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Mother Teresa Biography - life, family, children, story, school, old ...  Mother Teresa of Calcutta was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia, ... She attended public school in Skopje, and first showed religious interests as a ... urging to leave the convent life (life of a nun) and work directly with the poor. ... In the 1980s and 1990s Mother Teresa's health problems became a concern.
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997), biography  Oct 19, 2003 ... By faith, I am a Catholic nun. ... Small of stature, rocklike in faith, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was ... thirsting love for humanity, especially for the poorest of the poor. ... she was baptised Gonxha Agnes, received her First Communion at ... There she received the name Sister Mary Teresa after St. Thrse of...
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta - Mother Teresa - Catholic Life - Catholic ...  Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, the future Mother Teresa, was born on 26 August ... 12 and received the name of Teresa, after her patroness, St. Therese of Lisieux. ... as a Loreto nun on 24 May 1937, and hereafter was called Mother Teresa. ... the Middle East, and North America, and the first novitiate outside Calcutta in London.
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Mother Teresa - Wikipedia  Mother Teresa MC, known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta was an .... She took her first religious vows as a nun on 24 May 1931. ... but because one nun in the convent had already chosen that name, Agnes opted for the .... she and the sisters of Missionaries of Charity became a symbol of hope to many...
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Mother Teresa - Nun, Saint - Biography.com  Catholic nun and missionary Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, the current capital of the Republic of Macedonia. The following day, she was baptized as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu.
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Kalighat Home for the Dying - Kolkata, India - Medical & Health ...  Phone, Suggest a phone number  Address. Chowringhee Road; Kolkata, India 700029 ... Kalighat, the Home of the Pure Heart is a hospice for the sick, destitute and... ... She doesn't care what I have done with my life, or who I am. ... The very first home opened by Mother Teresa in 1952 for the sick, destitute and dying.
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Mother Teresa: The 'Saint of the gutter' - Daily Monitor  Jan 2, 2016 ... ads.header.stripmast.full woman - Magazines ... She then ventured into the slums of Calcutta, tending to the destitute and starving. Mother Teresa is called the Saint of the gutter because almost all ... In 1950, the Vatican gave the nun permission to start the Missionaries of Charity, a religious congregation.
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St. Clare of Assisi - Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary  Her father, Favarone Offeduccio, was a nobleman of the most rich and powerful ones ... Her mother, Ortolana, a descendent of a noble and feudal family, was a very ... life for all- He who offers Himself in poverty in the Eucharist to nourish us daily, He .... very evident and it is precisely that which led her to become Saint Clare.
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Saint Anne - Wikipedia  Saint Anne of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of .... She is also the patron saint of: Brittany; Chinandega, Nicaragua, ... They are aware of Anne's pregnancy, of which they have been separately informed .... Mother of the Virgin Mary: Introduction", Middle English Legends of Women...
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Life of St. Francis of Assisi  He founded an Order of friars and his first female follower, Saint Clare, founded the Claritians through his inspiration. ... The name of his mother was Pica and some authors affirm that she belonged to a noble family of Provenza. ... this unfortunate person, Francis exchanged his rich clothing for those of the poor gentleman's.
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Discalced Carmelites - Saints  Saint Teresa of Jesus is the foundress of the Discalced Carmelite life as it is known today. ... Many condemned her as a woman deceived by her experiences in prayer. ... Founded the first convent of the reform, St Joseph's in Avila, under the...
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St Bernadette Soubirous - Roman Catholic Saints  She went by Bernadette as a child, and lived in abject poverty with her parents. ... was a poor student, which kept her from making her first Holy Communion until she was 14. On February 11, 1858, while collecting firewood with her sisters along the banks of the Gave River near Lourdes, she alone saw a vision of a beautiful...
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Pope approves miracle for Mother Teresa's canonization - By ...  Dec 18, 2015 ... Mother Teresa, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, died on Sept. ... order had nearly 4,000 nuns and ran roughly 600 orphanages, soup kitchens, ... for her, as a strong woman, a woman able to give courageous testimony." ... Mother Teresa, born in Macedonia as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910, was beatified in...
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Local celebration to honor Mother Teresa's canonization set for Sept ...  Aug 30, 2016 ... She left home at age 18 and moved to Ireland to join the Sisters of Loreto. As Sister Teresa, she learned ... By 1948, she said she no longer could ignore the call to help the poor, so she moved into the slums to begin a new ministry. GardenSign ... She was beatified on Oct. 19, 2003. A second miracle...
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Our Lady of Guadalupe - About - Catholic Online  Our Lady of Guadalupe - Guadalupe, Mexico (1531) ... One of the converts was a poor Aztec indian named Juan Diego. ... I am the ever-virgin Mary, Mother of the true God who gives life and ... So run now to Tenochtitlan and tell the Bishop all that you have seen and heard." .... Image of Miracle baby born twice HD video.
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Catherine McAuley - Wikipedia  The Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley (29 September 1778  11 November 1841) was an Irish nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831 ... take in homeless women and children to provide care and an education for them. ... the new institution for destitute women, orphans, and schools for the poor was...
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Catherine McAuley - Founder Of The Sisters Of Mercy  Pastoral Care Program  Transitioning to Secondary School  Student Management ... Catherine McAuley was born on September 29, 1778 in Dublin, Ireland. ... and on September 8, 1830, aged 52 years, Catherine joined the novitiate of the ... and maintain poor young women who are in danger and to visit the sick poor".
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Missionary was servant of immigrants in US Mother Frances Cabrini ...  Jun 25, 2014 ... That made her the first U.S. citizen to be canonized  even though she ... In the old Columbus Hospital, it includes an historical exhibit and tours of the room in which Mother Cabrini died ... In 1909, Mother Cabrini became a naturalized citizen. ... Pius XII canonized her in 1946 and in 1950 designated her...
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Aug. 3 program focuses on Blessed Mother Teresa as her ...  Aug 1, 2016 ... By 1948, she said she no longer could ignore the call to help the poor and moved into the slums to begin her new ministry. ... death, there were more than 4,000 Missionaries of Charity ministering at more than 517 missions in more than 100 countries around the world. ... She was beatified on Oct. 19, 2003.
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Mother Cabrini: The First American Saint | Colorado Virtual Library  Jul 13, 2015 ... In 1889 Pope Leo XIII sent Cabrini to New York to help the many poor Italian immigrants there. She became a U.S. citizen and went on to found sixty-seven ... Mother Cabrini came to Colorado in 1902 to visit Italian immigrant mine ... CHNC She was canonized a saint in 1946 and is now known as the patron...
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Mother Teresa - Nun, Saint - Biography.com  Mother Teresa was the founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman ... of the 20th century, she was canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta in 2016. .... to celebrate the woman who had been called the saint of the gutters during...