1. Train journey for annual retreat

    · Loreto Convent, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India

    While traveling from Calcutta to her annual retreat in Darjeeling, she experienced what she later called the "call within the call," a decisive step toward leaving the Loreto school system to work among the poor. Coordinates represent Darjeeling rather than a documented point on the rail journey.

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