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Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta

1910-1997

Feast Day: September 5

Patronage: World Youth Day, the sick and dying, the lonely, the unborn

Born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa left home at age 18 to join the Sisters of Loreto as a missionary. She took her solemn vows on 14 May 1937, while serving as a teacher at the Loreto convent school in Entally, eastern Calcutta. She began her missionary work with the poor in 1948, joined by a group of young women, and laid the foundations to create a new religious community helping the "poorest of the poor". At the time of her death, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity had over 4,000 sisters, and an associated brotherhood of 300 members, operating 610 missions in 123 countries. Mother Teresa was the recipient of numerous honors including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.

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THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT TERESA OF CALCUTTA (Mother Teresa) Feast Day: September 5

"She is the United Nations. She is peace in the world." -Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, former Secretary-General of the United Nations

The foundress of the Missionaries of Charity (Congregatio Missionariarum a Caritate), was born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, on August 26, 1910 in Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Skopje, North Macedonia). Raised in a Christian family, she was fascinated by the lives of the saints, especially of the missionaries. She was the youngest child of Nikollë and Dranafile Bojaxhiu (Bernai). Her father, who was involved in Albanian-community politics in Ottoman Macedonia, died in 1919 when she was eight years old. Her mother may have been from a village near Gjakova.

In 1928 at the age of 18, she joined the missionary congregation of the Sisters of Loreto at Loreto Abbey in Rathfarnham, Ireland, to learn English with the intent of becoming a missionary; English was the language of instruction of the Sisters of Loreto in India, and was assigned to India. She made her profession on May 24, 1931, taking the religious name of Teresa, in honor of Thérèse de Lisieux, the patroness of missions, because a nun in the convent had already chosen that name, she opted for its Spanish spelling of Teresa. Teresa took her solemn vows on May 14, 1937 while she was a teacher at the Loreto convent school in Entally, eastern Calcutta, taking the style of 'Mother' as part of Loreto custom. She served there for nearly twenty years and was appointed its headmistress in 1944.

After teaching for over 20 years in a Catholic school near Calcutta, she became increasingly disturbed by the surrounding poverty. The Bengal famine of 1943 brought misery and death to the city, and the August 1946 Direct Action Day began a period of Muslim-Hindu violence.

On September 10, 1946, while travelling by train to the Loreto convent from Calcutta for her annual retreat, she experienced 'the call within the call,' meaning a strong urge to leave the convent and to live among the poorest of the poor. Replacing her traditional religious habit with a white cotton sari decorated with a blue border, she began her missionary work in the slums of Calcutta. Two years later in 1948, she began missionary work with the poor. Mother Teresa adopted Indian citizenship, spent several months in Patna to receive basic medical training at Holy Family Hospital and ventured into the slums. She founded a school in Motijhil, Calcutta, before she began tending to the poor and hungry. At the beginning of 1949, Mother Teresa was joined in her effort by a group of young women, and she laid the foundation for a new religious community helping the 'poorest among the poor'.

On October 7, 1950 after she received Vatican permission for the diocesan congregation, together with thirteen young women, she founded the Missionaries of Charity, whose mission was: 'to care for the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared, for throughout society.' In 1952, Mother Teresa opened her first hospice with help from Calcutta officials. She converted an abandoned Hindu temple into the Kalighat Home for the Dying, free for the poor, and renamed it Kalighat, the Home of the Pure Heart (Nirmal Hriday).

Those brought to the home received medical attention and the opportunity to die with dignity in accordance with their faith: Muslims were read the Quran, Hindus received water from the Ganges, and Catholics received extreme unction. At the height of the Siege of Beirut in 1982, Mother Teresa rescued 37 children trapped in a front-line hospital by brokering a temporary cease-fire between the Israeli army and Palestinian guerrillas. Accompanied by Red Cross workers, she travelled through the war zone to the hospital to evacuate the young patients.

Mother Teresa had a heart attack in Rome in 1983 while she was visiting Pope John Paul II. Following a second heart attack in 1989, she received a pacemaker. In 1991, after a bout of pneumonia in Mexico, she had additional heart problems. Although Mother Teresa offered to resign as head of the Missionaries of Charity, in a secret ballot the sisters of the congregation voted for her to stay, and she agreed to continue. But on March 13, 1997, she resigned as head of the Missionaries of Charity.

Respected as a 'living saint,' she died in Calcutta, West Bengal, India at the age of 87. At the time of her death, the Missionaries of Charity had over 4,000 sisters and an associated brotherhood of 300 members operating 610 missions in 123 countries. These included hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counselling programmes, orphanages and schools. The Missionaries of Charity were aided by co-workers numbering over one million by the 1990s.

She is beatified by St. John Paul II on October 19, 2003 and canonized a saint by Pope Francis on September 4, 2016.

