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    Sister Teresa of Calcutta, originally from Albania, was born in 1910 and became a nun, taking the name Teresa. As a nun in India, she worked in the slums of Calcutta helping the poorest people. She established several organizations to help people living in poverty and suffering from diseases. Teresa received many honors for her humanitarian work, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She died in 1997 and was later canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

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    Sister Teresa of Calcutta, originally from Albania, was born in 1910 and became a nun, taking the name Teresa. As a nun in India, she worked in the slums of Calcutta helping the poorest people. She established several organizations to help people living in poverty and suffering from diseases. Teresa received many honors for her humanitarian work, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She died in 1997 and was later canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

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    Mother Teresa of Calcutta

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    Sister Teresa of Calcutta, originally from Albania, was born in 1910 and became a nun, taking the name Teresa. As a nun in India, she worked in the slums of Calcutta helping the poorest people. She established several organizations to help people living in poverty and suffering from diseases. Teresa received many honors for her humanitarian work, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She died in 1997 and was later canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

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    The Life of Saint Teresa of Calcutta

    Kind
    selfless

    God
    fearing AGNES
    She was born on
    August 26, 1910 from
    Albanian descent,
    Nikola and Dranafile
    Bojaxhiu
    She changed
    her name to
    Teresa after
    becoming a

    Sister
    nun.

    Teresa
    INDIA
    Sister Teresa of
    Calcuta is a
    modern day saint
    in following
    Jesus. She was a As a nun, she
    model in worked in the
    reaching out to slum areas of
    the poorest of the Calcutta, India.
    poor in India, and
    had gained more
    than 4,000
    followers joining
    her cause.
    “To be able to love the poor and to know
    the poor
    I have to be poor myself”
    Mother Teresa established a Home Care
    with a name, A Gift of Love , for those
    infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
    (HIV)infection and Acquired Immune
    Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
    • In her humility
    Mother Teresa fed
    the hungry and took
    care of those who
    were in need.
    • She received the most
    coveted Nobel Peace
    Prize in 1979, for being
    involved “in bringing
    help to suffering
    humanity”. She was also
    given the Jewel of India
    and Soviet Union’s Gold
    Medal of the Soviet
    Peace Committee. She is
    considered as the voice
    of the powerless.
    • She died on
    September 5, 1997
    Due to cardiac arrest.
    • On December 17,
    2015, Pope Francis
    declared Mother
    Teresa as a saint.

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