CITATIONS ET PROVERBES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          De son nom de naissance Agnès Bojaxhiu. Elle naquit à Skopje (Yougoslavie) de parents albanais le 26 Août 1910.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Les jésuites yougoslaves s'étaient implantés dans le diocèse de Calcutta en 1925. Agnès fut partante pour une Mission au Bengale. En 1928 elle part pour Dublin (Irlande) au couvent de Loreto, puis à Darjeeling pour débuter son noviciat.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     De 1929 à 1948, elle enseigne la géographie à St Mary's High School de Calcutta, elle sera directrice quelques années.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Le 10 Septembre 1946, dans le "Toy Train" qui la monte jusqu'à Darjeeling pour une retraite, elle comprend qu'elle est appelée à servir les plus pauvres dans la rue. Après quelques hésitations de ses supérieurs, Rome l'autorise à sortir de l'ordre.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Le 08 Août 1948, elle laisse l'habit de Loreto pour un sari blanc bordé de trois lignes bleues. Elle va trois mois à Patna (dans le Bihar) chez les "American Medical Missionary Sisters" pour recevoir une formation accélérée d'infirmière. De retour à Calcutta elle s'installe chez les "petites soeurs des pauvres".
Le 19 Mars 1949 alors qu'elle vient d'aménager dans un appartement de la famille Gomes, elle reçoit la première soeur, une bengali.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Le 07 Octobre 1950, Fondation de la Congrégation des Missionnaires de la Charité.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           En 1963 appparaissent les Frères Missionnaires de la Charité.
Le 1er Février 1965, Les Missionnaires de la Charité deviennent une société d'obédience pontificale.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Les fondations vont se développer en Inde, puis dans le monde.
Le 26 Mars 1969, l'Association Internationale des Coopérateurs de Mère Teresa est affiliée à l'ordre des Missionnaires de la Charité.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   En 1970, un noviciat est ouvert à Londres pour les novices d'Europe et d'Amérique.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Le 06 Janvier 1971, Mère Teresa reçoit le "Prix de la Paix du pape Jean XXIII" des mains du pape Paul VI.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Octobre 1971 : Prix International John Kennedy.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             1975 : Prix International Albert Schweitzer.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1979 : Prix Nobel de la Paix
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       1983 : Ordre du mérite par la Reine d'Angleterre.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     1990 : Réélection comme supérieure générale.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      + 05 Septembre 1997 : Mère Teresa s'éteint à Calcutta.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 2003 : Béatification par le pape Jean-Paul II.