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MOTHER TERESA
♦"I

■/n this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with
great love." - Mother Teresa

It was on a train from Calcutta (now called Kolkata) to Darjeeling, that

Mother Teresa first heard the call. A voice beckoned her to leave the
sheltered life of the convent and come out to serve the poorest of the
poor. That voice changed her life completely and also the lives of
everyone she touched. ^
Though Albanian by birth. Mother Teresa made India her home. Humbly,
yet firmly. Mother set to work trying to heal the world's greatest disease,
'of being unwanted and unloved'.
At the time of her death, the world acknowledged her as one of the most
enduring symbols of love.

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 MOTHER TERESA

.YUGOSLAVIA

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MACEDONIA

1910. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. THAT COVERED MUCH OF THE BALKAN AREA OF EUROPE. WAS
DISINTEGRATING. THERE WAS WAR EVERYWHERE AS ALBANIANS, SERBS. MACEDONIANS. CROATS,
BULGARIANS, TURKS AND MANY OTHER PEOPLES FOUGHT TO CREATE THEIR OWN NATIONS.

BUTINA HOUSE, IN THE TOWN OF SKOPJE0, THERE WAS A AGNES WAS A CHEERFUL CHILD. HER OLDER BROTHER
MOMENT OF HAPPINESS. NIKOLA ANDDRANA BOJAXHIU AND SISTER LAZAR AND AGE, ADORED HER
HAD A NEW BABY GIRL.

SHE AGE! THROW IT

BEAUTIFUL! LET’S CALL TOGONXHAf.
HER AGNES CATCH!

f .

NIKOLA AND DRANA fe

WERE ALBANIANS.
iib*
r* 3*

VOW THE CAPITAL OF MACEDONIA t AGNES'S PET NAME PRONOUNCED GOHN-JAY. IT MEANS ROSEBUD.

* • m.
 NIKOLA TRAVELLED A LOT ON BUSINESS dUT THE TIME HE
SPENT AT HOME, WAS FULL OF FUN AND LAUGHTER Hi
PULL OUT ALL THE
MATCHBOXES YOU HAVE
V. AND PILE THEM A
UP HERE! 1

W HO. BUTYOU SHOULD X LAZAR. WAS, OF COURSE. SLEEFY

STOP BY YOURSELF. > IN CHURCH! I-^ DRANA AND NIKOLA OFTEN HELPED THEIR
r ARE YOU A
BESIDES, WE HAVE TO BE UP, NEIGH30URS WHO WERE IN NEED. CT-
GOING TO ^ BUT THEY >
L EARLY TOMORROW FOR/
TELL NANA*? THAT WAIT UPON HURRY, GONXHA, WE r POOR BABY. '
?7W MASS. THIS WILL HELP
THE LORD, SHALL HAVE TO GO SEE HALLE YOUR MOTHER
RENEW THEIR YOU SLEEP, WILL SOONBE
. ALKETA. SHE'S
k. STRENGTH a V ALKETA. ^ X BETTER, .f
SICK AGAIN,

LAZAR WOULD SOMETIMES MAKE FUN OF THE FRIEST.

LETS ALL WAIT AGNES IS^

AND WAIT AND RIGHT, SON.
V WAIT.... > DO TRY AND ON THE WAY HOME. AGNES WAS THOUGHTFUL AGNES COULD NOT IMAGINE WHAT
FOLLOWHER IT WAS LIKE TO GO WITHOUT FOOD
AZAR, DONT! WE .EXAMPLE y
MUST RESPECT ^WHY DOES > S THEY ARE X
^OUR PRIEST. ^ HALLE ALKETA POOR. SHE OFTEN
FALL ILL SO DOESNT EAT SO J THERE MUST 1
X OFTEN THERE IS ENOUGH BE SO MANY WHO
FORTHE SUFFER LIKE THIS.
X CHILDREN ^ I WISH I COULD DO
l SOMETHING M
L FOR THEM A

* '1m:,
it*

PERHAPS DRANA GUESSED THE

MOTHER PERSON AGNES WOULD 3EC0ME
*SIMILAR TO AUNTY' 3
NK0LA WAS KEEN THAT HIS DAUGHTERS A FEW DAYS LATER s' THERE IS
GOT AS GOOD AH EDUCATION AS HIS SON f A STRANGE >
CARRIAGECOMING
I WILL. BABA. \TO OUR HOUSE, J
I WANT TO BE ^ NANAI ^Sk
A TEACHER
f WHO >
WHEN I GROW
COULDIT
UP
kBE?y

NIKOLA WAS VERY ILL WE RE FROM THE

WHAT ITALIAN CONSUL. YOUR
THAT NIGHT, AS ALWAYS, THE FAMILY I c ^ HAPPENED HUSBAND COLLAPSED f rHUSH, LAZAR.
TO HIM? AND DURING THE TALKS. WE F IT LOOKS LIKE A
WHO ARE RUSHED HIM HOME. L HEART ATTACK
YOU? ^ TO ME.
S HIS
'enemies'
MUST HAVE
.POISONED/
VHIMI^J

FAMILY FRAYER TIME WAS A FRECIOUS MEMORY

THAT AGNES CARRIED WITH HER ALL HER LIFE. EVEN TODAY. NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HAFFENED TO NIKOLA.

