Mother Teresa also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta was born on August 26th 1910 in Skopje Macedonia. Originally her birth name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu before she became a Catholic nun and missionary who devoted her life to caring for the sick. When she was only 8 years old her father died from an illness so‚ young Agnes became very close to her mother who had a strong belief in the Catholic church and taught her many things about compassion and charity. At age 12 Agnes went on a school trip
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millions who were sick and poor. Throughout her life she did the service of the ’poorest of the poor’. She had firm belief that through serving the poorest‚ she was serving the God. Mother Teresa’s real name was Agnes Gonreha Bojaxhiu. She was born in Skopje‚ then in Albania‚ Yugoslavia‚ on 27th August‚ 1910. When she was only twelve years old‚ she decided to become a nun to spend her life for God’s work. And at 18‚ she went to Ireland and entered the congregation of sisters of Loretto at the institute
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Mother Teresa is known across the globe as the brave and selfless servant of the poor and sick of Calcutta’s slums. She was also much more: a bold social advocagte‚ and even a thoughtful theologian. In 1994‚ just three years before she would pass away‚ Mother Teresa spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington‚ D.C. The focus of her presentation was a condemnation of abortion‚ given in the presence of the pro-choice administration of President Bill Clinton (First Lady Hilary Clinton was also
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including the poor and sick. But she was also somewhat controversial in the eyes of many. Not only did she have to face criticism from the people in her new home country but also from the people to whom she devoted her life. She was born in 1910 in Skopje‚ Macedonia. At the age of 18‚ she joined the “Sisters of Loreto” as a missionary. After one year‚ she went to India to begin her novitiate. About 20 years later she began her missionary work in the slums of Calcutta‚ India. Since at the time she didn’t
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Mother Teresa was born on 26 August 1910‚ but she considered 27 August‚ the day she was baptized‚ to be her "true birthday". She was born in Skopje‚ now capital of the Republic of Macedonia‚ but at the time part of the Ottoman Empire. On 10 September 1946‚ Teresa experienced what she later described as "the call within the call" while travelling by train to the Loreto convent in Darjeeling from Calcutta for her annual retreat. "I was to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them
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trying to aid the millions of poor‚ hunger‚ and suffering that lived on the roads of India. Although others ’ misgivings‚ Mother Teresa was confident that Deity that Deity should provide. Mother Teresa was born on 26 August 1910 in Skopje‚ Macedonia and has her name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Teresa was the youngest in the family. Her relation was intensely spiritual Roman Catholics. She learned concerning assistance from her mother and father who not ever coiled away from those in
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model needs to be honest‚ kind-hearted‚ humble‚ and caring. Therefore‚ I choose Mother Teresa as my role model because she had many great qualities that made her an inspiration in my life. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born on the 26th August 1910 in Skopje. It is the current capital of Republic of Macedonia which was part of the Ottoman Empire at the time of her birth. She was baptized on 27th of August 1910 and receives her First Holy Communion at the age of five and a half. She was the youngest among
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Mother Theresa a. A biography of the personality Mother Teresa’s given birth name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu‚ she was born on the 26th of August in 1910 in Macedonia. When she was 18 years old she joined the Sisters of Loreto whom she traveled to India with to do missionary work - it was India in 1931 that she became a Nun (The Nobel Foundation‚ 2013). Mother Teresa devoted her life to those living in poverty and in 1950 began her own order called ‘the Missionaries of Charity’ whose sole purpose
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Dear Mother Teresa: “Holiness is not a luxury of the few‚ it is a simple duty for each one of us.” - Mother Teresa of Calcutta (“Announcing the Beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.” – Mother Teresa.) I have been a fan of yours for a long time‚ believed you always did extraordinary work‚ even though you were far away from Macedonia your hometown. You felt in loved while you worked in Calcutta‚ India. There are so many things I admire about you. You were a nun that had a mission‚ but you
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of the first sight of all of those familiar and so dear faces to me. Finally‚ moving to Macedonia‚ to a new life‚ new beginning. Little did I know then that living between two countries brings excitement but also great sorrow. When we approached Skopje airport it didn’t look like it was the middle of winter. There was no snow and the almost perfect rectangle farming fields seemed so full of life and colour as if they wanted to herald spring coming instead of winter. Was it so because they were announcing
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