Saint Teresa of Calcutta, known to the world as "Mother Teresa," was born in Albania (1910) and named Agnes Bojaxhiu. She came from a Catholic family devoted to helping the poor. She entered the convent at a young age, went to India, and as “Sister Teresa,” taught and became principal of a girls’ school. Increasingly feeling called to serve the poorest of the poor and to live among them, she left high school teaching to serve "the abandoned, the sick, the orphaned and the dying" on the streets of Calcutta, India. Moved by compassion for those who were dying alone and in squalor, she sought to be a witness to love, specifically the love of Jesus. As “Mother Teresa,” she set up homes, hospitals, and orphanages and founded a religious order of sisters (The Missionaries of Charity) to devote themselves to this cause throughout the world. Mother Teresa received the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for her Herculean efforts, and was later beatified and canonized. At the beatification Mass for Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II extolled her life of service in  his homily : "Her life is a testimony to the dignity and the privilege of humble service. She had chosen to be not just the least but to be the servant of the least."