Mother Teresa, born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Macedonia on August 26, 1910, became a nun and dedicated her life to serving the poor in India after experiencing a profound calling in 1946. She founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950, providing care for the sick, homeless, and needy, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. Mother Teresa passed away on September 5, 1997, after years of service and leadership in her mission.

1. By :
Ernestine Bertha P. XMIPA1/ 09
Irasandi Senobua M XMIPA1/13
Jessica Valencia XMIPA1/14
Karina Octavia XMIPA1/15
Maria Oktavia D. L. XMIPA1/17

2. Life story of Mother Teresa

3. Name:Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Born :Macedonia, 26 Agustus 1910
Died :Kalkuta, India, 5 September 1997

4. Agnes was the youngest of all
her sisters and brothers

5. Little Agnes was interested in every story about
missionaries and when 12 she had become
convinced that she should commit herself to a
religious life

6. In 1929, Agnes went to
India and taught at St.
Teresa’s School

7. She took her first religious
vows as a nun on 24 May
1931.
And she took her solemn
vows on 14 May 1937, while
serving as a teacher at the
Loreto convent school in
Entally, eastern Calcutta.
Teresa served there for
almost twenty years and in
1944 was appointed
headmistress.

8. she was increasingly disturbed by
the poverty surrounding her
in Calcutta

9. On 10 September 1946,
when Teresa was in her
way to Darjeeling, she
got an experienced that
she called “the call
within the call”. She
heard someone said
“Leave the convent and
help the poor people and
life with them”.

10. Mother Teresa uses “kain sari”. White means
purity and blue means color of Virgin Mary

11. First, she taught kids how to read and write
then gave the poor people food.

12. Then she and the others helped to take care the sick,
homeless, and poor

13. TeresareceivedVatican permission on 7
October 1950 to start the diocesan
congregation that would become the
Missionaries of Charity.

14. Mother Teresa's Home
for the Dying, Nirmal
Hriday, in Kolkata.

15. In 1979, Mother Teresa got Nobel
Peace Prize.

16. In 1983, Mother Teresa visited Pope John
Paul II

17. On 13 March 1997, she stepped down
from the head of Missionaries of Charity.
She died on 5 September 1997.