Mother Teresa:

Missionary

Quotes:

1."It is not how much we do but how much love we put in doing."

2."Mother is known as "Saint of Calcutta", the nun who has cared for the starving and homeless, and nursed the sick and dying, when others would noy help them". American Bookseller

Timeline:

1.August 26, 1910 Mother was born in Skopje, Macedonia.

2. 1937 She took her final vows to become a nun.

3. 1946 She rode a train to a moutain town called Darjeeeling and received a message to serve among the poorest of the poor.

4. 1952 She opened "Pure Heart" a home for the dying.

5. 1952 She opened her frist orphange.

6. 1962 She won her frist prize for Humanitarian work.

7. 1983 She had a heart attack while visting Pope John Paul II

8.1997 Mother Teresa dided of old age.

Character Quality Traits/Antecdotes:

1. Compassion- One night she brought 20 kids in from the street and fed them.

2. Loving- When the kids at St.Mary's were sick she stayed up all night with them.

3. Willing- She was willing to go on the streets to serve the poor.

4. Empathy-One night she took a lady off the streets named Granny, fed her and put her to sleep in her own bed.

5.Courage- She left her family and friends to become a nun.

Accompilshments

1. In Beirut, thirty-seven children were caught in the war. Some of them were mentally retarded, some were sick, most of them couldn't walk. Bombs had shattered the windows. Then four trucks came with red crosses on them. Then Mother Teresa came out she hugged the little ones and shook ands with the older ones scooped up the babies, then got the children to safety.

2. In 1979 she won the Nobel Peace Prize.

3.In 1885 she won the Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian award.

4. She opened Pure Heart a home for the dying.

5. She built an orphange for kids with no parents or place to live.

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