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Mother Tersa's Life
She was born on August, 26,1910 -
How she became a nun
By the age of twelve, she wanted to become a nun. By 1928, she decided, by 18 years old, to become a nun and went to Ireland to join the Sisters of Loreto in Dublin. It was there that she took the name Sister Mary Teresa after Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. -
Her teaching carrer
A year later, she traveled on to Darjeeling, India. In May 1931, she made her First Profession of Vows. Afterward she was sent to Calcutta, where she was assigned to teach at Saint Mary's High School for Girls, a school run by the Loreto Sisters and dedicated to teaching girls from the city's poorest Bengali families. -
She becomes "Mother Teresa"
On May 24, 1937, she took her Final Profession of Vows to a life of poverty, chastity and obedience. Due to it being custom for the Loreto nuns, she took the title of "Mother" after completing her final vows. -
A calling within a Calling
On a train ride, Mother Teresa said that Christ told her to abandon her teaching career, and pursue to help the sick and poor. However, she had to get official permission before leaving the convent of the Loreto nuns. It took a year and a half, but she was able to get the permission she needed to pursue her new life. -
The Missionaries of Charity is founded
After she began an open-air school and established a home for the dying destitute in a run down building she convinced the city government to donate to her cause. In October 1950, she won canonical recognition for a new congregation, the Missionaries of Charity, which she founded with only a handful of members—most of them former teachers or pupils from St. Mary's School. -
She creates even more
During the 50's and 60's, Mother Teresa established an orphanage, a leper colony, a nursing home, a family clinic, and a string of mobile health clinics. -
Mother Teresa goes international
On February 1965, Pope Paul VI bestowed the Decree of Praise upon the Missionaries of Charity. This encouraged Mother Teresa to expand internationally. By this point, there were over 4,000 apart of the Missionaries of Charity, and with 610 foundations in 123 countries around the world. -
First time in America
She went to New York to open her first American-based house of charity -
Many awards
First, she received the Jewel of India, then she received the Soviet Union's Gold Medal of the Soviet Peace Committee(which is no longer in use), and then, in 1979. he received the Nobel Peace Prize -
Working in secret
During Summer, she secretly went to Beirut, Lebanon. Once there, she crossed between Christian East Beirut and Muslim West Beirut to aid children of both faiths. -
Back to America
She went back to New York to speak at the 40th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly. She also opened Gift Of Love, which was dedicated to house those with HIV/AIDS. -
Mother Teresa's death
Due to heart, lung, and kidney problems, Mother Teresa died on September 5, 1997. In 2003, she was granted the name "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta". -
She is conozied as a Saint
Due to a man surviving a serve coma, and his friends and family praying to Mother Teresa, she was canonized as a Saint by Pope Francis.