Memorial
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
- Feast day
- September 05
- Origin
- Albanian
Patron of
- World Youth Day and the Missionaries of Charity
Life
Born in Skopje as Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950 to serve 'the poorest of the poor' in the slums of Calcutta. Her sisters spread worldwide, caring for the dying, orphaned, and abandoned. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and canonized in 2016, she is remembered as a modern icon of charity on her September 5 memorial.
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