By special dispensation from Pope Pius XII on April 12, 1948, Mother Teresa left her post as a professor and began her mission in the squalid streets of Calcutta.  She replaced her nun habit with a simple white cotton sari with blue stripes and moved to the slums of to live among the poor.  There, she offered school lessons in the open air and she opened kitchens for the hungry, though often she had to beg for food and supplies.  Her lifelong work among these least fortunate had earned her more than 700 awards in her life, and worldwide acclaim as a messenger of peace and hope.

She brought that message along during her four visits to Skopje, and appealed to the world for solidarity after the disastrous earthquake of 1963.  Her message reverberated in many political, business, and governmental circles.  The donations she gathered built orphanages, dispensaries, homes for lepers, and many poor houses across India and the world.  She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 as recognition of all her charitable efforts, and for being a beacon of hope for millions.  Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.
Visit the Mother Teresa Memorial House on your next visit to Macedonia, click here to learn more: http://www.memorialhouseofmotherteresa.org/