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Mother Teresa was born
Where? She was born in Skopje, Macedona. -
Mother Teresa's father's death
Nikollë Bojaxhiu died of an illness in Skopje, Macedona. At this point, Mother Teresa became very close to her mother. She was 8 when he passed. -
Mother Teresa joined the Loretto Sisters of Dublin, Ireland
She was 18 and took the name, Sister Mary Teresa. -
Mother Teresa traveled to Calcutta, India
She traveled to teach at an all girls high school. -
Mother Teresa took her Final Profession Vows
The vows to a life of poverty, obedience, charity. -
Mother Teresa became principal at Saint Mary's
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Mother Teresa had a second calling from Christ
A calling that led her to leave her convent and devote herself with working with the poorest of the poor. -
Mother Teresa received approval to pursue this new calling
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Mother Teresa created the Missionaries of Charity
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Mother Teresa opened hospices, orphanages, and leper houses
These were opened all over India and later expanded internationally. -
Mother Teresa traveled to New York City
She opened her 1st American- Based house of charity while in NYC. -
Mother Teresa was awarded the noble priest prize and donated the $192,000 prize fund to the poor in India
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Mother Teresa secretly traveled in the summer through the Siege of Baruge
She traveled through a war zone to evacuate 37 children and later assisted radiation victims at your noble and earthquake victims in Armenia. -
President Ronald Regan awarded Mother Teresa with a presidential medal of freedom
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Mother Teresa had operated 517 missions in more than 100 countries
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Mother Teresa's death
She died after years of heart, lung, and kidney problems. Mother Teresa was 87 when she passed. -
Pope John Paul II opened a formal process toward beatification to make Mother Teresa an official Catholic Saint