DRANA REALISED THAT NIKOLA

SUSFECT THAT TRAGEDY WOULD SOON 3EFALL THEM.

4
 DRANA AND THE CHILDREN GRIEVED DEEPLY FOR NIKOLA. IT WAS y— I’LL TEACH YOU
A CHANGE WHEN THEIR COUSIN, LORENZ ANTONI, CAME VISITING HOW TO PLAY THE
COUSIN LORENZ. AGNES AND I MANDOLIN WITH YOUR
ARE SINGING IN THE CONCERT W SONG. y
NEXT WEEK. _ «<<

AGNES WAS A QUICK LEARNER

^_"I '
ON THE DAY OF THE CONCERT -
y*SHE KNEW BAavSl
yDO COME, NANA N LONGER THAN WE ^
WE RE SINGING SOME DID. CAN YOU IMAGINE J
OF YOUR FAVOURITE HOW SAD SHE A
V SONGS TODAY > I JUST DONTFEEL MUST BE?
UP TO IT. MY DEAR.

BUT OUR PRIEST

NES FOUND THE PRIEST '
A /Ti
I5NTHERE AND NANA
SAYS WE MUST HAVE
^ PLEASE. WILL YOU ^ ^ A PRIE5T! ^
COME TO OUR
HOUSE? MY FATHER IS ^ I HAVEA ^
VERY ILL! TRAIN TO CATCH.
^ CHILD ^
WITH DRANA SO DESPONDENT, TT WAS AGE
r
. -
WHO LOOKED AFTER AGNES AND LAZAR

LORD, MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT OF

^ _ THY PEACE ..._
THE PRIEST COULD NOT REFUSE AGNES. THEY SING SO lIKE ^
BEAUflFULLYiy'^NIGHTINGALES

THEY TOOK NIKOLA TO THE HOSPITAL OUT HE DIED THE

NEXT DAY. AGNES WAS ONLY EIGHT YEARS OLD. I

ALL THE PEOPLE NIKOLA AND DRANA HAD THIS SONG. THE PRAYER OF ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI
HELPED, CAME TO COMFORT THE FAMILY WOULD ALWAYS 3E AGNES' FAVOURITE
* A LINE FROM THE SIDLE
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 JUST THEN EVERY YEAR THE FAMILY DURING ONE SUCH VISIT -
the months passed, drana BABA'S PARTNER HAS \ WENT ON A TRIP TO A SHRINE M GOING TO THE
STILL MISSED NIKOLA TERRISLY. TAKEN ALL THE MONEY FROmA IN LETNICE, IN MONTENEGRO. [ CHURCH LIBRARY
\ THEIR BUSINESS! NANA. / \ WANT TO BECOME THE NEW PRIEST. FATHER
]
V WHAT WILL WE LIVE ON? ■ A MISSIONARY JAMBRENKOVIC. HAS ARRAN¬
I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE GED A TALK BY A MISSIONARY*
FARAWAY GUIDE ME, WHO WORKED IN INDIA!
MOTHER. LET ME DO
WHAT IS RIGHT.

AGNES WAS NOW 12

THAT IS WHAT
IT'S GOOD WORK ST THERESE SAYS TOO EVEN
SO MANY IT'S NOT HEROIC BUT I MAKE THE SMALLEST WORK IS GOOD.
,*fPEOPLEAREBUYING SURE YOU CHILDREN CAN AS LONG AS YOU DO IT
YOUR embroideryAX^ LIVE COMFORTABLY. WITH LOVE.^^^ 'HIS WORK
NANA! IS SO TELL ME. CAN I GO
^WJo INSPIRING! AS A MISSIONARY
TO INDIA, FATHER
'"lYaYsIrJ ^JAMBREKOVICU

ST THERESE IS THE PATRON SAINT OF

MISSIONARIES. HER LIFE INSPIRED AGNES.

