Mother Teressa

Mother Teressa

The embodiment of Divine love. Mother Teressa was born on 26^th August 1910 at Skopje in Macedonia. It was at the age of twelve that for the first time she felt a keen desire to spend her life doing God’s work. Agnes was 18 when the decision was made. On the 25^th September 1928 she left for Dublin where the mother house of Loretto sister is. On lst December 1928 sister Teressa left for India to begin a new life. To clear her tormented soul and to look for direction sister Teressa went for a retreat to Darjeeling on the 10^th of September 1937.

It was in August 1948 that she received the permission to leave the Loretto community by the people of Rome. On 19^th March 1949 the girl came back in all simplicity and earnest faith. With continuous work their community work grew. Soon Teressa began thinking about starting a congregation. This was approved on 7^th October, 1950.she received the Nobel Prize for peace in 1979.On 5^th September, 1997 mother Teressa died of a heart attack. She was buried on 13^th September, 1997.