...Mother Teresa A hero from story Kary Perez Reading / Writing 7 Crystal Curry Dec 23, 2015 Mother Teresa said, “Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go”. She did mean we cannot be pleased only with donating some bills or cent to people who needs it; they want u to give them the treatment that they deserve as human. So we must share love and respect to everyone and wherever we go. Mother Teresa is used to being my heroin because she did such many good actions despite of adversity and hard time; she did not care and did impossible to wellness of those people who really need it. How did Mother Teresa become a heroin? Mother Teresa became a heroin because she tried the world to see in a truly way, she was brave enough and dedicated. Mother Teresa was born on September 26th August 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia, to Albania heritage. Her authentic name is, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Mother Teresa tried the world to see on the authentic perspective. All made of heart worth, she had many thoughts about poverty and illness around her, but she could do everything for those people with all her heart, disposition, and patient and love (Biographyonline.net, 2006). Also she stablished several institutions over the world. She only cares about the problems. A hero does not have specific...
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...Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910 in Skopje, Yugoslavia. In 1928, she decided to become a nun and traveled to Dublin, Ireland, where she joined the Sisters of Loreto and took on the name Sister Mary Teresa after St. Thesese of Lisieux (Short Biography). After studying at the convent for less than a year, she left to join the Loreto convent in the city of Darjeeling in northeast India. On May 24, 1937, she took the name of "Mother Teresa" while teaching at St. Mary’s School for girls where she became the principal. In 1948, she founded a religious order of nuns in Calcutta, India, called the Missionaries of Charity. Through this association, she dedicated her life to helping the poor, the sick, and the dying around the world, particularly those in India. Mother Teresa died on September 5th, 1997, of a heart attack at eighty-seven years old. Being raised Catholic and spending time as a volunteer with the church and as a Eucharist minister is one of the reasons I chose Mother Teresa. We all have a tendency to get wrapped up in our own little world, with our own individual problems and to me she exemplifies a woman who was able to break free from that. She placed her faith in Jesus to do the work of God. My favorite quotes of hers are “People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.” and ”Life is not worth living unless it is lived for others.” I feel these are two very important things to remember especially embarking on the career...
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...Mother Teresa of Calcutta Blessed Teresa of Calcutta was born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. Teresa’s real name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Teresa was the youngest daughter of Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu. Gonxha did her First Communion when she was five years old and her Confirmation a year later. Since the day of her First Communion, Teresa had inside her love for souls. Teresa’s father, Nikola, died when she was eight years old, leaving financial straits. Drane raised her children firmly and lovingly, influencing the character and vocation of Teresa. In her religious formation, Teresa was assisted by the Jesuit parish of the Sacred Hear, in which she was much involved. On September 1928, when Teresa was eighteen years old, she wanted to be missionary and she left her home to enter Sisters of Loreto Institute on Ireland. Since Gonxha enter the institute, she never again saw her mother and sister. She went to the Sisters of Loreto to learn English. She was admitted as a postulant and on December, 1928 Teresa started her trip by sea to India arriving in Calcutta on January 6, 1929. In Darjeeling, she began her novitiate and learned Bengali, Teresa also was a teacher of Santa Teresa school. After making her vows of poverty, chastity and obedience as a nun on May 24, 1931, she was transferred to the College of St. Mary in Entally, that was in the east of Calcuta. During this time, she chose her name to be Thérèse of Lisieux, same as the missionaries’...
