Mother Teresa Research Paper

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Devoting, charitable, and loving are three elements that describe Mother Teresa. Many people know that Mother Teresa was a holy person, but she was so much more. As a well known religious figure, Mother Teresa showed people that they should care and love everyone. Her legacy shows us that anyone is capable of loving and being kind to any person. Mother Teresa received her call to change and she soon answered it. She was born August 27th, 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxiu, and her parents were Nikola and Drana Bojaxiu.(Serrou, p.16, encyclopedia, 52, Tilton, 13) Mother Teresa received her call to change from Christ. She was riding a train for retreat when she said Christ told her to work in the poorest places in Calcutta to take care of the city’s sickest people. (biography.com) She knew she had to do what God had called her to do. Mother Teresa soon answered the call from Christ. It became her mission to help the ‘unwanted, unloved, and uncared for’ to serve Him (thefamouspeople.com) She reached out to the poor and needy every day to fulfill His desire to show love and compassion to everyone. (thefamouspeople.com) On December 21, 1948, she had her first outing to help the people in the slums. (thefamouspeople.com) She started out alone, but she was soon …show more content…

(thefamouspeople.com) The Sisters of Loretto were a community of Irish nuns. (encyclopedia.com) Before she became Mother Teresa, she became Sister Teresa on May 23, 1929. (thefamouspeople.com) In may, 1931, Sister Teresa took her first religious vows, and was assigned to teach at St Mary’s School. (thefamouspeople.com) She became Mother Teresa when she promised the Loreto sisters’ discipline for the rest of her life on May 24, 1937. (Tilton, 31) She continued to serve as a teacher, and graduated to being a principal in 1944, but she later had to give that up when she went and served the