Brcm vidyagram

2. Early Days
She was born on 26th
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.

3.  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 .

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5. 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.

6.  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

7.  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!

9.  1982 – siege of Beirut  1985 -
Ethopia
 1986 -
Chernobyl
 1988 - Armenia

10.  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.

11.  March 13th
1997 – she
stepped down as head
nun and is replaced by
Sister Nirnala.
 September 5th
1997 –
She died of a massive
heart attack in
Calcutta at the age of
87.
 Her funeral was on
the 13th
of September
1997. She was given a
state funeral

15.  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 !