mother teresa - contributor personality
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BRANCH : CIVIL ENGINEERING
SEM - II
SAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
Group Members Name & Enrollment no.
CONTRACTOR SHILA (151260106036)
JAIN MAYURI (151260106013)LASHWANI NIKITA
(151260106020)MANKAR NIKITA (151260106021)SHAH REEMA (151260106033)
THE DYNAMIC PERSONALITY :-MOTHER TERESA
Early Life.... • She was born on 27th
August 1910.Her real name was Agnes Gionxhu Bejuxhiu and she was the youngest child of Nikola, a politician, and Drane Bejuxhiu in Skopje in Yugoslavia.
1. HOMES FOR THE POOR2. WORK WITH THE POOR
3. HELP THE INDIAN SLUMS 4 .MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY
Dynamic Identity
“LIFE IS CHAIN OF TROUBLE ,BREAK IT”
Homes for the poor• 1952 – opens Nirmal
Hriday [pure heart] for the dying.
• 1955 – opens Nirmal Shishua Bhavan [ immaculate heart] for lost children or children's home.
• 1957 – opens Shanti Nagar [city of peace] a home for lepers.
• Her order became well known for this work!
“IF YOU CAN’T FEED HUNDRED PEOPLE THEN FEED JUST ONE”
Working with the poor• On September10th 1964 she got the
calling to work with the poor. She began missionary work with the poor of Calcutta. She replaced the loretto habit with a simple white cotton chira with a blue border.
• In 1948 she took Indian citizenship and opened her first school in Motjhil to serve the homeless and starving. It was difficult at first as there was no money and she had to beg for food and other supplies. She did some medical training in Paris.“YESTERDAY IS GONE,TOMORROW HAS
NOT YET COME; WE HAVE ONLY TODAY ,LET US BEGIN”
Missionaries of Charity
• October 7th 1950 – Vatican permission to set up Missionaries of Charity, to care for the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind and lepers.
• She started with 13 nuns now there are over 4,000 .
She taught her nuns to live very simple lives, to pray constantly and to see the face of Jesus in every person, especially the poorest of the poor.
Many girls she had taught at the Loretto convent school joined her in her work. They too, dedicated their lives to Jesus in serving the very poor. In 1950, Sr Teresa’s order became known as the Missionaries of Charity.
Where she helped • 1982 – siege of Beirut • 1985- Ethopia
• 1986 - Chernobyl • 1988 - Armenia
Awards that she got • 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 II begins the process to make her a saint. • This process is still going on !
“GOD DOESN’T REQUIRE US TO SUCCEED,HE ONLY REQUIRES THAT YOU TRY”
Failing health • 1983 – 1st heart attack whilst visiting Pope John Paul II.• 1989 – 2nd heart attack, fitted with a pace maker.• 1992 – goes into hospital in USA for pneumonia and heart
problems.• 1993 – In May she broke 3 ribs, In August she suffers from
malaria and in September she had surgery for a blocked blood vessel.
• 1996 – In April she fell and broke her collar bone and in August she suffered malarial fever and more heart problems.
The final days • March 13th 1997 – she
stepped down as head nun and is replaced by Sister Nirnala.
• September 5th 1997 – She died of a massive heart attack in Calcutta at the age of 87.
• Her funeral was on the 13th of September 1997. She was given a state funeral
“I ALONE CANNOT CHANGE THE WORLD,BUT I CAN CAST THE STONE ACCROSS THE WATER TO CREAT MANY RIPPLES”
# MOTHER TERESA
Pictures of her funeral
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
“Keep smiling, help people & love your
life”