Mary Prema Pierick

Mary Prema Pierick, MC (born 13 May 1953), is a German-Indian religious sister and the former Superior General^[1][2][3][4] of the Missionaries of Charity of Calcutta, India, the religious institute founded by the Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

Mary Prema Pierick MC
Sr Mary in 2016
Title	Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity
Personal life
Born	Mechthild Pierick (1953-05-13) 13 May 1953 (age 72) Reken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Nationality	German, Indian
Citizenship	Indian
Religious life
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Senior posting
Period in office	2009–2022
Predecessor	Nirmala Joshi
Successor	Mary Joseph Michael

Biography

Pierick was born Mechthild Pierick in a farming community in Reken, Germany. In 1980, after reading the biography of the foundress, Something Beautiful for God by Malcolm Muggeridge, she went to meet Mother Teresa in Berlin. She felt called to join her work and moved to India to join the Missionaries of Charity.^[5]

Pierick eventually became the Regional Superior of the institute for the sisters in Europe. She returned to India to supervise the tertianship program of the institute, the last stage of training before the perpetual vows. She succeeded Sister Nirmala Joshi as Superior General on 24 March 2009, heading an organisation which had over 5,000 members worldwide at that time.^[6]