For over a period of 45 years she and the other nuns, looked after the poor, sick, orphaned and the destitute isn the city of Calcutta. They were called Sisters of Charity.
When Mother Teresa founded her Order, she started in the city of Calcutta.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
Mother Theresa's funeral was held in St. Thomas Church in Calcutta. The funeral rites began with a military escort of 15 vehicles carrying her body on a gun carriage in a procession from St. Thomas to the stadium and then to a private burial at Mother House, the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charityreligious order founded by Mother Teresa.
She started in Calcutta, India, but her order grew to be nearly worldwide.
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
The order was founded in 1950 in Calcutta, India, by Mother Teresa.
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Mother Teresa spent most of her life in Calcutta, India.
The first woman Nobel prize winner in India is Mother Teresa. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work in Kolkata (Calcutta), India.
Mother Teresa is now called Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, this is the last step before canonization.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta was from Albania, now called Macedonia.