St. Teresa of Calcutta, September 5
Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje in 1910, Mother Teresa left the Loreto Sisters to serve the poorest of the poor in Calcutta. Her Missionaries of Charity now work in over a hundred countries. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, died on September 5, 1997, and was canonized in 2016.
September 5 has no celebration on the General Roman Calendar, so this page follows the Roman Martyrology, which remembers Saint Teresa of Calcutta, virgin on this date.
Name days on September 5
In countries that keep name days, September 5 is the day for people named Agnes.
| Name | Feast day |
|---|---|
| Agnes | January 21 |
September 5 on the calendar
September 5 is the 248th day of the year (the 249th in a leap year), with 117 days left until December 31. Here is the day of the week it falls on in the coming years:
| Year | Day |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Saturday |
| 2027 | Sunday |
| 2028 | Tuesday |
| 2029 | Wednesday |
| 2030 | Thursday |
Keeping September 5
September 5 falls in summer. Since the general calendar has no celebration that day, the Mass is usually that of the weekday of the season, and the saint may be remembered in local calendars or in personal prayer. Families who keep name days often mark the day with a card, a candle or a favorite meal, and parishes named after the saint may hold a festival. If you know someone named Agnes, it is a good day to send a note.
Saints of the week around September 5
| Date | Saint or feast |
|---|---|
| September 2 | Bl. Ingrid of Skänninge |
| September 3 | St. Gregory the Great |
| September 4 | St. Rosalia |
| September 6 | St. Magnus of Füssen |
| September 7 | St. Cloud |
| September 8 | Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
The day before, September 4, is the day of St. Rosalia. The day after, September 6, belongs to St. Magnus of Füssen. Looking for a name? Try the name day calendar or go back to today’s saint.