DESPITE HER WORK. DRANA STILL MADE

TIME TO HELP WHOEVER SHE COULD
—
WHAT MAKES FILE X| X IT WILL BE VERY X /APPLY TO THE >
TRY AND EAT HARD YOU WILL HAVE LORETO ORDER
A LITTLE. FILE WHAT'S W REALLY SUFFER IS \
W IT'S NOT X r LONELINESS. NANA AND I
TO LEAVE HOME THEN THEY HAVE
THE USE OF MY rTHE FOOD JUST^ FOREVER ARE YOU SURE A MISSION a
COMING HERE IF YOU CANNOT CURE HER SICKNESS
YOUR BEING HERE THE THOUGHT OF THIS ' YES! YES. IT ' V IN INDIA ^
WONT EAT? L BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE
LMAKES ME FEEL \ WORK MAKES J DOES MAKE ME
^ SHE FEELS LOVED -X
^ BETTER. A YOU HAPPY? S V HAPPY y
AND WANTED.

THE LORETO ORDER IS A GROUP OF MISSIONARIES WHO TEACH CHIL¬

DREN ALL OVER THE WORLD THEY HAVE MANY SCHOOLS IN INDIA
*A MISSIONARY IS ONE WHO IS SENT TO DO RELIGIOUS OR CHARITASLE WORK IN ANOTHER COUNTR> OR TERRITORY
 FILLED WITH PURPOSE, AGNES DRANALOCKED AGNES SPENT TWO MONTHS IN IRELAND, LEARNING ENGLISH FROM THERE SHE TRAVELLED TO INDIA, HALF A WORLD
hurried home to her mother. HERSELF INTO A WAY. IN CALCUTTA - [
A, MISSIONARY? HER ROOM AND
fIVE DECIDED TO GO TO INDIA S I COULD NEVER N
IN INDIA? LET ME PRAYED
AS A MISSIONARY. NANA .THINK ABOUT THIS, IMAGINE PEOPLE LIVING
LIKE THIS THERE IS SO YOU WILL
LORE * I WILL BE SORRY TO GONXHA
MUCH POVERTY. SO rFEEL BETTER WHEN WE
V LEAVE YOU BUT I FEEL
I MUST DO THIS. Ss. MUCH ILLNESS. ^ - Ml GET TO THE CONVENT IN
DARJEELING TOMORROW
S. THAT'S MUCH .
QUIETER-

U.
AFTER CALCUTTA, IT WAS A RELIEF TO BE IN THE COOL ...BUT SHE DID NOT
AGNES APPLIED TO THE LORETO HILLS OF DARJEELING. AT THE LORETO CONVENT - JKNOWING ENGLIShXJ
KNOW HOW TO.
ORDER AND WAS ACCEPTED. MEANS I CAN 1
SPEAK TO THE OTHER
^ THEY SAY NUNS BUT I STILL
I HAVE TO GO TO IRELAND CANNOTTALK WITH THE
AND LEARN ENGLISH. l LOCAL PEOPLE, r*
ONLY THEN WILL I BE SENT
TO INDIA. ^

AGNES WANTED TO ASK THE WOMAN AGNES EARNESTLY STARTED

WHO WAS SWEEPING, HER NAME... LEARNING HINDI AND BENGAL!

AGE TOO AGREED WITH AGNES'DECISION

DRANA AND AGE WENT TO ZAGREB TO SEE AGNES OFF

s ALWAYS LOOIO
AHEAD AGNES.
IF YOU LOOK BACK
' GOOD BYE! I WILL >
.YOU WILL TURN
ALWAYS REMEMBER
BACK.
AND LOVE YOU ALL..

AGNES NEVER SA W HER FAMILY AGAIN THERE WAS ALREADY A SISTER THERESE IN THE LORETO
SHE WAS JUST 13 YEARS OLD CONVENT. SO SHE WAS CALLED THE BENGALI TERESA,
BECAUSE SHE KNEW THE LANGUAGE SO WELL
’AGNES UKED TO CALI HEP MOTHER NANA LOKE'
MEANING MOTHER OF MY HEART' LEAVING DRANA WAS ONE OF THE
HARDEST THINGS SHE HAD TO DO
 SISTER TERESA TOOK HER FINAL VOWS IN 193 7. AT THE MOTHER LIVED IN THE LORETO CONVENT IN ENTALLY,
CEREMONY IN DARJEELING, SHE MADE A SECRET PROMISE CALCUTTA. SHE TAUGHT AT ST MARYS SCHOOL NEXT
DOOR SHE ALSO TAUGHT AT A SMALL BENGALI MEDIUM
' I WILL NEVER T SCHOOL NAMED ST TERESA S ON HER FIRST DAY -
r REFUSE (SOD
ANYTHING HE MAY
k EVERASK
A. OF ME. I*

SHE WAS NOW MOTHER TERESA.

