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Mother Teresa

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

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Mother Teresa

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  1. Mother Teresa By Kayla Yeager

  2. Born • August 27, 1910 as Agnes GionxhuBejuxhiu • In Skopje, Yugoslavia

  3. Nun Training 1928 Became Roman Catholic Loretto nun At Loretto Abbey in Dublin, Ireland Becomes Sister Teresa

  4. Teacher • 1929 Taught Geography at St. Mary’s High School in Calcutta, India

  5. 1937 • Takes final vows as a nun

  6. 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.

  7. 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

  8. Charity • 1950 Founds the Missionaries of Charity 1952 Opens NirmalHriday(Pure heart) 1953 Opens Orphanage Picture of NirmalHriday

  9. AWARDS • 1962- Wins the PadmaShri award • 1971-Receives the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize • 1979- Award Nobel Peace Prize • 1985-Award Medal of Freedom

  10. 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

  11. Step Down • Steps down as head of her order and was succeeded by Sister Narnala

  12. Death • She Died on September 5, 1997 from a heart attack at the age of 87

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