​Saint Teresa of Calcutta

In celebration of our new school building in January 3rd, 2011, we adopted Saint Teresa of Calcutta as our Patron Saint

to be apart of the Lester B. Pearson Catholic School and community.

 Saint Teresa could be Canonized September 2016 

Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a religious community of nuns who serve the “poorest of the poor”.

Born in what is now Albania, on August 26, 1910, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, entered the Loreto sisters (the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary) in 1929 and was sent to India as a teacher.

It was on September 10, 1946 during a train ride from Calcutta to Darjeeling for her annual retreat, Mother Teresa received her "inspiration, her call within a call." On that day, in a way she would never explain, Jesus' thirst for love and for souls took hold of her heart and the desire to satiate His thirst became the driving force of her life.

Mother Teresa left a testament of unshakable faith, invincible hope and extraordinary charity. Her response to Jesus' plea, "Come be My light," made her a Missionary of Charity, a "mother to the poor," a symbol of compassion to the world, and a living witness to the thirsting love of God. As a testament to her most remarkable life, Pope John Paul II permitted the opening of her Cause of Canonization. On December 20, 2002 he approved the decrees of her heroic virtues and miracles.