She said for herself: 'By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus.'

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Hello di,

Good evening, somehow u seem like one of my school seniors. Did you perhaps go to Loreto convent entally??? Thank u <3

Hey bacha,

It's sad but no I never attended that school. You have mistaken me for someone else.

Have a great night in btw✨✨

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Phoolbagan and Beliaghata are reinventing living standards with new properties in line

Phoolbagan and Beliaghata are no longer the staid residential localities they were known as till a few years ago. With new mega housing projects launched, Phoolbagan and Beliaghata have undergone a massive transformation in terms of connectivity and infrastructure, bringing in a fresh wave of organised real estate development in the areas. Residential apartments in Phoolbagan are fully-equipped with modern amenities that make life easier, comfortable, and fully secured, providing residents a real taste of luxury that remained in the realm of aspiration for middle-class families.

Residential apartments in Phoolbagan

Lavish residential projects with spacious 3 BHK and 4BHK apartments, duplex homes offer home buyers the privilege to live in the lap of nature. Residential apartments in Phoolbagan provide a tranquil world, with complete peace of mind for residents who find it these spaces quite refreshing and energising to live in. Serenity in daily life is cherished as the world outside is stressful – a prime reason why people seek living in peaceful and sublime spaces.  

Ultra-modern facilities that were once restricted to the privileged class are now added in most of the luxury projects aimed at the upper middle-class groups who invest in high-priced apartments these days. Superior quality fittings in the unique apartments satisfy the seekers of elegant luxury. Combining modern architecture and features for comfortable living is what the residential apartments in Phoolbagan focus on.

Natural spaces

Phoolbagan and Beliaghata areas host projects based on natural themes – with self-sustained ecosystems. There are residential apartments in Phoolbagan drawing sanctity from wind, water, greens, birds, natural reserves, walkways, natural ponds, and lakeside promenades. A serene milieu is considered apt for a contemporary way of life. Such homes fill residents with immense joy and make it possible for them to celebrate the festival of life.

70 percent of the world is water and its importance in life does not require further emphasis. The sheer driving force of all life enhances the quality of living when there are posh apartments built-in spaces surrounded by natural water bodies. As this allows the greater scope of interaction with elements of nature, residents tend to lead more fulfilling and healthier lives. With a substantial area covered with natural water bodies and greens, these homes are ideally located with modern amenities.

Healthy living

Residential apartments in Beliaghata also focus on the perfect balance between modernity and nature to attract homebuyers who seek a release from the humdrum existence. The traffic bottlenecks, high levels of pollution, and ear-splitting noise make home buyers search for a getaway. Finding a haven inside the gated complexes satisfies home buyers as they feel it is far away from the cacophony of city life even if it is located within the city. Living in a healthy environment creates the opportunity for better bonding in family members who find time to connect and enjoy life better. Phoolbagan and Beliaghata have reinvented themselves to provide new properties with better living standards to residents. A suitable home in an oasis of peace, to live in harmony with nature is possible within the city limits.  

Residential apartments in Beliaghata are in huge demand because they deliver intelligent design for optimum space, compact common lobbies with ample light and ventilation. With homes that come surrounded by the water garden, floating patios, sundecks, natural ponds, it must be added that the residential apartments in Beliaghata have redefined modern living standards. A similar assessment applies in the case of residential apartments in Phoolbagan. Children and senior citizens find it a source of infinite pleasure to live in the company of natural surroundings that promote wellness of the mind and body, nurturing growth, and a positive mindset.

Social infrastructure

Close to the Phoolbagan-Beliaghata crossing, there are grand projects considered upscale and loaded with amenities that refine living standards in the locality. Phoolbagan and Beliaghata are commercially significant zones, with lots of business activities. This is helpful as people prefer to live in areas with a mix of commercial and residential establishments that makes living easier. There are several shopping malls and refreshment zones to excite the young generation.  

On account of the rapid growth of business outlets, the demand for housing in this stretch also has moved north. The presence of an airport and railway in the vicinity makes it convenient for residents to commute and travel with ease. As properties in these areas get listed in the premium category, the presence of strong social infrastructure – schools, colleges, and hospitals – further improves the livability quotient of the area. New National High School, Kamala Vidya Mandir, Loreto Convent School Entally, Sarat Chandra H S School, East Point School, and Purvachal Vidya Mandir figure in the list of reputed educational institutes. Hospitals in Beliaghata include ID Hospital, BR Singh Hospital, Suraksha Polyclinic, NRS Medical College and Hospital, and North City Hospital.

Modern amenities

Contemporary living seeks modern amenities in ample measure. Phoolbagan and Beliaghata areas have seen the birth of projects with a surfeit of amenities to attract potential home buyers who differentiate between projects based on extra amenities on offer. There is a clear redefining of modern living in Phoolbagan and Beliaghata as the residential apartments offer almost everything required to enhance comfort.      

