Saint mother teresa biography
•
Mother Teresa
()
Who Was Mother Teresa?
Nun and missionary Mother Teresa, known in the Catholic church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, devoted her life to caring for the sick and poor. Born in Macedonia to parents of Albanian-descent and having taught in India for 17 years, Mother Teresa experienced her "call within a call" in Her order established a hospice; centers for the blind, aged and disabled; and a leper colony.
In , Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work. She died in September and was beatified in October In December , Pope Francis recognized a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa, clearing the way for her to be canonized on September 4,
Mother Teresa at a hospice for the destitute and dying in Kolkata (Calcutta), India,
Mother Teresa’s Family and Young Life
Mother Teresa was born on August 26, , in Skopje, the current capital of the Republic of Macedonia. The following day, she was baptized as Agnes Gonxha Boja
•
Mother Teresa of Calcutta()
ÂBy blood, inom am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, inom belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus. ÂSmall of stature, rocklike in faith, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was entrusted with the mission of proclaiming GodÂs thirsting love for humanity, especially for the poorest of the poor. ÂGod still loves the world and He sends you and me to be His love and His compassion to the poor. She was a soul filled with the light of Christ, on fire with love for Him and burning with one desire: Âto quench His thirst for love and for souls.Â
This luminous messenger of GodÂs love was born on 26 August in stad, a city situated at the crossroads of Balkan history. The youngest of the children born to Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu, she was baptised Gonxha Agnes, received her First Communion at the age of fem and a half and was conf
•
Mother Teresa
Albanian-Indian Catholic saint (–)
This article is about the Catholic nun and saint. For other uses, see Mother Teresa (disambiguation).
Saint Teresa of Calcutta MC | |
|---|---|
Mother Teresa in | |
| Born | Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu ()26 August Üsküp, Kosovo vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 5 September () (aged&#;87) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Venerated&#;in | Catholic Church Anglican Communion |
| Beatified | 19 October , Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | 4 September , Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis |
| Major shrine | Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Feast | 5 September[1] |
| Attributes | Religious habit Rosary |
| Patronage | |
| Title | Superior general |
| Nationality | |
| Signature | |
| Religion | Catholicism |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Institute | |
| Period in&#;office | – |
| Successor | Sr. Nirmala Joshi, MC |
Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxh