 Beatification of Mother Teresa, & the October 16, 2003 25th Anniversary of Pope John Paul II, with a Picture of the Pope & Mother Teresa
- Mother Teresa: A 1st Class Relic–Mother’s Hair
- Mother Teresa: A 1st Class Relic–Mother’s Hair (Back of Card)
- Mother Teresa: A 1st Class Relic
- St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
- St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Please visit Papal History/Saints & Blesseds to view all the Collection’s information about many of them. Here is a link.