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Birthdate
She was born in Skopje (Macedonia) -
Trip to Calcutta
He moved by sea to Calcutta, where he arrived on January 6, 1929.23 In Darjeeling, near the Himalayas, 24 began his novitiate and learned Bengali in addition to teaching at the school of Santa Teresa, who was near his convent -
Moment when he stops seeing his mother and sister
Shortly after turning 18, she went with a friend to the Abbey of Loreto, belonging to the Catholic religious congregation Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Rathfarnham, Ireland -
Transfer
After making her vows of poverty, chastity and obedience as a nun on May 24, 1931, she was transferred to the College of Santa Maria in Entally, east of Calcutta. In that period, she chose to be called with the same name as Therese of Lisieux, the patron saint of the missionaries -
Profession
On May 14, 1937, Teresa made her solemn vows while teaching at the convent school in Loreto. She worked there for almost twenty years as a professor of history and geography until, in 1944, she became director of the center -
Her life to the less privileged of society
Appointed and in charge of a school of the Santa Ana sisters, Teresa experienced what she later described as the "call within the call", in reference to having listened to God asking her to dedicate her life to the less privileged of society -
Her work
He began working among the poor in 1948 teaching them to read. After taking Indian citizenship in 1950, she received training as a nurse for three months in Patna with the Medical Missionary Sisters of North America and finally settled in the poorest neighborhoods. -
To start a diocesan congregation
She sent a request to the Vatican to start a diocesan congregation; However, in India there were serious political difficulties as a result of its recent independence -
Found a congregation
Founded the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta -
Increasing number of abandoned children
With the increasing number of abandoned children, he opened the institution "Home of the Child of the Immaculate Heart" for orphans and homeless youth.45 Subsequently, he founded the "Shanti Nagar" center for those individuals who suffered from the disease. Hansen, commonly known as leprosy, 46 along with other similar clinics where the Missionaries of Charity provided medical care and food. -
Papa Paul VI trip to Bombay
In 1964, Papa Paul VI, on the occasion of his trip to Bombay for a Eucharistic congress, gave him a white Lincoln limousine vehicle that was later auctioned by Mother Teresa, with the money obtained, he organized an establishment for lepers called «City of Peace», very similar to «Don de la Paz», a rehabilitation center founded by Teresa with the money she got together with the Juan XXIII prize in 1971 -
His order
His order began to spread throughout the world beginning in 1965, when his congregation settled in Venezuela with only five sisters -
Opened establishments
Mother Teresa had opened establishments in Rome, Tanzania and Austria and even extended to a large part of the country. Asia, Africa, Europe and the United States -
Bangladesh Liberation War
Between March 26 and December 16, 1971, the Bangladesh Liberation War, a confrontation between India and Pakistan, occurred in which rapes occurred to women, which is why many would have committed suicide, driven mad or fled . In addition, they had been prohibited from marrying and having children during that period. Mother Teresa together with her sisters established places to welcome them and provide them with all the necessary care -
His death
At the time of his death, the order operated 610 missions in 123 countries, including tasks in hospices and homes for people with AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, counseling programs for children and families, orphanages and schools.
