mother teresa
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Mother Teresa. By Kayla Yeager. Born. August 27, 1910 as Agnes Gionxhu Bejuxhiu In Skopje, Yugoslavia. Nun Training. 1928 Became Roman Catholic Loretto nun At Loretto Abbey in Dublin, Ireland Becomes Sister Teresa. Teacher. 1929 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Mother Teresa
ByKayla Yeager
Born
• August 27, 1910 as Agnes Gionxhu Bejuxhiu
• In Skopje, Yugoslavia
Nun Training
1928 Became Roman
Catholic Loretto nunAt Loretto Abbey in
Dublin, Ireland
Becomes Sister Teresa
Teacher
• 1929
Taught Geography at St. Mary’s High School in Calcutta, India
1937
• Takes final vows as a nun
The Calling
• September 1946
On a train ride to get cure for suspected tuberculosis, she received calling to serve among the poor.
Leaves the convent to serve poor.
1947-1948
• Permitted to leave order and moves to slum to start school
• Transfers her citizenship from Yugoslavia to India
• Gets Medical training in Paris, France
Charity
• 1950 Founds the
Missionaries of Charity1952 Opens Nirmal
Hriday(Pure heart)1953 Opens Orphanage
Picture of Nirmal Hriday
AWARDS
• 1962- Wins the Padma Shri award
• 1971-Receives the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize
• 1979- Award Nobel Peace Prize
• 1985-Award Medal of Freedom
Injuries
• 1983-First Heart attack while visiting Pope John Paul II
• 1989-Suffers second heart attack
• 1992-Congestive heart failure
• 1993-falls and breaks three ribs in may
• 1993-surgery for blocked blood vessel in September
• 1996-Breaks collarbone in April
Malarial fever in August
Step Down
• Steps down as head of her order and was succeeded by Sister Narnala
Death• She Died on
September 5, 1997 from a heart attack at the age of 87