Residential projects in Phoolbagan and Beliaghata provide gymnasium to help residents stay fit and in shape. As office-goers do not feel like going out of the complex in the evening, this facility inside the premises is an added advantage for the entire family. The community hall is a welcome addition to organise get-togethers and family functions. Water bodies with deck, entertainment gazebo, and floating garden are ameliorating the standards of living in Phoolbagan where such facilities were missing earlier.

Children’s play area is necessary for their balanced growth. Earlier, there were no such facilities inside the standalone buildings in Phoolbagan and Beliaghata. But with large gated projects coming up in the vicinity, there is a complete makeover that surprises home buyers. Jogging tracks for fitness regimen inside housing projects in these localities have done wonders as there was no scope earlier to go out in the congested areas and breathe free.  

The promotion of outdoor activities is made possible because there are gaming options such as badminton court where friends and family members can play a game and relax. The massage room, steam and sauna room offers relaxation to the mind and body. As the residential projects focus on water and energy conservation measures, residents find the eco-friendly features attractive for living purposes. Fire fighting measures and security features are the added amenities that make residential complexes save natural resources and emerge as a popular choice for the residents of Phoolbagan and Beliaghata. The presence of water bodies such as natural ponds adds a sense of calm and these are fascinating to view inside Phoolbagan and Beliaghata complexes.

The reading room and an internet room connect people with distant worlds. The clubhouse with amenities makes seekers of modern living happy. The world of natural charm draws lovers of beauty and nature to its fold and makes living with loved ones blissful.

Those seeking a posh address in Phoolbagan and Beliaghata localities have good options to choose from and indulge in modern living that fits their lifestyle.

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Loreto Convent School Entally was was begun 1843 to give take into account the scholarly and social and in addition profound necessities of the youngsters. While there is full extension to build up their insight and abilities, there is close by normal classes and projects to guarantee the ethical improvement of youngsters.

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Saint Teresa of Calcutta India - Memorial Feast Day: September 5th - Ordinary Time

“Wholehearted and Free Service to the Poorest of the Poor."

Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)

“By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus. ”Small of stature, rocklike in faith, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was entrusted with the mission of proclaiming God’s thirsting love for humanity, especially for the poorest of the poor. “God 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: “to quench His thirst for love and for souls.”

This luminous messenger of God’s love was born on 26 August 1910 in Skopje, 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 five and a half and was confirmed in November 1916. From the day of her First Holy Communion, a love for souls was within her. Her father’s sudden death when Gonxha was about eight years old left in the family in financial straits. Drane raised her children firmly and lovingly, greatly influencing her daughter’s character and vocation. Gonxha’s religious formation was further assisted by the vibrant Jesuit parish of the Sacred Heart in which she was much involved.

At the age of eighteen, moved by a desire to become a missionary, Gonxha left her home in September 1928 to join the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known as the Sisters of Loreto, in Ireland. There she received the name Sister Mary Teresa after St. Thérèse of Lisieux. In December, she departed for India, arriving in Calcutta on 6 January 1929. After making her First Profession of Vows in May 1931, Sister Teresa was assigned to the Loreto Entally community in Calcutta and taught at St. Mary’s School for girls. On 24 May 1937, Sister Teresa made her Final Profession of Vows, becoming, as she said, the “spouse of Jesus” for “all eternity.” From that time on she was called Mother Teresa. She continued teaching at St. Mary’s and in 1944 became the school’s principal. A person of profound prayer and deep love for her religious sisters and her students, Mother Teresa’s twenty years in Loreto were filled with profound happiness. Noted for her charity, unselfishness and courage, her capacity for hard work and a natural talent for organization, she lived out her consecration to Jesus, in the midst of her companions, with fidelity and joy.

On 10 September 1946 during the train ride from Calcutta to Darjeeling for her annual retreat, Mother Teresa received her “inspiration,” her “call within a call.” On that day, in a way she would never explain, Jesus’ thirst for love and for souls took hold of her heart and the desire to satiate His thirst became the driving force of her life. Over the course of the next weeks and months, by means of interior locutions and visions, Jesus revealed to her the desire of His heart for “victims of love” who would “radiate His love on souls.” “Come be My light,” He begged her. “I cannot go alone.” He revealed His pain at the neglect of the poor, His sorrow at their ignorance of Him and His longing for their love. He asked Mother Teresa to establish a religious community, Missionaries of Charity, dedicated to the service of the poorest of the poor. Nearly two years of testing and discernment passed before Mother Teresa received permission to begin. On August 17, 1948, she dressed for the first time in a white, blue-bordered sari and passed through the gates of her beloved Loreto convent to enter the world of the poor.

