A biography of Mother Teresa, from her origins to the foundations she made. Her spirituality and legacy in the church

1. Mother
Teresa
of Calcutta
- Saint

2. Mother Teresa
of Calcuta,
whose name is Agnes
Gonxha Bopjaxhiu,
was born 26 of
August 1910
in Skopje in the
actual Republic of
Macedonia, (then
belonging to the
Otoman Empire)
(Macedonia was part
of Yugoslavia until it
gained independence
en 1991).
BIOGRAPHY OF MOTHER TERESA

3. Agnes, born in 1910, was the youngest.
Her father died when she was 8.
This proved very difficult for her mother and they were very poor,
yet though she was brought up strictly there was plenty of love.
This influenced her character and vocation

4. Agnes made
her first Holy
Communion
when she
was six,
and received
confirmation
a year later.

5. From the day of
her first Communion
she was very
devoted and religious.

6. 1928, at 18 years she entered the Sisters
Of our Lady of Loreto, in Ireland
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE

7. 1929, She travelled to Calcuta India,
where she taught at Saint Mary,’s
school for girls.
She was 19 years old.

8. 1937,
Agnes
made her
religous vows
and taught girls
and young
women
for 20 years.

9. 1931, Agnes took her religious name
from St Teresa, a French nun of
Lisieux who was canonized in 1927

10. Agnes was
helped in her
religious
formation
by the Jesuit
Parish of the
Sacred Heart

11. In 1937, Sister Teresa
made her perpetual
religious profession ,
becoming Spouse
of Christ forever.
She continued teaching
young women, and became
headmistress of the St
Mary’s school in 1944

12. Teresa was always prayerful and dedicated to
her sister nuns and students. Always joyful and helpful,
she lived out her consecration to God faithfully and valiently.

13. A CALL WITHIN A CALL
She was moved by the
condition of the poor
and destitute who lived
outside the walls of the
convent. In 1946 during
a journey to her annual
retreat she received the
inspiration, her calling.
The love of souls took
control of her heart.

14. In the following months she received visions and interior locutions.
Jesus revealed to her his heart’s desire to find souls who would spread his love.
He showed his sorrow because the poor were abandoned, and did not know him.

15. - Jesus asked her to found a religious congregation, the Missionaries of Charity,
dedicated to the service of the poorest of the poor,
those who were rejected, unloved, whom all ignored.

16. Many years passed before
she received permsission
to begin her work.
It was a time of
trial and discernment.
1948, Pope Pius XII
Gave her permission to go
outside the cloister to the
streets of Calcuta to the
poor, the sick and the
starving.
On 17 of August 1948
she wore the sari
(a traditional indian dress)
bordered with blue.

17. Some of her older
past -students
began to help her
in this mission.

18. The mother house of the Missionaries of Charity in Calcuta.

19. Her first apostolic work was helping to teach the poor street children.
In 1950, Mother Teresa began to help the lepers.

20. Her houses multiplied and extended.
There was room for everyone in them.
After only 10 years,in 1960 Mother Teresa began
to send her sisters to other parts of India.

21. Encouraged by Pope Paul VI,
she founded a community in Venezuela.
Later her houses extended to the 5 continents,
even in Communist countries.

22. From 1965 on, Mother Teresa founded houses in Italy and Tanzania.
Today there are 600 houses in 123 countries.

23. 1965,
Pope Paul VI
took the congregation
of the missionaries
of Charity under
his direct control
and authorized Mother
Teresa to expand
the relgious order
to other countries.

24. Centres were opened throughout the world for lepers,
the elderly, the blind, and people suffering from AIDS .
Schools and orphanages were set up for the poor and abandoned

25. In 1980, she came to Leganés (Madrid) to found a house for her Missionaries.
By the time of her death in 1997 she had consecrated almost
4,000 missionaries and had established communities in 123 countries.

27. 1963, Mother Teresa with Bro Joseph Langford founded
the male order “Brothers Missionaries of Charity”
to better help the spiritual and physical needs of the poor.
Fr. Joseph Langford
M.C.
FOUNDATIONS

28. Sisters and brothers of
the missionaries of charity

29. In 1976 she founded the contemplative branch of the sisters,
and in 1979 the contemplative brothers.

30. In 1981 her same spirit inspired
the Lay Missionaries of Charity.

31. In reply to the petition of many priests, Mother Teresa began in 1981
a Priestly Movement, Corpus Christi, as a small way to holiness
for those priests who wanted to share in her charism and spirit.

32. In 1984
the Missionary
of Charity
fathers were
founded.
her
inspiration was
not limited to
those who felt
a religious
vocation.

33. She formed the Collaborators of Mother Teresa
and the Colaborators of the Sick and suffering
People of different beliefs and nationalities with
whom she sharede her spirit of prayer, simplicity,
sacrifice and apostolate, based in works of love.

34. In1997, Mother Teresa
blessed her newly
elected successor
Sor Nirmala, (who had
been one of her past
students and helpers
right from the start),
as General Superior of
her Missionaries and
then made another
foreign mission

35. 1979, She received the Nobel Prize for Peace.
FAME of
HOLINESS

37. At the same
time, the mass
media started
to follow
her activities.

38. Her attitude
was that
the prizes
and attention
were all
“for the Glory
of God
and in the
name of
the poor”

40. Mother Teresa was sent as an ambassador of
peace to Lebanon by Pope John Paul II.
Through prayer she managed to get
a ceasefire, and entered Beirut
to save children trapped
in the hospital.