AT THE CLINIC SHE PICKED UP A BROOM AND STARTED CLEANING. THE CHILDREN HAD NEVER SEEN A TEACHER LIKE HER |
WHO IS FIRST? BEFORE. THEY CALLED HER MA.

MA, COME HAVE

TEA WITH US. WE
UVE JUST
DOWN THE ROAD

HE IS TOO THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME MOTHER WAS ACTUALLY

/'WEAK TO STAND. I HAVE NON W HOW DO
GOING INSIDE A SLUM ALL OF THEM
FOOD IF YOU DONT WANT HIM.
I WILL JUST ABANDON HIM. LIVE IN ONE
IT1NYROOML
THE JACKALS WILL
N. NOT TURN UP THEIR A
\ NOSES AT HIM r THESE ARE
MY BROTHERS
AND SISTERS.

V\>

12
 THE BRITISH DECIDED TO LEAVE INDIA BUT THEY WERE INSIDE THE CONVENT
GOING TO PARTITION IT INTO INDIA AND PAKISTAN. ON
16TH AUGUST 1946, HUGE RIOTS BROKE OUT IN CALCUTTA

THIS IS THE
LASTOFOUR
I WILL GO OUT
^ FOOD. ^
AND SEE WHAT
■w I CAN DO ^

THE OTHER SISTERS WERE AFRAID

MOTHER TERESA WOULD GET HURT. IF
SHE WENT OUTSIDE DURING THE RIOTS

THAT DAY
r HIDE ME, ^
IN 1942-43. A CYCLONE HIT BENGAL, DESTROYING MOTHER TERESA COULD NOT STAND BY
PLEASE,OR THE
MANY OF THE CROPS. I ' WITHOUT TRYING TO HELP. I
MOB OUTSIDE WILL
I’LL DRESS
S THE BRITISH f IT’S NOT RIGHT N KILL ME V
YOUR WOUNDS
ARE TAKING RICE FROM WHAT CAN WE N THAT WE ARE AND THEN HELP
INDIA TO FEED THEIR DO? BESIDES. PROTECTED IN HERE .YOU GO HOME .
SOLDIERS PEOPLE WILL IT MAY NOT BE WHILE PEOPLENEED
STARVE! WE MUST DO SAFE FOR US TO \ HELP OUTSIDE, y
V SOMETHING. V k GO OUTSIDE. J

WE'LL COME WITH

i YOUTOHELP^

THEY WAITED FOR THE ROAD TO CLEAR.

I DONT THINK YOU

SHOULD GO OUT,
I CANNOT LET OUR
MOTHER. IT’S
300 CHILDREN
WE’LL BE > k. NOT SAFE! ^
/f
*il
STARVE. LET ME
. . O J BACK
GO AND FIND FOOD
TOMORROW.
fTr* I’LL COLLECT ALL
THE FOOD I CAN
I \ j FIND.
w $
’ mM
^ VP ■

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Ar
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1 J i

j
^ "J A ’ l
f 1 i ^ IN 1944, MOTHER BECAME
THE PRINCIPAL OF ST MARY'S
 V V
FEACE WAS FINALLY RESTORED 3UT IT WAS ON THE TRAIN TO
MOTHER TERESA WAS WEAK AND ILL DARJEELING THAT SHE K LEAVE THE
THE MOB WENT THAT HEARD A VOICE CONVEN'D GIVE UP ITS"
GO TO DARJEELING
WAY IF WE GO UP THE COMFORT AND SAFETY
FOR A FEW WEEKS
OTHER WAY, YOU CAN FOLLOW ME TO THE
AND GET SOME
GET HOME AND I CAN SLUMS. AMONG
■Jw REST. ^
'W GET FOOD. ^ I 'l ' > THE POOREST OF THE
7^ POOR. .. ^
-O’
> 4.

MOTHER FOUND ALL THE SHOPS SHUT JUST THEN 'FOOD CAN WAIT.
THIS AREA IS NOT STARTLED. MOTHER TERESA LOOKED AROUND... IN DARJEELING -
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? SAFE. GET IN. WE’LL
THE MOBS ARE ATTACKING v DRIVE YOU HOME.
EVERYONE THEY SEE. IT’S r I HOPE MOTHER ^ .