After a short course with the Medical Mission Sisters in Patna, Mother Teresa returned to Calcutta and found temporary lodging with the Little Sisters of the Poor. On 21 December she went for the first time to the slums. She visited families, washed the sores of some children, cared for an old man lying sick on the road and nursed a woman dying of hunger and TB. She started each day in communion with Jesus in the Eucharist and then went out, rosary in her hand, to find and serve Him in “the unwanted, the unloved, the uncared for.” After some months, she was joined, one by one, by her former students.

On 7 October 1950 the new congregation of the Missionaries of Charity was officially established in the Archdiocese of Calcutta. By the early 1960s, Mother Teresa began to send her Sisters to other parts of India. The Decree of Praise granted to the Congregation by Pope Paul VI in February 1965 encouraged her to open a house in Venezuela. It was soon followed by foundations in Rome and Tanzania and, eventually, on every continent. Starting in 1980 and continuing through the 1990s, Mother Teresa opened houses in almost all of the communist countries, including the former Soviet Union, Albania and Cuba.

In order to respond better to both the physical and spiritual needs of the poor, Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity Brothers in 1963, in 1976 the contemplative branch of the Sisters, in 1979 the Contemplative Brothers, and in 1984 the Missionaries of Charity Fathers. Yet her inspiration was not limited to those with religious vocations. She formed the Co-Workers of Mother Teresa and the Sick and Suffering Co-Workers, people of many faiths and nationalities with whom she shared her spirit of prayer, simplicity, sacrifice and her apostolate of humble works of love. This spirit later inspired the Lay Missionaries of Charity. In answer to the requests of many priests, in 1981 Mother Teresa also began the Corpus Christi Movement for Priests as a “little way of holiness” for those who desire to share in her charisma and spirit.

During the years of rapid growth the world began to turn its eyes towards Mother Teresa and the work she had started. Numerous awards, beginning with the Indian Padmashri Award in 1962 and notably the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, honoured her work, while an increasingly interested media began to follow her activities. She received both prizes and attention “for the glory of God and in the name of the poor.”

The whole of Mother Teresa’s life and labour bore witness to the joy of loving, the greatness and dignity of every human person, the value of little things done faithfully and with love, and the surpassing worth of friendship with God. But there was another heroic side of this great woman that was revealed only after her death. Hidden from all eyes, hidden even from those closest to her, was her interior life marked by an experience of a deep, painful and abiding feeling of being separated from God, even rejected by Him, along with an ever-increasing longing for His love. She called her inner experience, “the darkness.” The “painful night” of her soul, which began around the time she started her work for the poor and continued to the end of her life, led Mother Teresa to an ever more profound union with God. Through the darkness she mystically participated in the thirst of Jesus, in His painful and burning longing for love, and she shared in the interior desolation of the poor.

During the last years of her life, despite increasingly severe health problems, Mother Teresa continued to govern her Society and respond to the needs of the poor and the Church. By 1997, Mother Teresa’s Sisters numbered nearly 4,000 members and were established in 610 foundations in 123 countries of the world. In March 1997 she blessed her newly-elected successor as Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity and then made one more trip abroad. After meeting Pope John Paul II for the last time, she returned to Calcutta and spent her final weeks receiving visitors and instructing her Sisters. On 5 September Mother Teresa’s earthly life came to an end. She was given the honour of a state funeral by the Government of India and her body was buried in the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity. Her tomb quickly became a place of pilgrimage and prayer for people of all faiths, rich and poor alike. Mother Teresa left a testament of unshakable faith, invincible hope and extraordinary charity. Her response to Jesus’ plea, “Come be My light,”made her a Missionary of Charity, a “mother to the poor,” a symbol of compassion to the world, and a living witness to the thirsting love of God.

Less than two years after her death, in view of Mother Teresa’s widespread reputation of holiness and the favors being reported, Pope John Paul II permitted the opening of her Cause of Canonization. On 20 December 2002 he approved the decrees of her heroic virtues and miracles.

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Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa ( মাদার টেরেসা ) is the most acclaimed and at similar occasions most dubious Catholic sister of the twentieth century.

