Mother Teresa, a Catholic nun, became famous during her lifetime for caring for ... As soon as a sister joins an order, community, or convent, she is given a new nun name. Nuns can also choose to take ...

Maryanne Braverman, now 77, spent 10 years in a New York-based convent before ... But her mother's greatest dream — for one of her daughters to become a nun — ended up doubling as Braverman's ...

Sister Annella Zervas, who spent many years at St. Benedict's Convent in St. Joseph, lived her short life in devotion to God.

There she received the name Sister Mary Teresa after ... beloved Loreto convent to enter the world of the poor. After a short course with the Medical Mission Sisters in Patna, Mother Teresa ...

because Mother Teresa never wanted to be photographed initially. But the nun and the photographer seemed to share an unwavering devotion to understanding the people and the world around them.

Katy Perry continues to be in a legal battle against a group of Los Angeles nuns over ... the former convent she offered $14.5 million for, she would like to move in with her mother Mary and ...