Mother Teresa built a school in the slums to teach young children who couldn't go to school.
Mother Teresa did not work in churches. She worked in the slums and gutters of Calcutta.
because she felt god wanted her to and she felt something needed to be done
Faith, hope and charity.
Mother Teresa was a Catholic sister but did not work in any church. She worked in the slums and gutters of the world helping less fortunate people.
She began her work in the slums of Calcutta, India, but has spread her mission to all corners of the world.
Mother Teresa did not have a university education.
She is known as Blessed Mother Teresa since her beatification.
No, Mother Teresa was never sent to prison.
When Mother Teresa founded her Order, she started in the city of Calcutta.
The Two Great Commandments are to love the Lord and to love thy Neighbor. For Mother Teresa to have helped all of those in the slums of Calcutta she would have had to love each and every one of them in their own way. As far as loving the Lord. That is only something Mother Teresa and God can answer.
Mother Teresa left the Sisters of Loreto about the year 1946. One of the first things she did was to start an open air school in the slums of Calcutta, India, to teach orphans and other children living in the area.