Mother Teresa - A | Biography

The focus was to provide care and dignity to those rejected by society, including lepers, the hungry, and orphans.

Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia) on August 26, 1910. Mother Teresa - A Biography

In 1946, while traveling to Darjeeling, she felt a calling to leave the convent and live among the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta. Founding the Missionaries of Charity The focus was to provide care and dignity

Her humble order grew from a small local group into an international organization providing hospice, schools, and clinics globally. Global Recognition and Philosophy 1910. In 1946

She began her religious life with the Sisters of Loreto in Ireland and India, teaching for two decades.