Memorial
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
- Feast day
- September 05
- Patron of
- World Youth Day and the Missionaries of Charity
- Origin
- Albanian
Life
Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity and dedicated her life to serving the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta and around the world. Despite experiencing a prolonged dark night of the soul, she persevered in radical charity and was canonized by Pope Francis in 2016.
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