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Saints...

 Saints

Teresa, Blessed Founder, September 5

Teresa of Calcutta Beata
Teresa (Agnes) Bojaxhiu Gonhxa
Foundress
Roman Martyrology: In the city of Calcutta, India, Blessed Teresa (Agnes) Bojaxhiu Gonhxa, virgin, born in Albania, tried to quench the thirst of Christ nailed to the cross with eximia charity serving the poor brethren, congregations and founded Missionaries of Charity, to serve the sick and abandoned (1997).

Mother Teresa was Albanian by birth and his original name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. In 1948 Mother Teresa acquired Indian citizenship. At 18 years old, Mother Teresa joined the Order of the Sisters of Our Lady of Loreto in Ireland. He received his religious training in Dublin, Ireland and Dardjiling, India.

In 1931, Mother Teresa took the name Teresa in honor of a French nun Thérèse Martin who was canonized in 1927 under the title of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. In 1937 Mother Teresa took religious vows and taught for 20 years at St. Mary's College in Calcutta, India, in 1946, precisely on September 10, he received another call from God, service to the poor. In 1948, Pope Pius XII granted Mother Teresa permission to leave their roles as independent nun and started sharing his life on the streets of Calcutta with the poor, the sick and the hungry.

Mother Teresa founded a congregation of the Missionaries of Charity. His initial work was to teach reading to poor children in the street. In 1950, Mother Teresa began to help people suffering from leprosy. In 1965, Pope Paul VI placed the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity under the control of the Pope and Mother Teresa authorized to expand the religious order in other countries. All around the world were opened to serve lepers centers, elderly, blind and people with AIDS and founded schools and orphanages for poor and abandoned children.

Mother Teresa deserves a special place in this gigantic network of communication because their work is a message of love. Their work shows that a true belief is always accompanied by action, that love in action is service. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 against their will but thanked on behalf of the poorest of the poor.

Beatification: October 19, 2003

A woman, a real hero