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Saint teresa of Kolkata

5/10/2016

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When Ms Treacy was in primary school Mother Teresa of Calcutta featured prominently in the media and in our religion books as an example of a living saint. Calcutta is now Kolkata and Mother Teresa passed away in 1997 but her memory lives on particularly in the hearts of Irish people. 
Mother Teresa was born in 1910 in Eastern Europe but came to Dublin at the age of 18 to join the Loreto Order. After a year learning English she traveled to India and worked in the schools of the Sisters of Loreto in Calcutta. After a time, she felt she needed to do more and set up her own order: The Missionaries of Charity.  You can read all about St Teresa here
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​In 2013 I visited Mother House where St Teresa began her work. There is an excellent display outlining the history of the saints' life. You can also view her room and see some of the convent which is still in use today. St Theresa's tomb is there and all visitors can take a medal and flower petals from the tomb.  I found it to be a very special place, especially as she was such an inspirational woman as I was growing up. 

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