She founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950.
She founded the Missionaries of Charity.
She founded the Missionaries of Charity.
Nirmal Hriday
The Missionaries of Charity
Missionaries of Charity
Her maiden name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Her chosen name was Sister Teresa. When she started the Missionaries of Charity she became Mother Teresa.
Nirmala is the name of the successor of Mother Teresa, not the name of Mother Teresa.
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Teresa)'s father was named Kole Bojaxhiu, her mother was named Dranafile Bojaxhiu, and her sibling's names were Aga (female), she was seven years older than Mother Teresa and Lazar (male), he was two years older than Mother Teresa.
Mother Teresa's name was Agnes Gonxha BojaxhiuAgnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Mother Teresa's real name is "Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu", as she is a nun she had changed her name to "Teresa" after St. Teresa of Avila.
Mother Teresa's sister's name was Aga Bojaxhiu.
Mother Teresa's name was changed from her birth name of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu to Sister Teresa when she became a novice in the convent in Ireland, at the age of 18. Sister Teresa's name was changed to Mother Teresa when she became a fully professed Sister. Later, when she started the Missionaries of Charity, she was still called Mother, as she was the Mother Superior, and Foundress of that Order.