Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997), born in Skopje, joined the Sisters of Loreto in Dublin in 1928 and was sent to India, where she began her novitiate. She taught at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta from 1931 to 1948 until leaving theLoreto order to begin the Missionaries of Charity. Through her sisters, brothers, and priests, her service of the poorest of the poor spread all around the world. She won many awards, including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. After her death in 1997, the process for her sainthood quickly began, resulting in her beatification in 2003.