Feast of the Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Also known as
Mother Teresa
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Saint of the Gutters
Memorial
5 September
Profile
Daughter of an Albanian businessman who died when Agnes was nine years old. Nun, missionary and teacher in Calcutta, India in 1928. In 1948 she left the convent to work alone with the poor, and became an Indian citizen. She founded the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity in 1950. In 1957 the Missionaries of Charity started their work with lepers and in disaster areas. She received the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize in 1971, the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 1972, and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, and the Missionaries today work in 30 countries.


Born
26 August 1910 in Skopje, Albania (modern Macedonia)
Died
5 September 1997 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India of natural causes
Venerated
20 December 2002 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified
19 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized
pending; if you have information relevant to the canonization of Mother Teresa's, contact
Mother Teresa Center
2498 Roll Drive
PMB 733
San Diego, CA 92154, USA
- or -
Missionaries of Charity
54A Acharya Jagadish Ch. Bose Road
Kolkata WB 700016, INDIA
Patronage
World Youth Day

giving it up for the big MT!

XxAxX said:

giving it up for the big MT!

the wonderful woman who gave Cindy and John their daughter.

ehuffnsd said:

Also known as
Mother Teresa
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Saint of the Gutters
Memorial
5 September
Profile
Daughter of an Albanian businessman who died when Agnes was nine years old. Nun, missionary and teacher in Calcutta, India in 1928. In 1948 she left the convent to work alone with the poor, and became an Indian citizen. She founded the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity in 1950. In 1957 the Missionaries of Charity started their work with lepers and in disaster areas. She received the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize in 1971, the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 1972, and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, and the Missionaries today work in 30 countries.


Born
26 August 1910 in Skopje, Albania (modern Macedonia)
Died
5 September 1997 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India of natural causes
Venerated
20 December 2002 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified
19 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized
pending; if you have information relevant to the canonization of Mother Teresa's, contact
Mother Teresa Center
2498 Roll Drive
PMB 733
San Diego, CA 92154, USA
- or -
Missionaries of Charity
54A Acharya Jagadish Ch. Bose Road
Kolkata WB 700016, INDIA
Patronage
World Youth Day

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