Info On Mother Teresa

Info On Mother Teresa

Birth
 Her birthname was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu.
 She was born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia.
 Her baptism date was August 27, 1910.
 She was born Catholic.

Early life
 When Agnes was 9, her father died.
 She liked to go to church.
 She went to help the poor when her mother couldn’t.

Education
 Agnes when to state school.
 These were non-Catholic schools.
 Agnes went to the Lyceum (college).
 She sang second voice in their choir.

Family
 Her sister Aga was born in 1904.
 Her brother Lazar was born in 1907.
 Her mother’s name was Drana.
 Her father, Kole died in 1919.

Interesting Facts
 She was a sister in two or three different convents.
 She played the mandolin at an early age.
 She obtained the role of mother when she got the Mother house.
 She was named after a Sister in the town she came from that died at and early age of 29.

Major Works/Accomplishments
 Mother Teresa helped people all over the world.
 She opened houses all over the world in different causes such as homes for women with unwanted pregnancies, abandoned children, people with leprosy, and people with AIDS.
 She fought in the battle against abortion.

Death
 She died on September 7th, 1997.
 She died in the Calcutta house.
 She died at about 9:30 at night according to Indian Time Zones.

Awards
 In 1971, she won the Peace Prize of Pope John Paul XXIII, the Prize of the Good Samaritan, and the Kennedy Prize.
 In 1972, she won the Koruna Dut (Angel of Charity) from the President of India.
 In 1973, she won the Templeton Prize.
 In 1974, she won the Mater et Magistra.
 In 1975, she won the Albert Schweitzer International Prize.
 In 1977 and in 1982, She won the Doctor Honoris Causa in Theology....