‘Mother Teresa is still alive’

TIRANA, Dec. 18 – On the 10th anniversary of the beatification of Mother Teresa, an exhibition has opened in Tirana to commemorate the world famous nun of Albanian origin. The exhibition named “Mother Teresa is still alive” at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet will remain open from December 19 to January 15, 2014.
Born in Aug. 27, 1910 in Skopje to Albanian parents, Mother Teresa grew famous for humbly ministering to lepers, the homeless and the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta. In 1928 Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu joined the Sisters of Our Lady of Lareto, a Catholic order that did charity work in India. She took the name Sister Teresa and for 17 years taught school in the country. In 1950 she founded the Missionaries of Charity, a new order devoted to helping the sick and poor; the order grew to include branches in more than 100 cities around the world, and Mother Teresa became a worldwide symbol of charity.
In 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, and in 1985 she received the Medal of Freedom from the United States. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 19 October 2003, placing her one step from sainthood in the Catholic faith.