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Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Born in Skopje, Macedonia, in the former Yugoslavia, out of three children she was the youngest. -
Sister Mary Teresa
Gonxha Agnes, then in 1928 September she left home to join the Institued of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She received a new name Sister Mary Teresa -
Gonxha takes her name Teresa
as she takes her first vows -
"Spouse of Jesus" for "All Eternity"
May 24, 1937 she made her Final Profession of Vows, becoming, the "spouse of Jesus" for "all eternity." -
Sister Teresa takes her final vows
Loreto School, Darjeeling, India -
Sister Teresa the Principal
In 1944, she had become the principal of St. Mary -
Sister Teresa gets her call to serve the poorest of the poor
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Mother Teresa opened her first school in the slums
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White, Blue-Boardered Sari
August 17, 1948, for the first time she dressed in a white, blue-bordered sari -
1st home was opened for abandoned & handicapped children
first group of Missionaries of Charity -
Mother Teresa died
Died of a heartattack, at Motherhouse in Calcutta.