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Saint Teresa of Ballymurphy | Why did she leave?
Mother Teresa arrived in Ballymurphy on 2 October 1971. Her attendance at Sunday mass the following day was a source of huge excitement in the parish of Corpus Christi.

"She got a standing ovation and then the congregation just swarmed around her," said Fr Wilson.
Later that day, Mother Teresa met the Bishop of Down and Connor William Philbin to discuss her plans.

"He was very taken by her and gave her his blessing.

"We were astonished and delighted in equal measure - we never expected that the bishop would offer his approval so quickly."
Further surprise came when Mother Teresa chose to live in Ballymurphy - an estate which had been marred by horrific violence only two months previously.

In August 1971, a Catholic priest and a mother-of-eight were among 11 people killed by the Parachute Regiment in what became known as the Ballymurphy massacre.

"You have to understand, this was the estate everyone wanted out of," said Fr Wilson. "And then along came this renowned, celebrated person doing the exact opposite."
Two houses on Springhill Avenue were provided for the Missionaries of Charity sisters, which Mother Teresa founded in 1950, and people set about making the properties as welcoming a space as possible.

"The houses were a wreck but they were done up very quickly," said Fr Wilson.

"The nuns lived in one of the houses, and the other was used as a place for the community to come and learn new skills."
Although resilient at the beginning, as time went on, the nuns' treatment by the Church became harder to bear.

"It became quite personal and very hurtful in the end," said Fr Wilson.

"Eventually, in the autumn of 1973, I was preparing for a trip to Lourdes and Sister Frederick [one of the Missionaries of Charity nuns] told me that by the time I got back, they would be gone.

"I couldn't believe it."

"I suppose it would be described as constructive dismissal today - they went of their own free will but only because their lives were made so difficult."

The Catholic Church denied they had forced Mother Teresa and the other nuns to leave and said the Sisters of Charity had left of their own free will.

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