Mother Teresa and the kind of life she lived 

Things about her August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997 Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu Skopje, Macedonia Nikollë and Drandafille Bojaxhiu. Albanian descent

August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu

Skopje, Macedonia

Nikollë and Drandafille Bojaxhiu.

Albanian descent

Pictures of her life

The awards she won for the things she did 1962 - Wins first prize for work among the poor: Padma Shri award 1962-Magsaysay Award 1971 - Receives the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize 1972-Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding 1979 - Awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1980-Bharat Ratna 1985 - Awarded Medal of Freedom. Leo Tolstoy International Award

1962 - Wins first prize for work among the poor: Padma Shri award

1962-Magsaysay Award

1971 - Receives the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize

1972-Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding

1979 - Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

1980-Bharat Ratna

1985 - Awarded Medal of Freedom.

Leo Tolstoy International Award

Sickness  1983 - Has heart attack 1989 - second heart attack 1992 - Enters hospital for treatment of pneumonia and congestive heart failure. 1993 - breaks three ribs, hospitalized for malaria, undergoes surgery for blocked blood vessel 1996 - breaks collarbone, suffers malarial fever and left ventricle failure, receives honorary citizenship on November sixteenth. September 5, 1997 - Dies of a massive heart attack

1983 - Has heart attack

1989 - second heart attack

1992 - Enters hospital for treatment of pneumonia and congestive heart failure.

1993 - breaks three ribs, hospitalized for malaria, undergoes surgery for blocked blood vessel

1996 - breaks collarbone, suffers malarial fever and left ventricle failure, receives honorary citizenship on November sixteenth.

September 5, 1997 - Dies of a massive heart attack

What she did 1950 - Founds the Missionaries of Charity. 1952 - Opens Nirmal Hriday ("Pure Heart") 1953 - Opens orphanage. 1957 - Begins her work with lepers 1958 - first facility opens in Drachi, India 1971 -uses $25,000 to build a leper colony.

1950 - Founds the Missionaries of Charity.

1952 - Opens Nirmal Hriday ("Pure Heart")

1953 - Opens orphanage.

1957 - Begins her work with lepers

1958 - first facility opens in Drachi, India

1971 -uses $25,000 to build a leper colony.

Why did she do what she did? Love. Jesus said, ” What you have done unto others you have done unto me.”

Love. Jesus said,

” What you have done unto

others you have done

unto me.”

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat. “ Mother Teresa”

Being unwanted, unloved,

uncared for, forgotten by

everybody, I think that is

a much greater hunger,

a much greater poverty

than the person who

has nothing to eat.

“ Mother Teresa”