-
Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia, on August 26, 1910.
-
-
she took her initial vows as a nun.
-
In 1948, she started working with the poor. She soon became an Indian citizen and toured to different parts of India to uplift the downtrodden.
-
Mother Teresa was granted permission to establish the diocesan congregation, which would work for those, whom she described as "the hungry, the homeless, the blind, the lepers and all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone".
-
Mother Teresa received permission from the Holy See to start her own order, "The Missionaries of Charity", whose primary task was to love and care for those persons nobody was prepared to look after.
-
Mother Teresa founded the first Home for the Dying in India. Later, she converted an unused Hindu temple into Kalighat Home for the Dying. People from all religions were accepted into Kalighat, where they would receive medical attention and care. She soon opened a home for lepers in Shanti Nagar.
-
Mother Teresa went ahead to open the Nirmala Shishu Bhavan, a home for the orphan and homeless children.
-
She was honored with the Philippines-based Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding.
-
she received the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize from Pope Paul VI.
-
She was honored with the Pacem in Terris Award.
-
Mother Teresa received the honorary citizenship of the United States of America.
-
Mother Teresa went ahead to open the Nirmala Shishu Bhavan, a home for the orphan and homeless children.
