Teresa de calcuta

Madre Teresa de Calcuta

By azul y ari

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    1910 , was born in Skopje , Ottoman Empire

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    1928 , at age 18 , entered the Order of the Sisters of Our Lady of Loreto in India.

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    1929 , in December began his journey to India, arriving in Calcutta

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    1931 , Mother Teresa took the name Teresa in honor of a French nun Thérèse Martin who was canonized in 1927 with the title of St. Therese of Lisieux.

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    1937 , Mother Teresa religious vows and taught for 20 years at St. Mary's College in Calcutta , India.

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    1946, September 10 , received another call from God, service to the poorest .

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    1948 , Pope Pius XII granted Mother Teresa permission to exercise their pastoral service as an independent nun and began to share his life on the streets of Calcutta with the poor , the sick and the hungry. Mother Teresa founded a congregation called the Missionaries of Charity. His initial work was to teach reading to poor street children .

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    1950 , Mother Teresa began to help people suffering from leprosy.

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    1963 , founded the Missionary Brothers of Charity .

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    1984 Case Missionaries of Charity Fathers .

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    1979 , is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize .

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    1965 , Pope Paul VI placed the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity under the control of the Papacy and authorized Mother Teresa to expand the religious order in other countries. Around worldwide centers were opened to serve lepers , the elderly , blind and people with AIDS and schools and orphanages for poor and abandoned children were founded.