DANGEROUS! TERESA IS ALL RIGHT

MOVE TO THE SLUMS. THIS IS YOUR
USUALLY SHE'S FULL
_ TRUE VOCATION.
OF JOKES AND SONGS
SHE HAS BEEN VERY
V(Jl * QUIET. SHE JUST SITS
fw' Vk
/ *

^
1

i
AND WRITES ALL THE
V TIME! ^
r NO I CANT > mr. jnr,
f •+ M
LET THE ENTIRE W i
I CAME LOOKING
CONVENT \
FOR FOOD. THERE
► STARVE!
ISNT ANY LEFT
FOR THE CHILDREN
IT WAS A
. IN THE CONVENT. .
TRUCK FULL
OF BRITISH THE SOLDIERS TRIED TO PER
SOLDIERS. SUADE HER TO GO SACK...
... BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE
WHEN THEY REACHED THE CONVENT- VOICE WAS SPEAKING ONLY TO HER.

HERE WE ARE. I DONT

MOTHER TERESA WAS COMPLETELY
KNOW IF YOU'RE VERY ABSORBED IN HER NEW IDEA -
BRAVE ORJUST
VERY STUBBORN,
MOTHER. ^
BACK IN CALCUTTA. MOTHER TERESA MOTHER TERESA WAS HORRIFIED
WENT STRAIGHT TO FATHER VAN EXEM. BY THE MISERY OUTSIDE.
/ THIS ISN'T \ _ f WHY CANT I CANT
I THIRST TO DEDICATE
WITHIN MY POWER. ^--vi YOU BE OUR ' SUBHASHINI, >
MY LIFE TO THE
WRITE TO THE WE ARE READYNlEADER? . MAGDALENA YOU
POORESTOFTHE
ARCHBISHOP OF TO HELP BUT WE H/- KNOW I MUST WAIT
POOR, FATHER, TO LIVE
L CALCUTTAFOR > NEED A LEADER 71 V FOR NOW. y
I>w AS THEY DO. ^
K GUIDANCE, y

MOTHER WAS STILL WAITING FOR

PERMISSION TO LEAVE THE CONVENT

AS SHE WAITED, MOTHER TERESA WAS HAUNTED BY HER CALL. A POWERFUL VISION SWEPT
MOTHER WROTE TO THE ARCHBISHOP AND HE ACROSS HER MIND. ONE IN WHICH MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS CHRIST. SPOKE TO HER
THE ARCHBISHOP SAYS
CALLED FATHER VAN EXEM TO DISCUSS THE LETTER
YOU MUST STAY IN THE
y I BELIEVE THAT r IT’S NOT SAFE ' CONVENT FOR A YEAR. HE
SERVING THE POOR IS A FOR HER TO NEEDS TIME TO TAKE CARE
GENUINE VOCATION FOR WANDERAROUND ^ DECIDE BE PATIENT. ^ 'OF THEM - THEY AREl
\ MOTHER TERESA SHE ALONE I NEED AT MINE. FEAR NOT JESUS
WILL WORK WITH FAITH LEAST A YEAR TO AND I WILL BE WITH
L. AND DEDICATION A V DECIDE ^ ^ YOU AND YOUR A
pN^ CHILDREN. '

...AND WITH PARTITION CAME HUNGER AND HOMELESS¬

NESS CALCUTTA S STREETS WERE FULL OF REFUGEES.

IT WAS AUGUST 15TH, 1947AND INDIA BECAME HER VISIONS FILLED HER WITH URGENCY STILL SHE WAITED FOR THE
INDEPENDENT.
-
WITH INDEPENDENCE
-
CAME PARTITION CHURCH S PERMISSION HER REQUEST WAS NOW WITH THE POPE*

18 * THE POPE IS THE HEAD OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 19

 MORE AND MORE CHILDREN JOINED THE SCHOOL
THEN ONE DAY. FATHER VAN EXEM CALLED HER - WHEN SHE WAS DONE, SHE REMEMBER THE CLEANEST
MOTHER'S CLASSES WERE ALWAYS FUN. I-
WAS COMPOSED AS ALWAYS. ONE WILL GET THE BOX OF
YOUR REQUEST HAS SEEN VFATHER, CAN SWEETS! NOW LET’S START:
GRANTED. YOU CAN WORK J I GO TO THE ONE NOSE! WASH! TWO EARS'
^OUTSIDE THE CONVENT/\SLUMS RIGHT WASH! NOW JUMP!
V AWAY?

