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Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒi.u]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa, [a] was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and is a Catholic saint.
When Teresa was fourteen years old, her mother died, leaving her grief-stricken. This prompted her to embrace a deeper devotion to the Virgin Mary as her spiritual mother. Teresa was also enamored of popular fiction, which at the time consisted primarily of medieval tales of knighthood and works about fashion, gardens and flowers.
Sister Mary-Henrietta stood by her prioress until it was her turn to die, helping the 14 other sisters climb the scaffold steps before climbing them herself, and was the second-to-last to die. [10] Mother Teresa died last. [15] Plaque at Picpus Cemetery dedicated to the Martyrs of Compiègne
Indian Railways introduced a new train, "Mother Express", named after Mother Teresa, on August 26, 2010, to mark her birth centenary. [ 2 ] Mother Teresa Women's University , in Kodaikanal , was established in 1984 as a public university by the Government of Tamil Nadu .
Before Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Trump compared himself to the late South African anti-Apartheid icon in April, a man who spent 27 years in jail as part of his fight for equality.
Sisters belonging to Missionaries of Charity in their attire of traditional white sari with blue border.. The Missionaries of Charity (Latin: Congregatio Missionariarum a Caritate) is a Catholic centralised religious institute of consecrated life of Pontifical Right for women [3] established in 1950 by Mother Teresa, now known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.
Before Mother Teresa sought permission to use it, the building was an old abandoned Hindu temple to the goddess Kali, [4] the Hindu goddess of time and change. It was founded by St. Mother Teresa on her 42nd birthday in 1952, [5] two years after she established Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata.
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