RE: Mother Teresa - Life Flashcards
Where was she born?
Skopje, Macedonia
What date was she born?
27th August 1910
What was her birth name?
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
What religion was she?
Catholic
How many brother or sisters did she have?
1 brother
1 sister
2 in total
What age did she know she was going to serve God?
12
What age did she go to Dublin to join the nuns?
17
What was the order of nuns she joined?
The Loreto Nuns - A teaching order of nuns
What was the first city in India she went to?
Darjeeling
What was her second city she went to?
Calcutta
What school did she teach in?
St. Mary’s High School
How long did she teach?
From 1928 - 1948
What subject did she teach?
Geography
What happened on the 10 September 1946?
She asked to work in the slums
What order of nuns did she go to, when she was trained being trained as a nurse?
American Medical Missionary Sisters
Where was the Nursing order of nuns?
Patna, India
When did she train to be a nurse?
August 1948
When did she open the first slum school?
December 1948
What were the first two things she taught them?
A prayer
How to wash themselves
What was the order of nuns she created called?
The Missionary’s of Charity
What was Nirmal Hriday?
A Hindu temple she used as a home for the dying
Translate Nirmal Hriday
Place of the Pure Heart
What was a typical day for the nuns?
Wake 4:30, meet for prayers, eat breakfast, clean house/did washing, worked
Name some work they did
Work in slums, working with kids, home for the dying, leprosy clinics, give out medicine, feed 1000’s everyday
What was Shisu Bhavan?
A home for unwanted babies
What was Gift of Love?
Home for AIDS sufferers
What three things must you follow to become a nun?
Chastity
Obedience to their religious order
Poverty
