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. 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. ==References==