Mother Teresa Bojaxhiu
Founded the Missionaries of Charity
Mother Teresa's life timeline
1910 - Born in Skopje (now the capital of North Macedonia)
1928 - Left home to join the Sisters of Loreto, a group of nuns in Ireland
1929 - Moved to India and taught at a Catholic school for girls.
1946 - Received what she would later describe as a “call within a call.” She said Jesus spoke to her and told her to abandon teaching to work in the slums of Calcutta aiding the city's poorest and sickest people
1950 - Received Vatican approval for Missionaries of Charity, a group of religious sisters who took vows of chastity, poverty, obedience, and to give “wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor.”
1970s - The Missionaries of the Charity had offshoots in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the United States.
1971 - Received from Pope John XXIII Peace Prize
1972 - Was awarded The Nehru Prize –for the promotion of international peace and understanding
1975 - Was awarded Albert Schweitzer International Prize
1979 - Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitutes a threat to peace.” She didn’t attend the ceremonial banquet but asked that the $192,000 fund be given to the poor.
1985 - States Presidential Medal of Freedom
1994 - Congressional Gold Medal
1996 - Honorary citizenship of the United States
2003 - Was formally beatified by Pope John Paul II
1997 - Died at age 87, Calcutta, West Bengal, India (present-day Kolkata)
Love cannot remain by itself – it has no meaning. Love has to be
put into action, and that action is service.
~ Mother Teresa