Mother Teresa

IT IS NOT HOW MUCH WE DO, BUT HOW MUCH LOVE WE PUT IT DOING IT. THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. 





She was born on August 27, 1910 in Macedonia . Her name was Agnes Gonska Bojaxiu.  From young age of 12 , she was passionate about the life and work of religious priests. She also wanted to be merciful to people and engage in such activities. 

                        Mother Teresa lived a very simple life. Her only possessions were a bucket and two saris. 

At the age of 18 , she started her mission when she left her home to join the Institute of the Blessed virgin Mary in Ireland. It is here that she received the name sister Mary Teresa after ST THERESE OF LISIEUX. 

 

In December , she left Ireland to travel to India, arriving in Kalkata on 06th .  January 1929 to teach in a girls school.                                                                                                          

In 1950, she founded an organisation called the Missionaries of charity, which was a sisterhood dedicated to helping the poor. It expanded internationally and to this day has around 4500 nuns and 400 brothers across 87 countries. All of whom look after the poor and the sick in the slums of around 160 cities across the world.

Mother Teresa  has won a string of awards for her charity work the most notable being the Noble Peace prize, which she was given in 1979. Mother Teresa died on 05 september 1997 at age of 87, and was given a state funeral in India. 



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