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St. Mother Teresa Of Calcutta Parish Biñan, Laguna, Philippines Launched in 1998. Mother Teresa parish , Dakota Dunes, SD, USA - September 1, 1999 Blessed Teresa of Calcutta parish Archived 2016-11-26 at the Wayback Machine , Woodinville, WA, USA - July 1, 2004
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]
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 ]
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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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.
Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC is a Canadian Catholic priest who served as the advocate for Mother Teresa of Calcutta in the cause for her canonization, [1] and director of the Mother Teresa Center. [2] He edited and wrote the commentary for the book Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light, published by Doubleday, on September 4, 2007. [2]