Mother Teresa Life History

Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910. She was born in Skopje, Macedonia. Mother Teresa Death date was on September 5, 1997. Mother Teresa childhood was very difficult for her because of her father passing. She attended public school. By the age 12 Mother Teresa started thinking about helping out the poor. Mother Teresa was known for helping out the poorest people. When she was 18 she left her home to join a community of Irish nuns. In the article it says, “She received training in Dublin, Ireland, and in Darjeeling, India, taking her first religious vows in 1928 and her final religious vows in 1937.” This is saying that she was being trained for what she wanted to be, helping out the poorest people. Mother Teresa had to train a lot to work with the poor. Mother Teresa already had a group to help out the poor.”

In 1950 her group, now called the Missionaries of Charity, received official status as a religious community within the Archdiocese of Calcutta.” Mother Teresa Group was official. Mother Teresa finally started helping out the poor. Mother Teresa would visit other countries to help out the poor over there too. She would visit Australia, Tanzania, Venezuela, and Italy. She would also visit them to get her group bigger. “By 1979 Mother Teresa's groups had more than two hundred different operations in over twenty-five countries around the world, with dozens more ventures on the horizon. The same year she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. In 1986 she persuaded President Fidel Castro (1926–) to allow a mission in Cuba.” Her group was getting bigger. So many other countries were starting to do the same thing as her. They were starting to help the poor people by doing shelters for them and giving out things to them also.

Mother Teresa passed away from a heart attack she had after celebrating her eighty-seventh birthday in August. Before she passed away she had nearly 4,000 members and were established in 610 foundations in 123 countries of the world. They were all part of her group. When she passed away so many people came to her funeral to honor her for what she did. She was so important that the Government of India honored her at her funeral. She was buried in the Mother house of the Missionary charity.”

Less than two years after her death, in view of Mother Teresa’s widespread reputation of holiness and the favors being reported, Pope John Paul II permitted the opening of her Cause of Canonization. On 20 December 2002 he approved the decrees of her heroic virtues and miracles. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 19 October 2003. The decree on the miracle required for her canonization was approved on 17 December 2015 and she was canonized by Pope Francis on 4 September 2016.” Later on her death she was being honored by so many popes. She officially became a saint also. 

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