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...Contemporary Disciples: Mother Teresa Description Mother Teresa is most known for serving the poor and destitute. Mother Teresa was a Roman Catholic nun. She founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India. Missionaries of Charity was a facility where poor people who were dying in the streets were brought and taken care of. Mother Teresa originally taught at St. Mary’s High School from 1931 to 1948 where she often saw the condition of poor people that deeply impacted her and made her want to serve the destitute. From 1948, Mother Teresa left the convent school to take on the task of helping poor slum dwellers in Calcutta. She started an open-air school for children from slums where she was joined by volunteers. Mother Teresa also learnt basic medical techniques as she realized the lack of basic facilities for the poor. She used the basic medical techniques she knew to help the poor who were unable to afford medication. Mother Teresa helped everyone. In 1980, she opened homes for people who had no one to look after them. These people included people suffering from incurable diseases, prostitutes, drug addicts as well as orphans. In 1985, Mother Teresa established a centre for people suffering from AIDS where thousands of patients were provided shelter. Interpretation Mother Teresa wanted to spread the word of love and compassion to the whole world. This is the reason why she made the decision to become a catholic nun. Mother Teresa now stands as the icon of peace...
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...person in the world is Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was born in 1910 in Macedonia. Mother Teresa dedicated the majority of her life to helping the poorest of the poor in India, thus gaining her the name "Saint of the Gutters." The devotion towards the poor won her respect throughout the world and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. I am respect to Mother Teresa is because she spent her life caring for the poor. For over 45 years, she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. One thing that we can learn from Mother Teresa is do not selfish. Mother Teresa said “Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; give the world the best you have anyway.” Mother Teresa use all the money she savings before to open a school for purpose to shelter waif who out of school. Mother Teresa said “ To love the poor, about the poor, the poor must also be our own. ” Another thing we can learn from Mother Teresa is be always help another. Mother Teresa said “ The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow, be good anyway.” Mother Teresa always be happy for helping someone and she never regret. The spirit of dedication to society is set a good example to us. The action of Mother Teresa is always be a good example for all world to follow. Later generations praise her for: “Mother Teresa gave everything to the...
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...In the midst of this world's poverty and pain, Mother Teresa of Calcutta has shone the warm light of God's love and compassion on us all. This is what the Church affirms in raising her to the rank of blessed — that it was his light we beheld in her. "You are the light of the world," Jesus told his disciples, in words that echo down to this day. "Come, be my light," Jesus similarly urged Mother Teresa at the outset of her mission. "Bring me into the dark holes of the poor. Come, carry me, I cannot go alone." Throughout her life on earth, and now even more fully in the Kingdom, she stands as a beacon of light reflecting the heart of God to those who seek him, who seek signs of his nearness and care in the darkness of human suffering and sin. Through her message, proclaimed not as much with words as deeds, rich and poor alike have felt inexplicably drawn into the mercy and solace of God's tender embrace. Her life has truly become "something beautiful for God" — and what is more, something beautiful from God. She is indeed a "sign for this generation" — an incontrovertible sign that "God still loves the world today." Her work, though touching every social ill, was not only or even primarily social work. In Mother Teresa's vision, feeding the hungry and caring for the dying are not ends in themselves, but a share in Jesus' own redemptive "work of love" for the least and the lost. In the face of the overwhelming needs of the poor, abandoned in Calcutta's streets and...
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...Mother Teresa How effectively has Mother Teresa demonstrated the possibilities of living the kingdom values of love, compassion and faith in the parable of the Good Samaritan? Quote By Mother Teresa: “There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.” – Mother Teresa Biography: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, also known as Mother Teresa, was the third and final child born to her Albanian Catholic parents, Nikola and Dranafile Bojaxhiu, in the city of Skopje on August 26th 1910. When Mother Teresa was eight years old her father died suddenly and it left the family devastated. After her father died, Teresa’s family held their religious beliefs tightly and strongly. When mother Teresa was 12 years old she heard call from God to serve God as a nun this meant that giving up all her worldly possessions and her family possibly forever. She thought about if she should be a nun to serve God for five years, during this time she did many religious activities such as singing in the church choir, helped her mother organise church events, and went on walks with her mother to hand out food and supplies to the poor. Finally after 5 long years she accepted to serve God as nun when she was 17 years old. At this time she as read many articles about the work of catholic missionaries in India and...
