Mother Teresa, also known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta was a nun and missionary, devoted her life caring for the sick and abode. She was an inspiration to countless millions for her lifelong devotion to the neediest and most vulnerable of the world.
Marking Mother Teresa death anniversary we remember some facts about her:
- An Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic missionary, she worked relentlessly in Bengal for the most part of her life. She left her home at the age of 18 and joined the Sisters of Loreto congregation in Ireland.
- She was particularly moved by the poverty in India and by the Bengal famine in 1943. She founded the Missionaries of charity in 1950 in order to eradicate poverty and help the needy.
- Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 but she refused to accept the award and urged the jury to contribute the prize money of USD 192,000 for helping the poor of India.
- While teaching poor children in Calcutta, Mother Teresa did not have any supplies or equipment to impart knowledge, yet she managed to teach the children to read and write by writing in the dirt with wooden sticks.
- Mother Teresa adopted Indian citizenship. She also spent several months in Patna to attain basic medical training at Holy Family Hospital and ventured to slums.
- In 2016, Mother Teresa was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church as Saint Teresa.
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