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NAME :-Mother Teresa
OCCUPATION :- Nun
BIRTH DATE :- August 26, 1910
DEATH DATE:- September 5, 1997
EDUCATION:- Institute of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
PLACE OF
BIRTH:- Skopje, Macedonia
PLACE OF
DEATH:- Calcutta, India
ORIGINALLY:- Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
FULL NAME:- Blessed MotherTeresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa was the founder of the Order of
the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated
to helping the poor.
Synopsis
Born in 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, Mother Teresa taught in India for 17 years before she experienced her 1946 "call within a call" to devote herself to caring for the sick and poor. Her order established a hospice; centers for the blind, aged, and disabled; and a leper colony. In 1979 she received the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work. She died in September 1997 and was beatified in October 2003. In December 2015, Pope Francis recognized a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa, clearing the way for her to be canonized as a saint on September 4, 2016.
A New
Calling
However,
on September 10, 1946, Mother Teresa experienced a second calling, the
"call within a call" that would forever transform her life. She was
riding in a train from Calcutta to the Himalayan foothills for a retreat when
she said Christ spoke to her and told her to abandon teaching to work in the
slums of Calcutta aiding the city's poorest and sickest people.
“I can do things you
cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.”
Top Ten Facts About Mother Teresa
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was
born Aug. 26, 1910, in Macedonia to a financially comfortable
Albanian family (they owned two houses, one of which they lived in). Her father
died when she was 8, ending her family’s financial security.
Agnes was fascinated with missionaries from an early age, and by 12 she knew that she would commit herself to a religious vocation.
When she was 18, Agnes left home and joined the Sisters of Loreto in Rathfarnham, Ireland.
Although she lived to be 87, she never saw her mother or sister again after the day she left for Ireland.
She took her vows as a nun in 1931, choosing the name Teresa to honor Saints Therese of Lisieux and Teresa of Avila.
In 1948 Sister Teresa set aside her nun’s habit – adopting instead the simple sari and sandals worn by the women she would be living among – and moved to a small rented hovel in the slums to begin her work.
In addition to promoting literacy, Teresa taught the children basic hygiene. She visited their families, inquiring about their needs and helping provide for them when she could.
She refused the traditional Nobel honor banquet, instead requesting that the $192,000 budget be given to help the poor of India.
She continued her work with the poor for the rest of her life, leading the Missionaries of Charity until just months before her death Sept. 5, 1997.
The Catholic Church has begun to move Mother Teresa along the steps toward sainthood, and she was beatified in 2003. Her official title is now Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.
Agnes was fascinated with missionaries from an early age, and by 12 she knew that she would commit herself to a religious vocation.
When she was 18, Agnes left home and joined the Sisters of Loreto in Rathfarnham, Ireland.
Although she lived to be 87, she never saw her mother or sister again after the day she left for Ireland.
She took her vows as a nun in 1931, choosing the name Teresa to honor Saints Therese of Lisieux and Teresa of Avila.
In 1948 Sister Teresa set aside her nun’s habit – adopting instead the simple sari and sandals worn by the women she would be living among – and moved to a small rented hovel in the slums to begin her work.
In addition to promoting literacy, Teresa taught the children basic hygiene. She visited their families, inquiring about their needs and helping provide for them when she could.
She refused the traditional Nobel honor banquet, instead requesting that the $192,000 budget be given to help the poor of India.
She continued her work with the poor for the rest of her life, leading the Missionaries of Charity until just months before her death Sept. 5, 1997.
The Catholic Church has begun to move Mother Teresa along the steps toward sainthood, and she was beatified in 2003. Her official title is now Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.
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