Mother Teresa grew up in a Roman Catholic Church and made the early decision to dedicate her life to God.
Mother Teresa sensed that God was calling her to aid India's impoverished. After completing some rudimentary medical training, she started helping the ill and impoverished. In 1948, this was no simple task in India. She was constantly hungry and often had to beg for food, all the while trying to feed and assist the lowest of the poor. She had very little assistance.
Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, an organisation that operates inside the Catholic Church. She outlined the Missionaries of Charity's mission as an organisation that would look after "the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone".
For almost half a century, Mother Teresa oversaw the order. It established children's schools and facilities for treating the elderly, the blind, the crippled, and the terminally ill. She won numerous accolades for her efforts.
Mother Teresa had a heart attack in 1989. She worked in Calcutta for the majority of her career till her retirement in March 1997, despite her deteriorating health. There on September 5, 1997, she passed away. The Missionaries of Charity continued her work in over 90 countries after her passing. On September 4, 2016, Mother Teresa was canonised by Pope Francis I.
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