“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” ― Mother Teresa
KRC Times Tell Tale Teaser Team
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, born on 26 August 1910, in Macedonia to a financially comfortable Albania family.
But destiny had played a cruel role and at the age of 8, she lost her father. Agnes, right from her childhood was very much fascinated with missionaries.
At the age of 18, she left home to join the Sisters of Loreto in Rathfarnham. Ireland. Till her death at the age of 87, she never met her mother or sister again.
In 1931, she took her vow as a nun and choose the name, Teresa. Though she remained in the teaching profession for 15 years in a reputed school in Kolkata but was hurt by the poverty she saw all around.
In 1946, while travelling to Darjeeling, she made up her mind to follow Christ into the slums and serve the poorest of the poor.
Besides promoting literacy, She taught the children and their families about basic hygiene. This mission of hers made her popular worldwide and many volunteers were eager to join her and assist her. She became a mother to all and was known as Mother Teresa.
Thus in 1950, the Mission Of Charity was started which was dedicated to caring for the hungry, the naked, the homeless, crippled and the leapers.
The organization was for all those people who felt unwanted and uncared in society.
Mother Teresa was honoured with many awards like Padma Shri, Peace prize, Albania’s Golden Honour of the Nation and the Nobel Peace Prize. She refused the Nobel honour banquet and wanted to dedicate the same amount for the poor.
She carried with her good work for the rest of her life and on Sept 5, 1997, breathed her last.
In 2016, Mother Teresa was canonized at St peter’s Square and declared as a Saint.