IT WAS AUGUST, 1943. IT HAD

MOTHER TERESA SENSED IT SEEN TWO YEARS SINCE MOTHER
WAS AN IMPORTANT OCCASION. TERESA FIRST HEARD THE CALL.
SOME OF MOTHER'S OLD STUDENTS. INCLUDING MOTHER WANTED THE CHILDREN TO LEARN SKILLS
MAGDALENA AND SU3HASHINI, CAME TO SEE HER USING WASTE MATERIAL SHE AND HER SISTERS
MOTHER LEFT FOR PATNA TO TRAIN IN NURSING FATHER VAN EXEM WENT TO MEET MOTHER IN PATNA -
TAUGHT TOY-MAKING WITH CARDBOARD Hi-
AND FIRST AID HER STUDENTS AND THE OTHER
SISTERS GAVE HER A TOUCHING FAREWELL.
YEARS AGO WE SAID
DID MOTHER WE MISS HER WE’D HELP IF YOU
REALLY HAVE TO TOO SUT SHE WANTS s^WOULD LEAD US. ^
LEAVE US? WE TO SERVE THE POOR. ISN’T MY
MISS HER SO THAT IS WHAT SOLDIER
WILL MAKE HER ALMOST AS
HAPPIEST GOOD AS
. PATRO'S?.

MOTHER HAD CHOSEN THE CHEAPEST SARI, SIMILAR THEY TOOK THEIR VOWS AS SISTER AGNES
TO ONE WORN 3YMUNICIPAL CLEANERS, IN CALCUTTA (AFTER MOTHER) AND SISTER GERTRUDE.

MOTHER SOON FINISHED HER TRAINING SHE WENT TO SOON, HER FIRST CLASS WAS IN FULL SWINGI AND KNITTING WITH TWIGS SOON, MORE SISTERS JOINED THEM
STAY WITH THE1LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR’ * IN
CALCUTTA ONCE THERE, SHE HEADED STRAIGHT TO A
SLUM CALLED, MOT1JHEEL
—I HERE ARE > UP HERE, LOOP, WITH SO MANY OF YOU
THE POOREST OF AND PULL, LIKE HELPING, I CAN START
THE POOR, WHOM THIS! _ s. A DISPENSARY
Ll HAVE VOWED
ITO HELP A

C-

AN ORDER OF NUNS
"THE FIRST LETTERS OF THE BENGALI ALPHABET.
 ONE ROOM WAS FOR THE SCHOOL. THE A RICH SUSiNESSMAN IN MADRAS AGREED
FATHER VAN EXEM CAME TO VISIT THEM OTHER WAS A SMALL DISFENSARY - TO MEET MOTHER ABOUT DONA FNG FOR A
SH&HU 3HAVAN* MOTHER WAS FVNCTUAL
I* /
DONT FORGET TO^
TAKE THE MEDICINE
I KNOW. IVE AFTER YOU EAT
SEEN LOOKING SOMETHING, x'
ALL THE NEW I THINK I
SISTERS ARE YOU SHOULD FOR A NEW
KNOW JUST
SUCH A JOY MOVE CLOSER TO HOUSE.
THE PLACE,
TOME. MOTIJHEEL.

A
r~T

71

SHE WAITED A WHOLE HOUR FINALLY -

K

k \

1.

I THATEVENING ~ COME
I ___j • ■2^.
UPSTAIRS. I'D SE
H ■H.
HAPPY TO GIVE
YOU SPACE ON THE,
THIS IS TOP FLOOR
I AM AT
MR GOMES.
IRf HE OWNS THIS
HOME
ALREADY
HOUSE
-J

Y \
f
/
MOTHER NEVER MINDED
HUMILIATION FOR HERSEL F
THEY NOW HAD A FLACE TO STAY IN OUT FORGIVE ME'
w THEY WERE STILL SHORT OF MONEY I HAVE SEEN
1 THANK YOU FOR
S. RL’DEl v
THIS GIFT NOW
MOTHER TERESA HAD TO ASK FEOFLE
FOR FOOD AND MEDICINES _ anthi WHAT ABOUT
vMY CHILDREN?

CHEMlSj K
I CAN GIVE YOU A
x I WAS HOPING YOU HUNDRED RUPEES
I NEED MORE I GAVE YOU LOTS COULD GIVE ME SOME WILL THAT DO?.
SANDAGES FOR YESTERDAY. MONEY I WANT TO START
■ MY CLINIC SEGONEI A FREE CLINIC FOR FOORjA
X/
Wi
PEOPLE I
V *

/
A

i s
/

IN THOSE DAYS A HUNDRED RUFEES WAS MORE THAN MOST

FEOFLE EARNED IN FOUR MONTHS MOTHER IMMEDIATELY •RAND(
USED THE MONEY TO REN T ROOMS.
'CHILDREN'S HOME
 FINALLY, MOTHER SFOKE TO FOR THOSE WHO COULD NOT SE CURED, MOTHER STARTED A HOSFICE IN KALIGHAT, IN A PLACE GIVEN
EM WITH MONEY. IT WAS NOT EASY FEOFLE WERE SUSFICIOUS.
NO. THEY > THEM IN BENGALI - ( TO HER SY THE GOVERNMENT. SHE CALLED IT NIRMAL HR1DAY, WHICH MEANS PURE HEART'
THEY SFOKE IN FRONT OF HER. THINKING SHE DID NOT UNDER¬
STAND BENGALI WANT TO TAKE WE WILL GIVE THEM THE BIGGEST

