She went to Loreto and for the next 19 years she lived the life of a Loreto nun and an educator of girls in a form of semi-enclosure. Her main subject was geography until she became head mistress. Whenever she left th!.
e compound to teach at another school, she would see the slums. Calcutta was a deeply troubled city due to famine, floods and cyclones, which destroyed harvests and the number of beggars in search of food greatly increased. Sister Teresa's Order demanded her not to go outside and get involved. Sister Teresa's decision to reject a life of teaching was extremely significant. She describes this as a "call within a call." She was sure it was God's voice telling her to leave the convent to help the poor by living with them. .
Sister Teresa now 38 went to stay with the Medical Mission Sisters in Pantra to learn some basic nursing skills. She only spent a few weeks there as she had been only given only a year to prove herself. In December she returned to Calcutta to start her own life and moved in with the Little Sisters of the Poor in the slums of Calcutta. Within weeks she was joined by her would be novices, mostly girls from the school where she was head mistress. By 1949, Mother Teresa was granted Indian citizenship. After a 1-year trial, she applied to Rome to form a new congregation. They were called the "Missionaries of Charity." They worked for Christ, first, and above all and they gave themselves wholeheartedly with free service to the poorest of the poor. On October 7, 1950, Pope Pius XII approved the foundation of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity. As more Sisters joined, they realized the need for a bigger Mother House, which they found at 54A Lower Circular Road. Shortly after thi!.
s they started a home for dying destitutes, which were often left on the street, because of overcrowded hospitals. Mother Teresa and her lepers brought them back to die with dignity. At the centre of her work, was a total belief in God, whom she loved and trusted.