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (her genuine name) was conceived on 27 August 1910 in Skopje or Skopje, a city in S.E. Yugoslavia, (which was a piece of the Turkish Empire at the opportunity) to an Albanian mother and father, Nikola, of obscure foundation, offering ascend to a discussion which Agnesa, even as Mother Teresa never tried to determine in her lifetime. Both her folks were conceived in Skopje was all that Pina Markovska, a relative of Agnes, would state about the progressing argument about whether she was a Macedonian or Albanian. Be that as it may, to the a huge number of her admirers it makes a difference little about which nationality she had a place with. As a matter of fact, Macedonia and neighboring Albania didn't exist when Agnes was conceived. In any case, at present, Skopje is the capital of Macedonia. She had a senior sibling and a sister whom she was connected to in youth, other than her mother. When Agnes was seven years of age (1917), her dad Nikola passed on, leaving the family in desperate monetary waterways. Agnes was cared for by the area of the Sacred Heart, a group of the Catholic Church. She was so impacted by the strict air of the Parish that at an early age of twelve she concluded that she needed to be a pious devotee. At fourteen years old, she found out about the Irish Order of the Sisters of Loreto. She went to Ireland in 1928 to join the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary yet not long after chose to come to India to join the Sisters of Loreto. What motivated her to come to India isn't recorded yet she should have discovered that the Sisters of Loreto were working in India. She arrived at India on 61anuary 1929. She was eighteen at the time, a short (four feet ten inches tall) fragile young lady. After her appearance she was sent to Darjeeling to educate in the Loreto Convent. Before coming to India she had learnt English; and had procured a sprinkling of Bengali. She began with showing history and geology to junior understudies. On 24 May 1931, she accepting her pledges as a religious woman and changed her name to Teresa, getting the name from a French pious devotee, Therese Martin. To maintain a strategic distance from perplexity, she changed the spelling to its Spanish rendition 'Teresa'.

From Darjeeling, Teresa was sent to Loreto School for young ladies (Entally) in Calcutta, again as a history and geology educator. From that point she was sent to instruct at St, Mary's at Calcutta and at the appropriate time she turned into the headmistress of the school. She worked in this school for a long time. During these years she figured out how to talk, read and compose Bengali. From her room's window at St. Mary's School she could see the tremendous field of the ghetto of Moti Jheel region where a great many Calcutta's poor lived without legitimate sanitation and medicinal offices. She was disturbed to see these grievous individuals from mankind. Later on, during a train ride from Darjeeling to Calcutta, where she had gone on a yearly retreat, "she experienced a profound insight, which caused her to understand that her calling was to serve the most unfortunate of poor people". On 16 August 1946, Teresa left for Patna to get preparing as an attendant under Mother Denger; the medicinal pious devotee who had begun the Order to mend the wiped out There Teresa chose that shewould dispatch her own Order which would be Called Missionary Sisters of Charity. A 'Request' in Christian speech is a body or society of people living by normal assent under a similar strict, good and social guideline. An individual joining the strict Order is 'appointed'. She disposed of her highly contrasting clothing of a Christian religious woman and began wearing a white sari with blue fringe; head secured with a minor white top and to her left side shoulder dangled a little dark cross. Each Sister of Charity currently wears this dress and can be recognized by this straightforward yet exceptional clothing.

On her arrival to Calcutta, she began her strategic leniency in the Moti Jheel region. Sister Teresa was soon to turn into a mother to the majority. She began with opening in a little house, the 'Nirmal Hirday' (a home of the sort heart.) This was the home for the withering that had no one to take care of them. In 1952, the house was moved to Kalighat. Mother Teresa began gathering assets for making new methods of administration to poor people and the oppressed. Not long after a shed was begun in Dhaba Where youngsters experiencing were housed and took care of. It was trailed by homes for outsiders in Belgachia and Titagarh, all situated in Calcutta and its rural areas. A Mobile Leprosy Clinic was additionally begun to help those beset with disease in remote in Howrah, Tilijala and different zones. It must be recollected that sickness has been an exceptional worry for Christian evangelists who are roused from Jesus Christ himself who restored outsiders with his 'extraordinary forces'.

In 1955, Mother Teresa opened 'Shishu Bhawan', a home for vagrants and deserted kids. The more seasoned youngsters were sent to one of the schools keep running by the Missionaries of Charity and the more youthful ones were kept in the 'Shishu Bhawan'. The youngsters were given nourishment and garments. A considerable lot of them were given to outside couples for appropriation. In 1963, she established the Missionary Brothers of Charity to help the Sisters of Charity in their work. She was media benevolent and urged reporters and columnists to visit her. She could extend her beneficent work with astonishing pace and in numerous nations. Her humble figure and her wrinkled face wound up one of the most commonplace countenances of the twentiethcentury. The Time magazine in August 1983 conveyed a profile of Mother Teresa and furthermore a few measurements: 2000 Sisters and 400 Brothers working in 257 bases in any event 152 nations; 70 Homes taking care of 4000 youngsters and orchestrating in any event a 1000 selections consistently; 154 ghetto schools nourishing 50,000 kids; 81 Homes thinking about 13,000 passing on dejected. It is guaranteed that these insights are presently definitely obsolete, and that there are in any event 4000 Sisters Working in approximately 561 missions spread out in 180 nations of the World.

