mother teresa born
Girl Agnes Gonkshe Bojciu was born in the city of Sopje in Yugoslavia to an Albanian family. Born on 26 August 1910. Teresa’s father died in battle when she was seven years old. Both the horrors of the war and the death of his father had a great impact on his childhood.
mother teresa childhood
At the age of 12-13, while attending school in Sopje, Yugoslavia, Darjeeling, Calcutta had a deep impact on his mind. While studying the text ‘Lady with the Lap’, Florence Nightingale’s biography came to mind and at the same time she decided that we should also serve the helpless, downtrodden, weak poor.
Took the name 'Mother Teresa'.
On September 25, 1928, at the age of 18, she joined the Sisters of Loreto and went to Ireland. A few months later, on 23 May 1929, he entered the Loreto Novitiate and was baptized in the name of his preceptor, St. Teresa of Leysex. She started her work with the name ‘Sister Teresa’ from 25th May 1931. Later on 25 May 1937, she took the name ‘Mother Teresa’.
Service to the poor people
On September 10, 1946, when Mother Teresa was traveling by train from Calcutta to Darjeeling, she saw outside the window helpless, poor, downtrodden, sad women, men and children. They had no food, no clothing, no shelter. Seeing this, his heart became very sad. His life got a new inspiration. From that moment he left the glorious surroundings of Loreto and took up the task of serving the helpless poor on the footpaths.
When a Christian goes to another country as a missionary, nurse or social worker, they have to follow the rules of their missionary association. The Teres wanted an exemption from union rules for the service they wanted to perform. So he obtained orders from the ‘Father-Bishop of Calcutta and the Pope of Rome’. etc. S. In 1948, after receiving the Pope’s order, he went to the settlements of Calcutta and started his ministry. etc. S. Teresa took Indian citizenship in 1948. He changed his attire and wore a khadi saree with a blue border. Then went to Patna and took nursing training.
First school started
Now the terraces had only five rupees to serve the poor on the streets of Calcutta. In such an extremely adverse situation, On 21 December 1948, he started the first school in Motizeel settlement.
Missionaries of Charity
Mother Teresa was canonized by the Pope in 1950. On October 7, 1950, the lamp of ‘Missionaries of Charity Sisters’ was lit. An old Dharamshala behind the Kali Temple of Kalighat for the downtrodden was given to Mother Terrace by the Nagar Sabha of Calcutta for an ashram. A plaque was written on it in English and Bengali – ‘Calcutta and Pratishthan, Nirmal Hriday, Refuge for the needy.’ Of course, all this was initially opposed. But once the priest of that temple T. B got sick.
Then Mother Teresa took care of him like a son and saved him from the jaws of death. That’s when Mother Teresa gave them Kali Mata bottles. The priest became a devotee of Mother Teresa. Other priests also became devotees. Today, like the Nirmal Hriday Asylum on Kalighat, there are over three dozen such Asylums operating across India and around the world. Cody, T. B. Many institutions such as clinics, hospitals, commercial schools, technical schools are functioning. Switzerland, Austria, Venezuela, France, America, Canada, Italy, Australia, Holland, Denmark, England, New Zealand etc. Many lamps of ‘Missionaries of Charities’ are burning in many countries. Tells the success story of Mother Terraces.
124 awards
Mother Teresa has received 124 awards in her life.
In August 1962, he received the title of ‘Padma Shri’. A year later, the ‘Ranan Magsaysay Award’, the ‘John Peace Prize’ by Pope John Paul XIII in Vatican City in January 1971, two other awards in the same year, the ‘Good Samaritan Award’ and the ‘John F. He received all the awards ‘Kennedy International Award’. In the same year, the Catholic University of America conferred the title of Doctor of Humane Letters. The next year in November 1972, he received the ‘Jawaharlal Nehru Award’. etc. S. In 1979, the ‘Nobel Prize’ for world peace was given.
'Nirmal Hriday'
A very ordinary girl became a veritable goddess of compassion, service and mercy in the form of Mother Teresa, and continued to shower her love and shade upon the entire universe through countless ‘pure heart’ shelters. He named his service organization ‘Missionaries of Charity’. The rule for the young women who worked with him was that they should remain celibate for life.
Today the network of ‘Nirmal Hriday’ of Calcutta and many other ashrams and service institutions has spread not only in India but also in the world. Mother Teresa considered it her first duty to relieve the physical and mental suffering of people. Centers were opened at many places for orphans, widows and patients. Impressed by Mother Teresa’s selfless service, several governments awarded her; But at the same time also provided financial help.
'Bharat Ratna'
In March 1980, Mother Teresa was honored with India’s highest civilian award ‘Bharat Ratna’.
mother teresa death
He died on September 5, 1997 due to a heart attack in Kolkata.
MOTHER TERESA: Nobel Peace Prize Speech