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...Gandhi was the architect of civil disobedience that influenced the world? A struggling, shy, student who had tremendous difficulty speaking in public. Gandhi was unsuccessful as a lawyer in Bombay. He found his calling working for the downtrodden Indian minority in South Africa. Why him? Why is it Mother Teresa, a convent school teacher dedicated to her student’s education became a Noble Prize humanitarian? Her clinics now care for tens of thousands. Why her? Why is it that Jesus, (whether one believes he is just a man or truly the Son of God), became the most influential person who ever lived? Born in a barn to poor parents; Jesus relied on friends and strangers for food and shelter. He changed the culture of the world. Why him? There is something else at play here, Servant leadership. Servant leaders show proof of their character through behavior. They display the common practices of model leadership by modeling the way, inspiring a shared vision, challenging the process, enabling others to act and encouraging the heart (Kouzes & Posner, 2007). Leadership is about service, stewardship, and shepherding those; at home, work, and in the community. Washington, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Jesus’ effectiveness as leaders reflects courage, vision, values, and commitment to change. They have the heart, head, hands and habits of a servant leader. (Blanchard & Hodges, 2003). One of my main themes from StrengthsFinder is context (Rath, 2007). The lessons learned by studying historical...
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...GS210 Ashley Paster Helping Others 3/26/15 Mother Teresa said it best, “Give, but give until it hurts.” Meaning we were blessed with the ability to give and we give until there is nothing left. Go out of your way to help the people around you and make a difference in their life. I decided to choose this topic because every now and then I see that sometimes we are either giving too much or not enough. In general, this topic is very important to me; one of my life goals is to give whatever I can to anyone in need. I always make myself available to friends, family, and/or even strangers. There is a satisfying feeling when you know you are making a difference in someone’s life. Helping others can change your whole outlook on life for ever. Helping the people you love is such an honor. There is no one better to help you out than someone you care about deeply (2011, April 3). I believe that we are supposed to do whatever we need to for our family. For example, my sister, shelby, was recently in a car accident and I did everything I could for her. The accident was not her fault, but she was the one left with a totaled car and two hand injuries. I had to help her get dressed, take showers, cutting up her food, etc. She was so devastated that she could not do anything herself, so I gladly gave her all of my time and more. As a family, we should always stick together and help each other until for some reason we cannot anymore. There is such abundance love when helping out the...
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...Mother Teresa was a humanitarian. This means she did things to help out other people. Her entire life was fully devoted to helping the poor, the sick, the needy, and the helpless. Where did Mother Teresa grow up? Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910. This city is now called Skopje and is the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. Her birth name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Her father died when she was eight and she was raised by her mother. She was raised as a Roman Catholic and decided to devote her life to God at a young age. She joined the Sisters of Loreto at the age of 18 to become a missionary to India. She first had to learn English. So she went to Ireland to learn English at the Loreto Abby. A year later she started her missionary work in Darjeeling, India. She learned the local language, Bengali, and taught at the local school. She soon took her first vows as a nun and took the name Teresa. She would teach for many years in India becoming the headmistress at a school in eastern Calcutta. What did Mother Teresa do? When she was 36 years old she felt the call from God to help the poor of India. She received some basic medical training and then set out to help the sick and needy. This wasn't an easy task in 1948 India. She had very little support and, while trying to feed and help the poorest of the poor, she herself was constantly hungry and even had to beg for food. Soon other women joined her and she formed the Missionaries of Charity. Mother...
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...SOUTH 1 Person of Interest Paper "It is more blessed to give then to reciecve" Act 20: 35(NIV Bible). This verse is a great representation of the way Mother Teresa lived. She was a great woman of faith and was the best definition of a Godly woman. She lived by the beattitudes, and walked through life living out her faith by her actions. She always said to be faithful in the small things, because it is in them that your strength lies.(bio.com) Mother Teresa was born into a family where both of her parents were devoutly Catholic. She was raised in the Catholic environment. As a young child, her father got very sick and passed away. Once her father was gone, Agnes and her mother grew very close. Her mother played a part in the way she was, being...
