mother teresa was canonised by the church on september 4 2016
the tamil nadu government organised centenary celebrations honouring mother teresa on 4 december 2010 in chennai headed by chief minister m karunanidhi
by 1997 the 13member calcutta congregation had grown to more than 4000 sisters who managed orphanages aids hospices and charity centers worldwide caring for refugees the blind disabled aged alcoholics the poor and homeless and victims of floods epidemics and famine