This humble PPT is a tribute to the honorable Mother Teresa on this Women's day.

3. Basic Details…….
Name: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu.
Date of Birth: 27/8/1910.
Place of Birth: Skopje, Yugoslavia.
Father’s name: Nicolle Bojaxhiu.
Mother’s name: Drana Bojaxhiu.
Brother’s name: Lazar Bojaxhiu.
Sister’s name: Aga Bojaxhiu.
With Brother & Sister

4.  Age 12: Decided on religious life.
 Age 18: Travelled to Loreto abbey, Ireland to learn English and new life as Loreto nun,
and she never saw her mother and sister again.
 Age 21: Took new religious vows.
 Changed her name to “Teresa” after St. Teresa of Avila, patroness of missionaries.
 Now she was called as – Sister Teresa.
 Arrives in India in 1929 and began her novitiate in Darjeeling where she learnt
Bengali and taught geography in St. Mary school near
her convent.

5. “Day of inspiration”…….
 On 10/9/1946, Teresa was quietly praying on a train travelling from Calcutta to
Darjeeling then God spoke to her.
 She returned to her convent in Calcutta and requested for leave to work in slums,
but her request was denied.
 After 2 years she was given special permission from loreto order to work in slums.
 Sister Teresa finally left the Loreto convent on 16/8/1948 to dedicate her life to life of
poor.
 On 7/10/1950, she started missionaries of charity, to care for the hungry, the naked,
the homeless, the crippled, the blind, and leper.
 Started with 13 nuns and now there are more than 5,000.
 As the leader she became Mother Teresa.

6. Daily work routine……
 Wake up at 04:30 am.
 2 hours prayers with all sisters.
 Light breakfast.
 Walk out to work in the slums, dressed with blue bordered white sari and a bag on
the shoulder.
 Devoted time management:
-teach the children
-work with the sick
-collect, prepare and give food
-raising funds for the poor.

7. Services
 In 1948, started her own school under a tree.
 In 1952, Teresa opened her first hospice with help from Calcutta officials. She
converted an abandoned Hindu temple into the Kalighat Home for the Dying, free for
the poor, and renamed it Kalighat, the Home of the Pure Heart (Nirmal
Hriday). Those brought to the home received medical attention and the opportunity
to die with dignity in accordance with their faith: Muslims were read the Quran,
Hindus received water from the Ganges, and Catholics received extreme unction.
 In 1969, She opened a hospice for those with leprosy, calling it Shanti Nagar (City of
Peace).
 In 1971, She opened Nirmal Canady home near Dumdum airport,Culcutta for
refugees/victims of Pakistan-Bangladesh war.
 The congregation began to attract recruits and donations, and by the 1960s it had
opened hospices, orphanages and leper houses throughout India. Teresa then
expanded the congregation abroad.

8. Contd…
 She made occasional trips outside India for humanitarian reasons.
 In 1982, at the height of the Siege of Beirut, Teresa rescued 37 children trapped in a
front-line hospital by brokering a temporary cease-fire between the Israeli army and
Palestinian guerrillas. Accompanied by Red Cross workers, she travelled through the
war zone to the hospital to evacuate the young patients.
 Teresa travelled to assist the hungry in Ethiopia, radiation victims at Chernobyl and
earthquake victims in Armenia.
 By 1996, Teresa operated 517 missions in over 100 countries. Her Missionaries of
Charity grew from twelve to thousands, serving the "poorest of the poor" in 450
centres worldwide. The first Missionaries of Charity home in the United States was
established in the South Bronx area of New York City, and by 1984 the congregation
operated 19 establishments throughout the country.

9. Contd..
 Teresa said, "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”.
 Due to her service of the lepers, and in slums she was often called as “The Saint of
gutters”.

10. Real life incident in the life of Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was once living in a small house in Calcutta along with some orphans. One day it so
happened that there was nothing for the children to eat. Mother Teresa did not know what to do.
Mother Teresa called all the children and said, “Come children today we have nothing to eat in the
house. But, if we pray to God he will surely give.” After ten minutes of prayer, Mother Teresa said to the
children “Come, now let us go and beg." So they all went to beg.
In the neighborhood of Mother Theresa, there was one shop keeper who hated Mother Teresa. Mother
went to him and said “Please, give something to eat.”
The person looked at Mother Teresa with anger and spit saliva on Mother Teresa's hand. Mother gently
wiped the saliva to her sari and said, “Thank you for what you have given for me. Will you give something
for my children?”
The shop keeper was shocked at the humility of Mother Teresa asked pardon from Mother Teresa. Then on
he began to help regularly to the orphan children.

11. “Something beautiful for God”
Teresa is the subject of the 1969 documentary film and 1972 book, Something
Beautiful for God, by Malcolm Muggeridge. The film has been credited with
drawing the Western world's attention to Mother Teresa. Donations poured in
from all corners of the world.

12. Interactions

13. Recognitions
 In 1979: Her devotion towards the poor won the respect from all over the world and
the Nobel peace prize.

14. Awards
 1962: Padma shri, Magsaysay Award.
 1971: POPE John XXIII peace award.
 1976: Pacem in Terris award.
 1978: Balzon Prize.
 1979: Nobel Prize.
 1980: Bharat Ratna.
 1983: Order of Merit.
 1985: Medal of Freedom.
 1994: Golden honour of freedom (Albania).
 1996: Honourary citizenship of USA.
 1998: Pope John Paul II begins the process of anointing her saint.
 4/9/2016: Pope Francis canonized her as saint in St. Peter’s Square

15. End of days
 March 13, 1997: she stepped down as the head nun and replaced by sister
nirmala.
 September 5, 1997: She died of massive heart attack in clcutta at the age of
87.
 Her funeral was on 13 September 1997.

16. Her Last Journey

17. Lesson from the life of Mother Teresa

18. Reference
 Wikipedia
 Linkedin
 Pinterest
 Google images

19. With Thanks from:
-Jude Mascarenhas
Rai University