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Initially, Mother Teresa was sent to India by the Sisters of Loretto to teach in their schools. Once in that country she saw a greater need to help the poor and formed her own order off nuns - the Missionaries of Charity.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoMother Teresa did not actually make that choice. When she joined the Sisters of Loreto they could have sent her anywhere but decided to send her to India. The Sisters of Loreto could very well have kept her to work in Albania which is a country that is nearly 60 percent Muslim and only about 17 percent Christian. However, the sisters needed her to teach geography in India in their school for Catholics they had established. The Sisters of Loreto were primarily teachers and not into evangelizing. After about two decades teaching Mother Teresa received a new calling from God - to serve the poorest of the poor in India.
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∙ 9y agoMother Teresa did not actually make that choice, but was sent there when she joined the Sisters of Loreto. In any case, her home country, Albania, although poor and with many in need, was already Christian. Mother Teresa always saw her real mission as the conversion of non-Catholics.
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∙ 8y agoMother Teresa did not just serve in India. With the help of her organized group (the "Missionaries of Charity"), they served worldwide in many different countries, even in the US.
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∙ 9y agoShe first went to Calcutta as a school teacher at St. Mary's School where she had been sent by the Sisters of Loreto.
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∙ 9y agoMother Teresa did not choose India, she was assigned to work there by the Sisters of Loreto.
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∙ 9y agoShe was a member of the Sisters of Loreto, a religious order, and they sent Mother Teresa to India as a missionary to teach in the order's schools there.
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∙ 9y agoShe was originally sent to India by the Sisters of Loreto to teach school.
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∙ 9y agoShe was sent to India by the Sister of Loreto to teach in their school in Calcutta.
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∙ 10y agoIndia was chosen for her by the Sisters of Loreto when she joined the convent in 1929.
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What year did Mother Teresa move to India?
She arrived in India in 1929, and began her novitiate in Darjeeling.
Who was the mother of India?
Mothe Teresa was the mother of India
Which city in India did Mother Teresa go to?
Blessed Mother Teresa started her Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India.
How did Mother Teresa get the money to go to India?
Mother Teresa was originally sent to India by the Sisters of Loreto who paid for her passage.
What was Mother Teresa's first job in India?
Mother Teresa was first a school teacher when she arrived in India as a Sister of Loretto.
How is Mother Teresa?
Mother Teresa died on September 5, 1997 in Kolkata, India.
Mother Teresa was a citizen of which country before India?
Mother Teresa was originally Albanian..
Who was the modern-day saint who worked with the poor in India?
Mother Teresa
Which city is Mother Teresa linked to?
Mother Teresa spent most of her life in Calcutta, India.
What is Mother Teresa's nationality?
Mother Teresa was born in Albania. She was also a citizen of India and had honorary citizenship in the United States.
Where in India was Mother Teresa the most active?
Mother Teresa was most active in the Indian city of Calcutta.
When was Mother Teresa's funeral?
Mother Teresa's funeral was held on 13 Sep 1997 in CALCUTTA, India