41. She was loved by so many people

42. “Even the rich are
hungry for love,
for being cared for,
for being wanted,
for having
someone to call
their own”.

43. She followed Jesus, often not feeling his presence, only her longing for Him.
The desire to unite herself with the Lord dominated her life.
She was heroically faithful even in the simplest daily chores.
Her dark night
of the soul

44. Prayer is what’s most important.
Start the day before the Lord.

45. “The Son of man has not come to be served, but to serve
and give his life as ransom for many” (Mk 10, 45).
Mother Theresa shared the passion of the Crucified Christ
in a special way during long years of “interior darkness”

46. In the darkest hours she prayed more fervently before the Blessed Sacrament.
This harsh trial made her identify more with those she served every day,
experiencing their sorrow, and at times their rejection.

47. “May your mercy
fall upons us Lord,
come down on us.
since we have
hoped in You.
Mother Teresa,
like the psalmist ,
in the moments
of interior desolation,
repeated to the Lord,
“I hope oin you,
My God”

48. After meeting Pope John
Paul II for the last time,
Mother Theresa returned to
Calcutta, where she lived
out the last weeks of her
life. She spent her last days
receiving visits and
instructing her sisters.
final days

49. She died in Calcuta, India, on 5 of Sept. 1997.

50. The government of India gave her a state funeral.

51. Her body was buried in the mother house of the Missionaries of Charity
Her tomb immediately became a place of pilgrimage and prayer
for people of faith from all sectors of life, rich and poor alike.

53. Barely two years after her death, John Paul II allowed
her cause of canonization to be introduced,
because of her fame of holiness and the favours
that were attributed to her.

54. 20 Dec 2002
he approved the
decrees of
heroism
of her virtues,
and a miracle
obtained
through her
intercession.
2003, she was
beatified by Pope
John Paul II

55. and canonized saint by Pope
Francis on 5 Sept 2016

58. Her canonization ceremony in Rome

59. Many are devoted to Mother Teresa

60. Many have felt the vocation for the mission of charity

61. Jesus’ cry from
the cross
“I thirst”
(Jn 19, 28),
expresses the
depth of God’s
love for man.
This penetrated
her soul
and found a
fertile soil
in her heart.
JP II
MOTHER
TERESA’S
SPIRITUALITY

62. “whoever would be the first, should be the servant of all” (Mc 10, 44).
“whoever would be great, let him be your servant" (Mc 10, 43).

63. “I say to you, when you do this to one of these
my smallest brothers, you do it to me" (Mt 25, 40).

64. I try to be a
sign of the the
presence and
compassion of
God, and thus
remind all ,of
the value and
dignity of every
son of God,
made to love
and be loved”.

71. “If you hear that
a woman doesn’t
want her son,
and wants
to abort,
try to convince
her to bring that
child to me.
I shall love him,
seeing in him
the sign of
God’s love.

72. In her total surrender of herself to God and neighbour,
Mother Teresa found her complete realization
and lived the noblest qualities of her femininity. JPII

73. Mother Teresa “brought the souls to God
and God to the souls” and satiated the thirst of Christ,
especially of the most needy, of those who
could not see God in the midst of their suffering and sorrow.

74. We venerate this small woman who loved God;
humble messanger of the gospel, and tireless benefactor of humanity.
We honour in her one of the most important personalities of our era.
Let us receive her message and follow her example.

75. The Joy of serving
is contagious

76. Statues in honour
of Mother Teresa

77. Parishes and chapels have been dedicated
to Saint Teresa of Calcuta

78. Virgen Mary, Queen of all saints, help us to be meek
and humble of heart like this intrepid messanger of love.
Help us serve, joyfully, with a smile, all the people we meet.
Help us be Missionaries of Christ, our peace and our hope. Amen.

79. Virgin Mary,
Queen of all saints,
help us to be meek and
humble of heart like this
intrepid messanger
of love.
Help us to serve,
with joy and a smile,
everyone we meet.
Help us to become
missionaries of Christ,
our Peace and
our Hope.
Amén.

80. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 27-5-2020
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Christ is Alive
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Love and Marriage 1-
Love and Marriage 2 – growing up to sexual maturity
Love and Marriage 3 – psychological differences and complimentarity
Love and Marriage 4- causes of sexual attraction
Love and Marriage 5- freedom and intimacy
Love and Marriage 6 - human love
Love and Marriage 7 - destiny of human love
Love and Marriage 8- marriage between Christian believers
Love and Marriage 9 – sacrament of marriage
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Pope Francis in the U.S.A. -1 ,2, 3
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Joseph
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
Valentine
Vocation – mconnor@legionaries.org
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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81. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 27-5-2020
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Cristo Vive
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Queridas Amazoznia 1 un sueños social
Queridas Amazoznia 2 un suepo cultural
Queridas Amazoznia 3 un seuños ecologico
Queridas Amazoznia 4 un sueño eclesial
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1
Revolución Rusa y comunismo 2
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 3
San José
Santiago Apóstol
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vocación – www.vocación.org
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