Catholic Church and health care
The famous Mother Teresa of Calcutta established the Missionaries of Charity in the slums of Calcutta in 1948 to work among "the poorest of the poor". Initially founding a school, she then gathered other sisters who "rescued new-born babies abandoned on rubbish heaps; they sought out the sick; they took in lepers, the unemployed, and the mentally ill". Teresa achieved fame in the 1960s and began to establish convents around the world. By the time of her death in 1997, the religious institute she founded had more than 450 centres in over 100 countries.
SJK(T) St. Teresa Convent
Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (T) St. Teresa Convent school was founded in 1903 by a nun named Sister Euphraise. Sister Euphraise was of Indian origin. She started teaching with eight students. She conducted her classes in a building behind the church of St. Louis. At that time the school was the only Tamil school in Perak, Malaysia. Now the school has a total enrollment of 724 pupils with 39 teachers. The headmaster of the school is Mrs. P. Pushparani and PTA chairman is Mr Ravindran.