biografia de la madre teresa de calcuta

was born on 26 August 1910, she considered 27 August, the day she was baptised, to be her "true birthday". the birthplace of it was in Skopje
At the age of 12 years had become convinced that she should commit herself to a religious life.
She left home at age 18 to join the Sisters of Loreto as a missionary. She never again saw her mother or sister.
initially went to the Loreto Abbey inRathfarnham, Ireland, to learn English, the language the Sisters of Loreto. She arrived in India in 1929, and began her novitiate in Darjeeling, where she learnt Bengali and taught at the St. Teresa's School. She took her first religious vows as a nun on 24 May 1931.
She began her missionary work with the poor in 1948, spent a few months in Patna to receive a basic medical training in the Holy FamilyHospital and then ventured out into the slums.
She had no income and had to resort to begging for food and supplies.
The mother Teresa received Vatican permission on 7 October 1950 to start the diocesan congregation that would become the Missionaries of Charity. Its mission was to care for, in her own words, the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feelunwanted, unloved.
In 2003, she was beatified as "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta".
It started with congregation with 13 members in Calcutta; by 1997 it had grown to more than 4,000 sisters running orphanages, AIDS hospices and charity centres worldwide, and caring for refugees, the blind, disabled, aged, alcoholics, the poor and homeless, and victims of floods, epidemics, and famine.
by the 1960shad opened hospices, orphanages and leper houses all over India. during the 1970s the congregation opened houses and foundations in dozens of countries
Mother Teresa suffered a heart attack in Rome in 1983 while visiting Pope John Paul II. After a second attack in 1989, she received an artificial pacemaker. In 1991, after a battle with pneumonia while in Mexico, she suffered further heartproblems. She offered to resign her position as head of the Missionaries of Charity, but the sisters of the congregation, in a secret ballot, voted for her to stay. Mother Teresa agreed to continue her work as head of the congregation.
In April 1996, Mother Teresa fell and broke her collar bone. In August she suffered from malaria and failure of the left heart ventricle. She had heart surgery but it wasclear that her health was declining.
On 13 March 1997, she stepped down from the head of Missionaries of Charity. She died on 5 September 1997.
the works of Mother Teresa has been recognised and acclaimed throughout the world and has received a number of awards and distinctions, including the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize (1971), the Nehru Prize for her promotion of international peace andunderstanding (1972). She also received the Balzan Prize (1979), the Templeton and Magsaysay awards and the Nobel Peace Prize (1979).


Nació el 26 de agosto de 1910, que consideraba 27 de agosto el día en que fue bautizado, ser su "verdadero cumpleaños". El lugar de nacimiento fue en Skopje
A la edad de 12 años había llegado a la convicción de que debía comprometerse a una vida religiosa.
Ellase fue de casa a los 18 años para unirse a las Hermanas de Loreto como misionero. Ella nunca volvió a ver a su madre o hermana.
Inicialmente fue a la Abadía de Loreto en Rathfarnham, Irlanda, para aprender inglés, el idioma de las Hermanas de Loreto. Ella llegó a la India en 1929, y comenzó su noviciado en Darjeeling, donde aprendió bengalí y dio clases en la Escuela de San Teresa. Ella dio susprimeros votos religiosos como monja en 24 de mayo 1931.
Ella comenzó su trabajo misionero con los pobres en 1948, pasó unos meses en Patna para recibir una formación básica de médico en el Hospital de la Sagrada Familia y luego se aventuró a salir a los barrios pobres.
Ella no tenía ingresos y tuvo que recurrir a la mendicidad para alimentos y suministros.
La madre Teresa recibió el permiso...