Mother Teresa on Stage: St. Thomas More Presents a Play Dramatizing the Meeting of a Saint and a Skeptic
- Guest Contributor
- Aug 29
- 2 min read
By Judith Sears
On Saturday, Sept. 6, St. Thomas More Parish in Centennial will host a reading of excerpts of the play, When Malcolm Muggeridge Met Mother Teresa, by Catholic playwright Charles Gallagher. The play dramatizes true events in the life of Malcolm Muggeridge, noted British journalist, and St. Teresa of Calcutta.
In 1967, Muggeridge, a lifelong skeptic with an increasing interest in Christianity, interviewed St. Teresa of Calcutta for the BBC.
Muggeridge was deeply impressed by her, subsequently interviewing her in Calcutta and, in 1969, releasing the documentary, Something Beautiful for God.
The two kept up a correspondence, and in 1982, Muggeridge was received into the Catholic Church.
The play covers several periods in Muggeridge’s life, from his youthful hopes that Communism would solve the world’s problems, to his interviews with St. Teresa of Calcutta, and his reservations about some aspects of the Catholic hierarchy and history.
The reading features actors from St. Thomas More and surrounding parishes. Several members of the cast are seasoned community theatre actors. Monsignor Thomas Fryar, former pastor of St. Thomas More, will offer an invocation.
The Benedict XVI Institute, founded by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and headquartered in San Diego, California, is sponsoring the event, providing refreshments and promotional support. The Institute, whose mission is to energize a Catholic culture of the arts, has commissioned numerous liturgical musical works and regularly holds online dramatic readings.
The reading will last about 50 minutes. It will be followed by a Q & A session as well as refreshments. Join St. Thomas More Parish for this moving story of how faith lived in love can influence conversion.
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When: Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025; 5:15 p.m.
Where: McCallin Hall, St. Thomas More Parish, 8035 S. Quebec St. Centennial, CO 80112
To register to attend, click here. Donations are welcome, but not required. Walk-ins welcome.
