Mother Teresa Essay
She dedicated her life serving the poor. She loved the unloved, cared for the unâcared, helped the dying, the cripple, and the mentally ill. She served
everyone with her love and the love of God. She touched the hearts of those who doubted her because of her love and commitment to God. Mother
Teresa lived an extraordinary life.
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, later named Mother Teresa, was born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, Yugoslavia. She was born into an Albanian Roman
Catholic family.
There were three children, one boy and two girls. She was the youngest. She attended the government school. In her teens, Agnes became a member of
a youth group in her local parish called Sodality. Through her involvement with their...show more content...
On March 25, 1963, the Archbishop of Calcutta blessed the beginning of an active branch of Brothers. The branch of the Sisters began in New York
on June 25, 1976 and the Brothers were established in Rome on March 19, 1979. The Fathers were founded in the Bronx, New York on October 13,
1984.
With a rare combination of goodness and media savvy, Mother Teresa took advantage of her newâfound recognition. She began giving speeches
worldwide, helping to bring attention to the dilemma of the poor everywhere. In 1979, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and her position as the
world's greatest champion of the downtrodden was firmly established.
After Mother Teresa received her Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, she presented her Nobel Lecture. She told everyone about her beliefs and told many
stories about her experience throughout the world:
I choose the poverty of our poor people. But I am grateful to receive (the Nobel) in the name of the hungry, the naked, the homeless, of the crippled, of
the blind, of the lepers, of all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncaredâfor throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society
and are shunned by everyone (Crimp125).
Mother Teresa's health problems became active in the '80s and '90s. In 1983
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