Mother Teresa was born in 1910 in Skopje, Yugoslavia and decided at age 12 to join religious life. She became a nun at age 18 and took her vows at age 21, adopting the name Teresa. In 1950, she received permission from the Vatican to start the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India to care for the poor and needy. Over time, her order grew from 13 nuns to over 4,000 nuns who operated homes for people dying, children, and lepers. Mother Teresa received numerous honors for her humanitarian work, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 1980. She died in

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K.SUSHRUTH
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2. 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.

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 .

5.  On September 10th 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 4,000

7. *1952 – opens Nirmal
Hriday [pure heart] for
the dying.
*1955 – opens Nirmala
Shishu 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.
1996 – In April she fell and broke her collar bone
and in August she suffered malarial fever and
more heart problems.

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
She died on 5th
september 1997.
Her funeral was on the 13th
of
September 1997. She was given a
state funeral

14. 1962 - Padma shri award
1962 – Ramon Magasaysay award for international
understanding
1969 - jawaharlal Nehru award for international
understanding.
1971 - Pope John XXIII peace prize.
1971 – Prize of good samritan.
1971 – Kennedy prize
1975 - Albert Schweiter international prize
1976 - Pacem in Terris award
1978 - Balzon prize
1979 - Noble Peace Prize
1980 – Bharat Ratna
1983 - Order of Merit