In the 19705, Mother Teresa added AIDS patients to her strategic philanthropy and care. In 1986, she opened the 'City of Peace' in Washington, D.C. to take care of and help AIDS patients. Truth be told she opened a few focuses in the purported created nations in Europe and North America other than those in nations in Asia, Africa and Latin America. When a journalist asked her 'for what reason would you say you are opening focuses in created nations where there is not really any neediness? 'Destitution of soul', she answered.

Mother Teresa had turned into an Indian resident path in 1950 and began considering herself an Indian. The legislature, thusly, showered benefits and respects on her. She was given a 'red visa' which is held for ambassadors. On accepting it she stated, "It is a blessing from the Government of India. They have been exceptionally useful." Honors Came one after another: Padmashree (1962); Pope john XXIII Peace Prize (January 1971); John F. Kennedy International Award, (September 1971); Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (1972); Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion (1973); Nobel Peace Prize (1979); Bharat Rama (1980); Order of Merit, from Queen Elizabeth (1983); Gold Medal of the Soviet Peace Committee (1987); U.S. Congressional Gold Medal (June, 1997).=

People, the corporate area and even the legislatures have been her liberal benefactors. Goodbyes, Lever Brothers, stream Airways are some from the Indian corporate Sector who have given a huge number of rupees to Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity to 'spiritualize' their billions. A system spread out in the vast majority of the nations of the world giving lodging, dress, nourishment and restorative consideration to a great many penniless and destitutes required cash and Mother Teresa got what her crucial without inquiring.

Be that as it may, it was not acclaim and glorification constantly. She needed to confront numerous pundits. Many have communicated doubts about the converting work her association has supposedly done for the sake of philanthropy. Shankracharya of Puri, Nischalanand Saraswati, in a scorching assault on Mother Teresa said that: "She is occupied with transformation for the sake of manav Seva (administration to humanity.)" In answer to this allegation she didn't deny it yet stated, "Not even God omnipotent can change over except if that individual warms it." She has likewise truly admitted, "My life is given to Christ. It is for him that I inhale and see. I can't endure the agony when individuals consider me a social Worker. Had I been a social laborer, I would have left it some time in the past." She is likewise blamed for giving unclaimed youngsters to just Catholic couples for reception.

Numerous Bengalis have mourned the negative picture of Kolkata, and by augmentation, the nation which the relationship with the Catholic religious recluse made unavoidable. It has been said that her uncommon notoriety itself' worked India's 'bundling' as a site of stylish pulverization: infection, neediness, need and sloth. The commitment of Kolkata towards Indian renaissance, towards Indian workmanship, writing, and music and opportunity development stands unmatched. To delineate this city as a tremendous drain and thusly getting the designation 'Holy person of the Gutters' is only maligning an incredible city. Her resistance to contraception and premature birth welcomed criticize. The most crushing and definite analysis of Mother Teresa originated from the author Christopher Hitchens. He scrutinized her sources and utilization of assets, "her profoundly standard perspectives on a scope of issues and the 'imperialistic' underpinnings of her evangelizing crucial. Aside from denouncing her job as soul salver of the world's rich, he has tried to 'uncover' what he believes is the social fantasy making that has gone into the religious woman's apotheosis as savior of the discouraged". Comparable charges have been recorded in Celluloid in the film titled Hell's Angel which was broadcast by BBC in November 1994.

Mother Teresa's beatification on 19 October 2003 prompted anothercontroversy. For beatification it must be professional.

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Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa of Calcutta; 1986 at a public pro-life meeting in Bonn, Germany 

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta,[1] born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Albanian: [aˈɲɛs ˈɡɔɲdʒa bɔjaˈdʒiu]) and commonly known as Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), was an ethnic Albanian, Indian Roman Catholic nun.

 Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, which in 2012 consisted of over 4,500 sisters and is active in 133 countries. They run hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; children's and family counseling programmes; orphanages; and schools. Members of the order must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, and the fourth vow, to give "Wholehearted and Free service to the poorest of the poor".

 She was the recipient of numerous honours including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. In late 2003, she was beatified, the third step toward possible sainthood, giving her the title "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta". A second miracle credited to Mother Teresa is required before she can be recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church.[1] She was admired by many; in 1999, a poll of Americans ranked her first in Gallup's List of Most Widely Admired People of the 20th Century. However, she has also been criticized for failing to provide medical care or pain killers because she felt that suffering would bring people closer to Jesus, for misusing charitable moneys, and for maintaining positive relationships with dictators.[2][3]

 Early Life

 Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (gonxha meaning "rosebud" or "little flower" in Albanian) was born on 26 August 1910, but she considered 27 August, the day she was baptised, to be her "true birthday".[4] She was born in Skopje, now capital of the Republic of Macedonia, but at the time part of the Ottoman Empire.[4][5]

