St. Teresa of Calcutta

Known to the world as Mother Teresa, she founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950 to serve the poorest of the poor in Calcutta, India, and her sisters now care for the sick, the dying and the abandoned around the world. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, died on September 5, 1997, and was canonized by Pope Francis on September 4, 2016. Her feast day is September 5, and she is honored as a patron of World Youth Day.