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Teresa took her solemn vows on 14 May 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. [ 16 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ] She served there for nearly twenty years and was appointed its headmistress in 1944. [ 39 ]
On 4 September 2016, the school's patron Mother Teresa was canonized into Sainthood by Pope Francis. She is now referred to as Saint Teresa of Calcutta in the Catholic Church. The Ottawa Catholic School Board decided to rename the high school, St. Mother Teresa Catholic High School to keep with tradition.
Mother Teresa Day (Dita e Nënë Terezës) on September 5 is a public holiday in Albania.; The airport of Tirana, the capital of Albania, is the Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, named after Mother Teresa in 2002.
Pope Francis proclaimed Mother Teresa of Calcutta a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday, 19 years after her death.
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Francis made the announcement at a meeting of cardinals to give the final approval to several sainthood causes.
The school is named after Mother Teresa of Calcutta founded the Roman Catholic religious congregation, Missionaries of Charity, which in 2012 consisted of over 4,500 sisters and is active in 133 countries. Her beatification by Pope John Paul II in 2003 following her death gave her the title "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta". [1] [2]
Pope Francis has cleared the way for her sainthood by approving a decree recognizing a miracle attributed to her intercession with God.