CHANDEGRA ROHIT M. (126190319004)

GUIDE NAME:-

V.D.GOHEL

Born :- 27th August, 1910

Full Name :- Gnes Gionxhu Bejuxhiu

Father Name :- Nikola Bojaxhiu

Mother Name:- Dranafile Bojaxhiu

Died :- September 5, 1997 (aged 87)

Age 12 - decided on a religious life.

Age 18 – joined the Sisters of Loretto a roman catholic order .

Age 21 – takes first religious vows and chooses the name

therse du lisieux after the saint of missionaries .

After a short course with the Medical Mission Sisters in Patna, she returned to Calcutta and found temporary lodging with the Little Sisters of the Poor.

On 21 December she went for the first time to the slums. On October 7, 1950, Mother Teresa received permission from the Vatican to start her own order. Vatican originally labeled the order as the Diocesan Congregation of the Calcutta Diocese, and it later came to known as the "Missionaries of Charity".

The primary task of the Missionaries of Charity was to take care of those persons who nobody was prepared to look after.

She began her missionary work with the poor in

1948.

Mother Teresa adopted Indian citizenship.

Its mission was to care for, in her own words, "the

hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the

blind, the lepers, 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.“

1952 – opens Nirmal Hriday[pure heart] for the dying.

1955 – opens Nirmala ShishuaBhavan [ immaculate heart] for lost children or children's home.

1957 – opens Shanti Nagar [city of peace] a home for lepers.

By 1996, she was operating 517 missions in more than

100 countries.

Over the years, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity

grew from twelve to thousands serving the "poorest of the

poor" in 450 centers around the world.

1982 – siege of Beirut 1985 - Ethopia

1986 - Chernobyl 1988 - Armenia

1962 - Padma shri award 1971 - Pope John XXIII peace prize 1975 - Albert Schweiter international prize 1976 - Pacem in Terris award 1978 - Balzon prize 1979 - Noble Peace Prize 1983 - Order of Merit 1985 - Medal of Freedom 1994 - Golden Honour of the Nation [Albania] 1996 - Honorary citizenship of USA 1998 - Pope John Paul well begins the process to make her a saint.

This process is still going on !

Mother Teresa left behind a legacy of forty-five hundred sisters, four hundred brothers, and countless spiritual workers, missionaries, and volunteers in whose hearts and work her spirit lives on. It is possible that no one person has ever received more awards and honors than Mother Teresa.

Mother Teresa died long time ago but she still lives in the heart of the people.

A living example of the motto “The more you give away the more you receive.”