Mother Teresa

Early Days
She was born on
27th August
1910.Her real
name was Agnes
Gionxhu Bejuxhiu
and she was the
youngest child of
Nikola, a politician,
and Drane
Bejuxhiu in Skopje
in Yugoslavia.
The Decision of nuns

Age 12 - decided on a religious life.

Age 18 – joined the Sisters of Loretto a roman catholic
order .
Age 21 – takes first religious vows and chooses the name
therse du lisieux after the saint of missionaries .
From 1931 to 1948 Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary's
High School in Calcutta,
Indian Slums
Working with the poor
On September10th 1964 she got
the calling to work with the
poor. She began missionary
work with the poor of Calcutta.
She replaced the loretto habit
with a simple white cotton
chira with a blue border.
In 1948 she took Indian
citizenship and opened her
first school in Motjhil to serve
the homeless and starving. It
was difficult at first as there
was no money and she had to
beg for food and other
supplies. She did some
medical training in Paris.
Missionaries of Charity

October 7th 1950 – Vatican permission to set up

Missionaries of Charity, to care for the hungry, the
naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind and
lepers.
She started with 13 nuns now there are over 4,000
Homes for the poor
1952 – opens Nirmal
Hriday [pure heart] for
the dying.
1955 – opens Nirmala
Shishua Bhavan
[ immaculate heart] for
lost children or
children's home.
1957 – opens Shanti
Nagar [city of peace]
a home for lepers.
Her order became well
known for this work!
International
Charity
Where she helped
1982 – siege of Beirut 1985 - Ethopia

1986 - Chernobyl
1988 - Armenia
Failing health
1983 – 1st heart attack whilst visiting Pope John
Paul II.
1989 – 2nd heart attack, fitted with a pace maker.
1992 – goes into hospital in USA for pneumonia
and heart problems.
1993 – In May she broke 3 ribs, In August she
suffers from malaria and in September she had
surgery for a blocked blood vessel.
1996 – In April she fell and broke her collar bone
and in August she suffered malarial fever and
more heart problems.
The final days
March 13th 1997 – she September 5th
stepped down as head 1997 – She died of
nun and is replaced by a massive heart
Sister Nirnala.
attack in Calcutta
at the age of 87.

Her funeral was on

the 13th of
September 1997.
She was given a
state funeral
Pictures of her funeral
Mother Teresa meets…
Awards that she got
1962 - Padma shri award
1971 - Pope John XXIII peace prize
1975 - Albert Schweiter international prize

1976 - Pacem in Terris award

1978 - Balzon prize
1979 - Noble Peace Prize
1983 - Order of Merit
1985 - Medal of Freedom
1994 - Golden Honour of the Nation [Albania]

1996 - Honorary citizenship of USA

1998 - Pope John Paul II begins the process to make her a saint.
This process is still going on !
THANKS