E iATS THE USE OF^

_PENDENCE IF THESE
OUR MONEY
K away, y
AMI BHARATAR,
THE BEST MEDICAL
CARE!
DISEASE IS FEELING
UNWANTED. WE NEED
TO LOVE AND COMFORT
r THEY’RE BHARAT AMAR.‘
. WHITE FIRANGIS ARE PEOPLE IN THEIR
Lstill EVERYWHERE?/ JUST HERE
LAST DAYS.
TO CONVERT

THEY WERE
STUNNED
INTO SILENCE.

SISTER AGNES TRAINED f MOTHER WILL INSPECT YOU ^

A YEAR HAD PASSED. AND THE CHURCH
ASATEACHER... AFTER CLASS. THE CLEANEST CHILD
HAD LET MOTHER TERESA START A NEW
ORDER. THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY.
, WILL GET A BOX OF SWEETS YOU NEXT DOOR WAS A KALI TEMPLE. THE PRIESTS ( THEN ONE OF THE PRIESTS FELL INCURABLY 111
N MUST SHARE IT THOUGH. THERE WERE VERY ANGRY WITH MOTHER ;
THEIR MAIN BUILDING WAS NAMED
MOTHER HOUSE’. ITS TB I’M AS GOOD r THAT S NOT >
AS DEAD*. BUT DON’T WHY I’M HERE
TRY TO FOOL ME INTO YOU SHOULD BE
JOINING YOU. ^ \ _ RESTING ^

fig

r- 4
•

►V

.. AND SISTER GERTRUDE AS A THE NEXT DAY, THE MAN WAS MUCH SETTER.
DOCTOR ON HER FIRST DAY -
SHE TOOK HIM TO NIRMAL HRIDAY. ~A FEW DAYS LATER-j
Y I’M SO NERVOUS. Ny
IU HOLD YOUR HAND
HE'S IN SO MUCH PAIN YOU HAVE BEEN N. EVERYONE
5TEADY, WE’LL INJECT
ALREADY I GOOD TO ME. EVEN THOUGH DESERVES
^ HIM TOGETHER.
WILL ADD TO IT BY . I SHOUTED AT YOU. EVEN TO DIE WITH
^INJECTING HIM.^4 THOUGH YOU KNOW v DIGNITY .
I WILL DIE SOON. ^

ry

SHE HAD WON THEIR RESPECT

* I AM INDIAN AND INDIA IS MINE *TB, OR TUBERCULOSIS, IS A CURABLE DISEASE NOW.
mother, found THAT THERE WAS IT WAS A GROUP OF LEPERS MOTHER FELT THE SUFFERING FROM 1960, MOTHER STARTED OPENING HOMES ALL OVER
ALWAYS SO MUCH MORE TO BE DONE around her. deep within her self. THE COUNTRY A SHISHU BHAVAN WAS STARTED IN DELHI -
r WE HEARD YOU
HELP THE POOR¬ irS THE PRIME
EST OF THE POOR OF COURSE! MINISTER! HOW
DO YOU EVEN HELP . COME IN. ^ COME HE'S
V LEPERS? HERE? ^

toft i

BUT SHE NEVER LET THIS DARKNESS

AFFECT HER WORK. SHE JUST WENT ON. IT WAS PANDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
X BUT THERE IS A \
WHEN WE WERE DIAG- N
MEDICINE FOR LEPROSY. NOW
NOSED WITH LEPROSY WE r NO ONE >
IT WILL STOP THE DISEASE AND I KNOW IWASNT
WERE MADE TO LEAVE OUR 'told us, let
YOU CAN LIVE NORMALLY NO INVITED, BUT I WANTED
HOMES AND OUR VILLAGES, ALONE GAVE
V ONE AROUND YOU WILL A TO BE HERE ON THIS
SO WE DONT SPREAD THE US MEDICINE.
BE INFECTED OCCASION.
V DISEASE.
w
X

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1970-71. BHOLA CYCLONE HIT EAST PAKISTAN, KILLING ALMOST500.000 PEOPLE LATER THAT ^EAR
THIS IS YOUR WAR BROKE OUT THERE. AS THE PEOPLE FOUGHT TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY BANGLADESH.
PEOPLE ARE vHOME NOW . ■-

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NEAR US. THEIR FEAR SOMETHING!
CLOUDS THEIR
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IN SHANTINAGAR. PEOPLE WITH LEPROSY HAVE \ A
WITH 60 MUCH HUNGER AND DESTRUCTION, THE MISSIONARIES CF CHARI1'
THEIR OWN HOUSES. THEY EARN A LIVING BY WELL
WOR^PTTRBLESSLY MOTHER OPENED HOMES IN OTHER COUN TRIES AS W\
FARMING, SPINNING OR CARPENTRY.

