Saint Mother Teresa
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Mother Teresa, with civil name Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhio, joined the Loreto Sisters in Ireland at the age of 18. She pursued the desire to carry the life of Christ to the people. Teresa was sent as a missionary to Benga and started to visit the people in the slums of Calcutta. It was her pleasure to rejoice the poor people by visiting them.
When she entered the convent in India, she gave up her civil name and took the name of the patroness of world mission, Thérèse of Lisieux - who became her idol.
An apparition of Jesus made her decide to dedicate her life to the poor. So, with the Pope's permission, she left the convent and began a life in the slums with the poor as one of them.
Later, the Missionaries of Charity community was established, for whose work Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
Biography
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhio is born on August 26 in Skopje
She decides to join the Loreto-Sisters
She gives her Religious vows and chooses the name Teresa
She was director of a high school for Bengali girls
On 10th September she hears the voice of Jesus Christ revealing her his last words on the cross "I thirst"
She interprets it as an appeal to care about the poor one
She gets permission of Pope to leave the convent and begins a life as one of the poor ones
Foundation of station for Lepra sufferers
In this way her name changes from Sister Teresa to Mother teresa
Foundation of Missonaries of Charity
Mother teresa was Superior General to 1997
Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize
Award of the Peace Medal of the United States of America by US President Ronald Reagan
In a referendum on allowing divorce from marriage, Mother Teresa called for a No vote
On 5th September she died in the age of 87 years
Even today she is called "Angel of the poor ones"
Beginning of beatification with special permission of Pope John Paul II
Beatification by John Paul II
It was the shortest process at this time
Canonization by Pope Francis
Her memoral day is the 5th September