IN THIS YOU WILL COME TO KNOW ABOUT HER LIFE AND PRICES SHE GAINED.

1. MOTHER
TERESA
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2. MOTHER TERESA
BIOGRAPHY
• Mother Teresa was born on August 27,
1910,as Agnesa Gonxha Bojaxhiu, the
third child of the Bojaxhiu family.
• She was born in a family home in the
centre of Skopje, at 13 Pop Kocina Street.
She was baptised at the Catholic Church of
the Heart of Jesus. In church schools,
where she was an active member of the
drama department, the literature section,
and the church chorus, Gonxhe completed
primary and high school successfully.
• Overall, she and her older brother and
sister had a happy childhood. In crafts,
fabric dyeing, and trade, the Bojaxhiu
family had a long history of success.

3. MOTHER
TERESA
BIOGRAPHY
Gonxhe entered an Abbey at age 12. She became
a member of the Loreto Order of nuns in Ireland
when Gonxhe was 18, taking the name Sister
Teresa. Six months later, she was sent to
Calcutta'sLoreto Convent. It was there that she
taught school and finally became principal. As her
bond with Jesus grew deeper, she felt his sorrow
for the very poor. She experienced the call of
Jesus to go and offer the love of God and to be of
service to Calcutta'smost desperately poor. This
led her to leave the school compound's
comparative security, sheltered from the most
abject poverty of the city, to live with the poorest
of the poor on the streets.

4. Awards and Commemorations
• Mother Teresa was awarded the Magsaysay Award for Peace and
International Understanding in 1962.
• Paul VI conferred the first Pope John XXIII Peace Prize on her in 1971.
• Other honours she received included the Kennedy Prize (1971), the
Balzan Prize (1978) for humanity, unity, and brotherhood among
peoples, the Albert Schweitzer International Prize (1975), the United
States Presidential Medal of Freedom (1985), and the Congressional
Gold Medal (1994), honorary citizenship of the United States on
November 16, 1996 (one of only two people to receive this honour
during their lifetimes), and honorary citizenship of the United States on
November 16, 1997 (one of only two people to receive this honour
during their lifetimes).
• In 1973, Teresa won the Templeton Prize.

5. HOMES FOR THE POOR
1950
Missionary of Charities was
created with just 13 members.
1952
Her order established a hospice;
centers for the blind, aged and
disabled; and a leper colony
1960
Opens Children’s Home for the
Immaculate Heart Expanded
needs of poor in 1960
throughoutIndia.
1963
Missionary of Charity Brothers
was established in Calcutta

6. MOTHER TERESA HELPING

7. • During the time of her death, Mother Teresa
was leading thousands of people in 500
schools, shelters and missions in 100 countries.
• On September 4th 2016 after two miracles
validated by Mother Teresa she was canonized
a Saint.
• She inspired others to follow her, she also
empowered them to act as she did. Currently
her Charity has 600 schools in 133 nations
MOTHER TERESA'S DEATH
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