✨ Mother Teresa: A Life in the Past Tense ✨
Read her story. Then play the game.
- 1910 — Mother Teresa was born in Skopje. Her birth name was Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu.
- 1928 — At the age of 18, she left home and joined the Sisters of Loreto to become a nun.
- 1929 — She moved to India and began her training there.
- 1930s — She became a teacher and taught geography at a school in Calcutta.
- 1946 — She felt a strong call to help the poorest people living on the streets, so she left the school.
- 1950 — She founded the Missionaries of Charity, an order devoted to caring for the sick and the dying.
- 1950s–1970s — She cared for the poor, fed the hungry, and gave comfort to people that nobody else helped. Her small group grew into a large worldwide organization.
- 1979 — She won the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work.
- 1997 — Mother Teresa died in Calcutta, but her mission continued around the world.
- 2016 — The Catholic Church declared her a saint: Saint Teresa of Calcutta.
Simple Past Tense Practice · Inspired by the life of Mother Teresa