Meeting two saints is thrill 

of a lifetime for Sister Gloria

It is not everyone who can say they have met a saint, but Sister Gloria Rodriguez, MJMJ has met two. In 1976, while working in El Paso, she had the opportunity to meet Mother Teresa, now St. Teresa of Calcutta.
 
The diocesan director of youth and young adult ministry invited Mother Teresa to speak to El Pasoans as well as those from the neighboring diocese of Las Cruces at the El Paso Convention Center about her work with the poor.  
 
"Those of us working with youth at the time were invited to a private meeting with her. She was amazing!" Sister Gloria said. 

Sister Gloria Rodriguez meets Mother Teresa in 1976

 
Sister Gloria, now the director of Consecrated Life in the Diocese of Corpus Christi, also had the opportunity to meet St. John Paul II. In 1987, when Pope John Paul II came to San Antonio, she was conductiong a formation class for her order when they got word that the pope would meet with everyone that was in formation.