Nobel laureate Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa, popularly called "the saint of the gutters", was born on August 26, 1910. She was born at Skopje in Macedonia. She belonged to a Catholic family. When she was eighteen, she decided to join the Sisters of Our Lady, who were doing missionary work in India. She learned to speak English and was trained in religious life at the motherhouse of the Loretto Sisters. That was when she chose the name Sister Teresa. On May 23, 1929, she was accepted, and two years later, she made her first vows. After this she went to a hospital and cared for the sick. After spending time at the hospital, she became a teacher in Kolkata. In 1950, she founded the Missionaries of Charity, her own order. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
Mother Teresa will be canonised in September 2016, senior priest and spokesperson of the Syro Malabar Church Paul Thelekat said on Monday.
Pope John Paul-II beatified Mother Teresa on October 19, 2003.
Eager wait “I am eagerly waiting for the canonisation of Mother Teresa. She has been a mother to millions of Indians, especially the poorest of the poor and the underprivileged,” Mr. Thelekat said.
The Albanian-born Teresa turned a nun and was given Indian citizenship in 1948. She founded the Missionaries of Charity and worked for the welfare of poor and the downtrodden.
Mother Teresa died on September 5, 1997.
