Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa


I did my Report on Mother Teresa. In 1910, Mother Teresa was born as Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 26, in Skopje, which is now Macedonia.

When Gonxha was in first grade, she had her first Communion. Because they were Catholic, when kids got their first Communion, they were also baptized. The kids also got slapped on the cheek, to remind them that the road ahead would not be easy.
But before kids could get baptized, they had to go through confession. They would go into the confession booth and confess to a priest. The confession room was pitch black with no lights on. The priest was behind a little window.
Later that year, Gonxha’s father died. After the funeral, Gonxha carried her rosary with her wherever she went. It reminded her that she was not alone.

By the time she was 12, Gonxha knew she wanted to devote her life to helping the poor.
In 1928, Gonxha becomes Sister Teresa of the Child Jesus, novitiate on Loreto order. She is only 18 when this happens and she is still carrying her rosary wherever she goes.
In 1929, one year later, Sister Teresa arrives in Calcutta to teach at Lroeto Entally. It is a big fenced in area where one school is for rich English people, and the other school is for rich Bengali kids.
In 1937, Sister Teresa takes her final vows, and becomes Mother Teresa of the child of Jesus. When she gets back to Calcuta, she becomes a Mother Superior.
In 1926, Mother Teresa received a calling from Jesus to serve them among the poorest of the poor. So she asked to go out to the slums of Calcutta to serve the poor. Her Mother Superior said she could, so in 1947 she moves to Calcutta’s slums to set up her first school.
In 1950, Mother Teresa founds the order of the Missionaries of Charity.

Later on she becomes a citizen of India.
In1952, Mother Teresa opens Nirmal Hriday, or “Pure Heart,” a home for the dying.
Mother Teresa accepts the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the poor in 1979.
In 1997, Mother Teresa steps down on March 13 as head of her order. Later that year, Mother Teresa dies on September 5, in Calcutta, India.

In 2003, Mother Teresa becomes “Blessed Teresa of Calcutta” when beatified by Pope John Paul II.
So you see, Mother Teresa did many things to help the poor. She also followed God, and trusted Him and did His will. She prayed to God often. Mother Teresa went through hard times when her father died, but that didn’t stop her. Even when she was having bad heart pains, Mother Teresa kept helping the poor. That is why today Mother Teresa is known well to Christians.