 She was the youngest of the children of Nikollë and Dranafile Bojaxhiu (Bernai).[6] Her father, who was involved in Albanian politics, died in 1919 when she was eight years old.[4][7] After her father's death, her mother raised her as a Roman Catholic. Her father, Nikollë Bojaxhiu was possibly from Prizren, Kosovo[a] while her mother was possibly from a village near Đakovica, Kosovo.[8]

According to a biography by Joan Graff Clucas, in her early years Agnes was fascinated by stories of the lives of missionaries and their service in Bengal, and by age 12 was convinced that she should commit herself to a religious life.[9] Her final resolution was taken on 15 August 1928, while praying at the shrine of the Black Madonna of Letnice, where she often went on pilgrimage.[10]

She left home at age 18 to join the Sisters of Loreto as a missionary. She never again saw her mother or sister.[11]

 Agnes initially went to the Loreto Abbey in Rathfarnham, Ireland, to learn English, the language the Sisters of Loreto used to teach school children in India.[12] She arrived in India in 1929, and began her novitiate in Darjeeling, near the Himalayan mountains,[13] where she learnt Bengali and taught at the St. Teresa’s School, a schoolhouse close to her convent.[14] She took her first religious vows as a nun on 24 May 1931. At that time she chose to be named after Thérèse de Lisieux, the patron saint of missionaries,[15][16] but because one nun in the convent had already chosen that name, Agnes opted for the Spanish spelling Teresa.[17]

She took her solemn vows on 14 May 1937, while serving as a teacher at the Loreto convent school in Entally, eastern Calcutta.[4][18][19] Teresa served there for almost twenty years and in 1944 was appointed headmistress.[20]

 Although Teresa enjoyed teaching at the school, she was increasingly disturbed by the poverty surrounding her in Calcutta (Kolkata).[21] The Bengal famine of 1943 brought misery and death to the city; and the outbreak of Hindu/Muslim violence in August 1946 plunged the city into despair and horrorInternational charity

She said "By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus."[42]

In 1982, at the height of the Siege of Beirut, Mother Teresa rescued 37 children trapped in a front line hospital by brokering a temporary cease-fire between the Israeli army and Palestinian guerrillas.[43] Accompanied by Red Cross workers, she travelled through the war zone to the devastated hospital to evacuate the young patients.[44]

 When Eastern Europe experienced increased openness in the late 1980s, she expanded her efforts to Communist countries that had previously rejected the Missionaries of Charity, embarking on dozens of projects. She was undeterred by criticism about her firm stand against abortion and divorce stating, "No matter who says what, you should accept it with a smile and do your own work." She visited the Soviet republic of Armenia following the 1988 Spitak earthquake,[45] and met with Nikolai Ryzhkov, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers.[46]

Mother Teresa travelled to assist and minister to the hungry in Ethiopia, radiation victims at Chernobyl, and earthquake victims in Armenia.[47][48][49] In 1991, Mother Teresa returned for the first time to her homeland and opened a Missionaries of Charity Brothers home in Tirana, Albania.

By 1996, she was operating 517 missions in more than 100 countries.[50] Over the years, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity grew from twelve to thousands serving the "poorest of the poor" in 450 centres around the world. The first Missionaries of Charity home in the United States was established in the South Bronx, New York; by 1984 the order operated 19 establishments throughout the country.[51] Mother Teresa was fluent in five languages: Bengali,[52] Albanian, Serbo-Croatian, English, and Hindi.[53]

Declining health and death

Mother Teresa suffered a heart attack in Rome in 1983, while visiting Pope John Paul II. After a second attack in 1989, she received an artificial pacemaker. In 1991, after a battle with pneumonia while in Mexico, she suffered further heart problems. She offered to resign her position as head of the Missionaries of Charity, but the sisters of the order, in a secret ballot, voted for her to stay. Mother Teresa agreed to continue her work as head of the order.[54]

In April 1996, Mother Teresa fell and broke her collar bone. In August she suffered from malaria and failure of the left heart ventricle. She had heart surgery but it was clear that her health was declining. The Archbishop of Calcutta, Henry Sebastian D'Souza, said he ordered a priest to perform an exorcism on Mother Teresa with her permission when she was first hospitalised with cardiac problems because he thought she may be under attack by the devil.[55]

 On 13 March 1997, she stepped down from the head of Missionaries of Charity. She died on 5 September 1997.[56]

 At the time of her death, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity had over 4,000 sisters, and an associated brotherhood of 300 members, operating 610 missions in 123 countries.[57] These included hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counselling programs, personal helpers, orphanages, and schools. The Missionaries of Charity were also aided by Co-Workers, who numbered over 1 million by the 1990s.[58]

Mother Teresa lay in repose in St Thomas, Kolkata for one week prior to her funeral, in September 1997. She was granted a state funeral by the Indian government in gratitude for her services to the poor of all religions in India.[59] Her death was mourned in both secular and religious communities. In tribute, Nawaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of Pakistan said that she was "a rare and unique individual who lived long for higher purposes. Her life-long devotion to the care of the poor, the sick, and the disadvantaged was one of the highest examples of service to our humanity."[60] The former U.N. Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar said: "She is the United Nations. She is peace in the world."[60].[22]

