Mother Teresa of Calcutta

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Mother Teresa of Calcutta

• By Scott Morrison 10E

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Essential facts on Mother Teresa

• Born
• 26 August 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia
• (In 1928 she joined a religious order and took
  the name Teresa)
• Died
• 5 September 1997 in Calcutta, India from natural
  causes
• Beatified (going to be beatified)
• 19 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II

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Other Facts

• Founded the Congregation of the Missionaries of
  Charity in 1950
• In 1957 the Missionaries of Charity started their
  work with lepers and in disaster areas

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Awards Mother Teresa received

• Pope John XXIII Peace Prize in 1971
• Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International
  Understanding in 1972
• Nobel Peace Prize in 1979

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Main events in her life

• 1910 Born Agnes Goinxha Bejaxhiu - to Albanian
  parents of peasant stock in Skopje in the former
  Yugoslavia on August 27.
• 1946 Sets up her own home to help the poor and
  sick of Calcutta. Said she received a 'divine
  call' to work among the poor.
• 1948 Becomes an Indian citizen.
• 1950 Sets up Missionaries of Charity.
• 1971 Awarded the Pope John Peace Prize.
• 1979 Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She did not
  want the traditional lavish banquet that
  accompanies the prize ceremony in Oslo each year
  to be held. Instead, she asked that the money
  which would be used to pay for the banquet be
  sent to the poor in Calcutta.
• 1980 Bestowed India's highest civilian honour,
  the Bharat Ratna.

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Main events in her life (cont)

• 1989 Suffers heart trouble, fitted
  with pacemaker.
• 1990 Asks to stand down as head of
  the order but is voted back in as superior
  general.
• 1991 Undergoes heart surgery in the
  United States.
• 1993 Further surgery in Calcutta to
  clear a blocked heart vessel.
• 1996 Suffers heart failure on Aug 22.
  Her heart stops beating for around two minutes
  but
• she is resuscitated. She later has a heart
  attack and undergoes further surgery.
• 1997 On March 13 Sister Nirmala is
  elected to succeed Mother Teresa as head of the
  
• Missonaries of Charity.
• September 5, 1997 Dies in Calcutta.

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Quotes and her beliefs
Mother Teresa did not believe in abortion. These
are some quotes of what she had to say about
abortion

• "What is taking place in America," she said, "is
  a war against the child. And if we accept that
  the mother can kill her own child, how can we
  tell other people not to kill one another."
• "Any country that accepts abortion, is not
  teaching its people to love, but to use any
  violence to get what it wants."
• "It is a poverty to decide that a child must die
  so that you may live as you wish."

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Her contribution to society and other people
Because of her contribution to society, the
missionaries that she founded in 1950, called the
Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity, her
missionary now, in 2003, provide food for the
needy and operates hospitals, schools,
orphanages, youth centres, and shelters for
lepers and the dying poor. It now has branches in
50 Indian cities and 30 other countries.
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The difficulties she had to overcome throughout
her life
Mother Teresa suffered health deficiencies from
being surrounded by the sick (i.e lepers) and
was constantly battling heart attacks and poor
health. Yet, she never gave up her time, effort
and her life to help the people in need.
However, after she had a heart surgery in 1996,
in 1997, she passed away in her sleep. However,
her humanity, humility and selflessness will
never be forgotten.
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Mother Teresas personal qualities
Mother Teresa will soon become beautified and
officially be a saint in October this year,
mainly due to her personal qualities. Without
these qualities, many of the things she
accomplished wouldnt have been done. Some of
her personal qualities included perseverance,
humanity, humility, equality, compassion and
generosity. She gave her whole life to devote
her time and her life for the poor, needy, sick,
homeless and uneducated.
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The inspiration she offers to people today in 2003
Mother Teresa of Calcutta inspires many people
because of her unconditional love, her love of
Christ, the humbleness she showed and her
continuing to help those who were poor, sick,
lepers and helpless even those who did not show
gratitude.
Many people have joined missionaries because of
the inspiration she has given others and are more
enthusiastic to help the poor, needy and sick
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