Calcutta
A place in the history of the Church
A very large city in eastern India, in Bengal.
What happened here
- The teacher: the young Teresa arrived in Calcutta on January 6, 1929, and became a teacher at a school for girls.
- The Missionaries of Charity: in Calcutta she founded the Missionaries of Charity to serve the poorest of the poor.
Today
Today its official name is Kolkata.
Source: vatican.va, biography of Mother Teresa; Britannica, “Kolkata”