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Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta (B)

1910-1997

Feast Day: September 5

Patronage: World Youth Day, the sick and dying, the lonely, the unborn

Born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa left home at age 18 to join the Sisters of Loreto as a missionary. She took her solemn vows on 14 May 1937, while serving as a teacher at the Loreto convent school in Entally, eastern Calcutta. She began her missionary work with the poor in 1948, joined by a group of young women, and laid the foundations to create a new religious community helping the "poorest of the poor". At the time of her death, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity had over 4,000 sisters, and an associated brotherhood of 300 members, operating 610 missions in 123 countries. Mother Teresa was the recipient of numerous honors including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Happy Feast Day Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta 1910-1997 Feast Day: September 5  Patronage: World Youth Day, the sick and dying, the lonely, the unborn

Born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa left home at age 18 to join the Sisters of Loreto as a missionary. She took her solemn vows on 14 May 1937, while serving as a teacher at the Loreto convent school in Entally, eastern Calcutta. She began her missionary work with the poor in 1948, joined by a group of young women, and laid the foundations to create a new religious community helping the "poorest of the poor". At the time of her death, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity had over 4,000 sisters, and an associated brotherhood of 300 members, operating 610 missions in 123 countries. Mother Teresa was the recipient of numerous honors including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.  {website}

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Happy Feast Day Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta 1910-1997 Feast Day: September 5  Patronage: World Youth Day, the sick and dying, the lonely, the unborn

Born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa left home at age 18 to join the Sisters of Loreto as a missionary. She took her solemn vows on 14 May 1937, while serving as a teacher at the Loreto convent school in Entally, eastern Calcutta. She began her missionary work with the poor in 1948, joined by a group of young women, and laid the foundations to create a new religious community helping the "poorest of the poor". At the time of her death, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity had over 4,000 sisters, and an associated brotherhood of 300 members, operating 610 missions in 123 countries. Mother Teresa was the recipient of numerous honors including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. {website}

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Happy Feast Day Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta

1910-1997 Feast Day: September 5 Patronage: World Youth Day, the sick and dying, the lonely, the unborn Born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa left home at age 18 to join the Sisters of Loreto as a missionary. She took her solemn vows on 14 May 1937, while serving as a teacher at the Loreto convent school in Entally, eastern Calcutta. She began her missionary work with the poor in 1948, joined by a group of young women, and laid the foundations to create a new religious community helping the "poorest of the poor". At the time of her death, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity had over 4,000 sisters, and an associated brotherhood of 300 members, operating 610 missions in 123 countries. Mother Teresa was the recipient of numerous honors including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Happy Feast Day Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta (B) 1910-1997 Feast Day: September 5 Patronage: World Youth Day, the sick and dying, the lonely, the unborn

Born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa left home at age 18 to join the Sisters of Loreto as a missionary. She took her solemn vows on 14 May 1937, while serving as a teacher at the Loreto convent school in Entally, eastern Calcutta. She began her missionary work with the poor in 1948, joined by a group of young women, and laid the foundations to create a new religious community helping the "poorest of the poor". At the time of her death, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity had over 4,000 sisters, and an associated brotherhood of 300 members, operating 610 missions in 123 countries. Mother Teresa was the recipient of numerous honors including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Happy Feast Day Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta 

1910-1997 Feast Day: September 5 Patronage: World Youth Day, the sick and dying, the lonely, the unborn Born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa left home at age 18 to join the Sisters of Loreto as a missionary. She took her solemn vows on 14 May 1937, while serving as a teacher at the Loreto convent school in Entally, eastern Calcutta. She began her missionary work with the poor in 1948, joined by a group of young women, and laid the foundations to create a new religious community helping the "poorest of the poor". At the time of her death, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity had over 4,000 sisters, and an associated brotherhood of 300 members, operating 610 missions in 123 countries. Mother Teresa was the recipient of numerous honors including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Happy Feast Day Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta

1910-1997 Feast Day: September 5 Patronage: World Youth Day, the sick and dying, the lonely, the unborn

Born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa left home at age 18 to join the Sisters of Loreto as a missionary. She took her solemn vows on 14 May 1937, while serving as a teacher at the Loreto convent school in Entally, eastern Calcutta. She began her missionary work with the poor in 1948, joined by a group of young women, and laid the foundations to create a new religious community helping the "poorest of the poor". At the time of her death, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity had over 4,000 sisters, and an associated brotherhood of 300 members, operating 610 missions in 123 countries. Mother Teresa was the recipient of numerous honors including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.

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