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...martyrs are an important part of the Church, their ultimate sacrifice proved they were serious about their faith and showed non believers how real the religion was. Catholics give their lives today in many different ways. Some people completely devote their life to God and become a nun, priest, or monk. Others give their life by giving up their time to help their Church community and the needy in it. 5. The Canonization of Saint Teresa of Calcutta: Canonization behind with the people who knew the candidate best. The bishop has to start the “investigation” and further review by Congregation for the Cause of Saints and the person is declared “Venerable”. Next, God has to preform a miracle through the person, the Church declares the person “Blessed”. With another miracle the Pope “raises the person to the altar” and declares the person a saint. Pope Francis declared that Mother Teresa ‘deserved’ to be canonized. Francis recognized a second miracle in which she was credited with the healing of a man with multiple brain tumors. Besides that I believe Mother Teresa desires to be a saint, she left a good life to do Gods work and help the needy in...
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...Mother teresa Mother Teresa Brief History Mother Teresa was born in Agnes Gonxhas in Skopje Mecedonia, on the 27th of August 1910. She was youngest of five children born to Nikola and Dronda Bojaxhiu, yet only three survived. She lived in a fairly well off family. She grew up with a strong faith and spent a lot of time in the church, but didn't think of being a nun until she was 18. When she then joined the Loreto sisters of Dublin. Here she received her name mother Teresa after St Teresa of Lisieuse. After completing her work in Dublin she worked in Calcutta in India. She taught geography and History with great enjoyment and dedication for 15 years. She then taught at Saint Marys School for girls. The people in the area were amongst the poorest, she worked on the streets. She also set up her own missionary know as “The missionary of charity†where her and other took care of and loved those that nobody else would. She strove to teach the children there of literate and basic hygiene. She helped the poor, the ill and the ills families. The missionary also aimed to help the homeless from dying, refuge for the care and teaching of abandoned children, establishment of treatment centers and hospitals for those suffering of leprosy, centers and refuges for alcoholics, the aged and street people and the list continues. She continued this work until her death in 1997. Mother Teresa was a women commended for her unselfishness, courage, charity, her capacity of hard work and a natural...
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...Saint Teresa of Avila My model of faith is Saint Teresa of Avila. She was a very influential women that spent her time helping to start new monasteries. One of the main reasons Teresa became a nun was because she was scared that she would go to hell, but she wouldn't go to hell if she became a nun. Saint Teresa of Avila is a model of faith because she told stories of her visions, she was a very influential leader, and she spent a lot of her time starting new convents. Saint Teresa of Avila was born on March twenty eighth of 1515 near Avila Spain. She was born on a farm in Gotarrandura, Spain. Saint Teresa was a religious reformer and a Roman Catholic. He father was Alonso (Pina) de Cepeda. He was a secret Jew, also known as a converso....
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...Mother Teresa’s Simple Path Roshan M Royce HS 122 NX Saint Peter’s College Mother Teresa’s Simple Path Planet earth in the twenty first century is a very complex habitat. Planet earth is not just complex because of the wide range of nature and animal life thriving but rather because of one special inhabitant, human beings. In many ways, humans are the best and worst thing that ever happened to our world. Our ego had driven this beautiful planet to the verge of near destruction with wars, violence and protests, terrorism and other forms of bloodshed. Today, if there is a conflict in terms between nations or even among people of the same nation on a particular matter, hate and disgust flow like a river and people alienate nations and groups of people on the basis of silly blind reasons such as skin color, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, race, religion, language, wealth and standing in society. History has provided the inhabitants of the earth with many opportunities to learn from their mistakes, mistakes that range from an individual level to nations or union of nations. Yet the sorrow remains that the nations have failed to learn and change either due to selective ignorance or from arrogance. But history never quits. History is always searching for the wise to provide knowledge and understanding like a parent, like a teacher or guru with tears in the eyes. We shall look at one of the best lesson that history has provided us in the person of Mother Teresa. Mother...
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