This document provides information about Mother Teresa, including biographical details, her vision and work founding the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, India. It discusses her strengths such as practicality and patience, weaknesses in analyzing herself and adapting to new ideas, opportunities she had such as training in Dublin, and threats like lack of funds and health issues. The document also outlines her services helping the poor, sick, and dying, as well as her achievements including winning the Nobel Peace Prize. It notes lessons to be learned from her dedication and risk-taking, and why the group chose to feature her work.

2. GROUP MEMBERS
H. M. Suresh 2009/S/ 11827 S10334
D. G. S. Wijayasuriya 2009/S/11631 S10116
A.W.M.D.Ariyarathne 2009/S/11463 S10230
A. P. P. Asanka 2009/S/11464 S10122
N. H. M. J. C. Peiris 2009/S/11572 S10155

3. A woman who has
dedicated her life to
helping the poor, the sick,
and the dying around the
world

4. MOTHER TERESA
Peacemaker, Pioneer,
Legend

5. ABOUT
MOTHER
TERESA

6.  Born in Skopje, Macedonia in
1910
 Attended the Institute of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
 On May 24, 1931, she took
her initial vows as a nun
 In 1948 she received
permission from her
superiors to leave the
convent school and devote
herself to working among
the poorest of the poor in the
slums of Calcutta
 Started to work in the
“Missionaries of Charity”

7. VISION OF
MOTHER
TERESA

8. To feed the hungry and
care for the dying and
thereby bringing the
Gospel of Jesus and his
love to the poor

9. “I can do things you cannot,
you can do things I cannot,
together we can do great
things…..”
-Mother Theresa

10. S
W
O
T
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESS
OPPORTUNITIES
THREATS

11. STRENGTHS
 Ability to effectively handle the physical world
 Capable of managing practical affairs
 For her the bottom line was practicality
 Theories meant little to Mother Theresa
 Strong urge to be useful and productive
 Patience

12. WEAKNESSES
 Ability to analyze herself in an objective way
 Did not readily adapt to new ideas or people
 Tend to distrust people who communicate freely
 Trouble dealing with emotions

13. OPPORTUNITIES
 Opportunity to train in Dublin after she joined
‘Sisters of Loreto’
 To teach at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta, from
1931 to 1948
 She was joined by voluntary helpers, and financial
support was also forthcoming
 Theresa received Vatican permission on 7 October
1950 to start the diocesan congregation that would
become the Missionaries of Charity
 With the help of Indian officials she converted an
abandoned Hindu temple into the Kalighat home for
the dying, a free hospice for the poor

14. THREATS
 Had no income and had to resort to begging for food
and supplies
 Experienced doubt and loneliness
 The temptation to return to the comfort of convent
life during her early career
 She suffered a heart attack in Rome in 1983, while
visiting Pope John Paul
 After a second attack in 1989, she received an
artificial pacemaker
 Broke her collar bone and suffered from malaria also
for a long time

15. “By blood, I am Albanian.
By citizenship, an Indian.
By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to
my calling,
I belong to the world.
As to my heart, I belong entirely to the
Heart of Jesus….”
-Mother Theresa

16. SERVICES AND
ACHIEVEMENTS

17. SERVICES
 Helped the poor destitute, sick, orphaned, and dying
children and people
 Taught at St. Mary’s High School, Calcutta from 1931
to 1948
 Started an open-air school for slum children in
Calcutta
 Opened the first AIDS clinic in the United States
 Ran orphanages and places for old crippled people
who were the "unwanted" of society

18. ACHIEVEMENTS
 Started Missionaries of Charity in 1950
 In 1962 won the Pandra Shri prize for "extraordinary
services."
 Received the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize in 1971
 In 1979 received the Nobel Peace Prize
 Received an award called the John F. Kennedy
International Award
 Received the Templeton Award for progress in
religion
 Also received the Jawaharlal Nehru Award
 Won about 126 awards in her lifetime

19. LESSONS TO BE
TAKEN

20. Risk taking and bending rules for the good
Practicability
Beginning so simple
Dedicated to work
Not giving up

21. SUGGESTIONS
FROM US……

22.  Should not have been so much emotional when
dealing with sick and poor
 Should have trusted people a bit more who
communicated freely
 Should have been more flexible with rapidly changing
ideas

23. WHY WE
CHOSE HER

24.  A great humanitarian
 A symbol of the greatest characteristics ever,
patience, loyalty, humbleness
 A role model of selflessness

25. THANK YOU