THERE WAS NEVER ANY RESPITE
FROM POVERTY AND SUFFERING
r I NEED A
STRETCHER
v HERE! ,
BY NOW, MOTHER S WORK WAS KNOWN
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN 1979,
SHE WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
LOVE BEGINS AT
HOME. I LEARN THAT
OVER AND
V OVER AGAIN... V
- THE LADY DIVIDED THE RICE
INTO TWO BOWLS. THEN SHE LEFT
WITH ONE OF THE BOWLS
r I'LL JUST BE
BACK. MOTHER
SHE WAS
r\ HOPE YOU'RE "STARVING. BUT FEl OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. MOTHER TERESA AND HER SISTERS WENT
MORE COMFORT FOR HER NEIGH¬ ALL OVER THE WORLD DOING WHAT THEY COULD TO EASE SUFFERING
I HAVE LIVED LIKE
v ABLE NOW. v AN ANIMAL BUT BOUR’S HUNGER.
NOW I’LL DIE
. LIKE AN ANGELL
MOTHER BELIEVED THAT BY TENDING THE SICK AND
THE SUFFERING, SHE WAS SERVING JESUS CHRIST.
THE NEXT YEAR SHE GOT INDIA'S HIGHEST
CIVILIAN AWARD, THE BHARAT RATNA.
“...ONE DAY. I HEARD OF A STARVING FAMILY.
I TOOK SOME FOOD AND WENT IMMEDIATELY.
THEIR FACES WERE SHINING WITH HUNGER.., 1932. THE BEIRUT WAR. STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WAR AN HOUR LATER -
WAS A SMALL HOSPITAL WITH 3 7 CHILDREN IN IT. THE CHILDREN
WERE MENTALLY CHALLENGED. THEY HAD NO FOOD OR WATER.
'/T\HERE IS SOME RICE
FOR YOU ALL. .
THIS IS A WAR YOU
CAN’T JUST WANDER
BUT HER HARD LIFE WAS BEGINNING TO TAKE ^ YOU HAD A HEART
I WAS PUZZLED WHEN ITS TOLL ON HER BODY A YEAR LATER, IN ROME - ATTACK. THE PACEMAKER*
SHE RETURNED IVE PUT IN WILL HELP
v I ADVISE YOU TO REST ^
WHERE DID
JTOUGO?^
I CANT I HAVE
SO MUCH TO
DO. ^4
MY NEIGHBOURS
WERE ALSO HUN¬
GRY. I GAVE THEM
K SOME FOOD ^ DESPITE HER WEAK HEALTH, MOTHER CON¬
TINUED TO TRAVEL AND WORK AS BEFORE
• A DEVICE TO HELP THE HEART BEAT NORMALLY
 mother resigned and the order elected
SISTER NIRMALA AS THE NEW HEAD.
A COLLECTOR’S EDITION.

~ I WILL SERVE THE >

FROM INDIA’S FAVOURITE STORYTELLER.
I AM SO HAPPY! ORDER, 3UTN0 0NE India s greatest epic, told over 1,300 beautifully illustrated pages.
MAY GOD’S CAN REPLACE YOU AS
SLESSINGS The MahabSrittt Collector's Edition. It's not just a set of books, it's a piece of culture
^ MOTHER. ^
ALWAYS SE WITH
^ you.

A FEW MONTHS LATER, ON SEPTEMBER 5TH. JUST AFTER FREE INDIA HAD TURNED 50 YEARS
OLD. MOTHER TERESA PASSED AWAY. SHE WAS GIVEN A STATE FUNERAL WITH FULL HONOURS

THE MAHABHARATA 1 \ I
COLLECTOR’S EDITION *
AGES. SOUP KITCHENS, SCHOOLS, AND HOMES FOP PFOPi f mto?,r2 , " E6EINCLUDED HOSPICES, ORPHAN- Rupees one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nmeonl% , -
CALLED BLESSED TERESA OF CALCUTTA 'AND THE CHURcVkiu ruf'LErR05YAND TB SHE IS NOW OFFICIALLY
- ' P— /S w Wg PROCESS OF DECl * RING HER A SAINT
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