| Name(s) |
SAINT MOTHER TERESA
(Her birth name is:
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu). |
| Date of
Birth |
August 26, 1910 |
| Date of
Death |
September 05, 1997 |
|
Identity |
Albanian-born Indian Roman
Catholic nun (Akin to
Bhagat Puran Singh of
Pingalwara of Punjab, India). |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- August 15, 1928: On this
day, she decided to commit herself to religious activities,
and soon thereafter she left her home and started
preparations to become a missionary.
- January 06, 1929: She arrived in India
and began her new missionary work in Darjeeling, near the
Himalayan mountains, where she learnt Bengali and taught at
St. Teresa's School, a schoolhouse close to her convent.
- May 24, 1931: She took her
first religious vows as a nun on this day. At that time she
opted for the name Teresa.
- May 14, 1937: She took her
solemn vows on this day.
- 1943: The Bengal
famine of 1943 brought misery and death to the city
of Calcutta.
- August 1946: The outbreak
of Hindu/Muslim violence plunged the city
into despair and horror.
- September 10, 1946: On this
day, she as if got an order from the God that she must
leave the convent and help the poor while living
among them. This was the day when Sister Teresa in
fact became Mother Teresa.
- October 07, 1950: She received
the permission of the Vatican to start the Mission
of Charity in order to care for "the hungry, the
naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers,
all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for
throughout society, people that have become a burden to the
society and are shunned by everyone."
- 1952: She opened the first
Home for the Dying in space made available by the city
administration. With the help of Indian officials she
converted an abandoned Hindu temple into the Kalighat Home
for the Dying, a free hospice for the poor. So she created
facilities to ensure that those who lived like animals die
like angels—loved and wanted.
- 1955: She opened the
Nirmala Shishu Bhavan, the Children's Home
of the Immaculate Heart, as a haven for orphans and homeless
youth.
- October 17, 1979: She received the
Nobel Peace Prize. She asked that the Nobel prize
money of $192,000 be given to the poor in India.
- January 25, 1980: She was
conferred India's highest civilian award, BHARAT
RATNA, by the Govt. of India.
- 1992: Her authorised
biography was written by Indian civil
servant Navin Chawla and published in 1992.
- 1996: By this year, she was
operating 517 missions in more than 100 countries.
Over the years, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity grew
from twelve to thousands serving the "poorest of the
poor" in 450 centres around the
world.
- April 1996: She fell and
broke her collar bone. Thereafter, her health was gradually
on the decline.
-
November 16, 1996: She received
honorary US citizenship on this day.
- March 13, 1997: She stepped
down from the head of Missionaries of Charity.
- September 05, 1997: She died on
this day. At the time of her death, her Missionaries of
Charity had over 4,000 sisters, and an associated
brotherhood of 300 members, operating 610 missions in 123
countries. These included hospices and homes for people with
HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens,
children's and family counselling programmes, personal
helpers, orphanages and schools. The Missionaries of Charity
were also aided by co-workers, who numbered over 1 million
by the 1990s.
- October 19, 2003: Her
beatification by Pope John Paul II on this day after her
death gave her the title "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta".
- December 17, 2015: The Vatican
confirmed that Pope Francis recognised a second miracle
attributed to her involving the healing of a Brazilian man
with multiple brain tumours.
- September 04, 2016: On this
day, she was canonised by the Pope at the Vatican. Thereafter she will be known
as Saint Mother Tereza.
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