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Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was born as Gonxhe Agnes Bojaxhiu on August 27, 1910. She was born to Nilkolle and Dranafille Bojaxhiu in present day Macedonia. Her interest in India began as a child when she attended meetings of the Sodality of Our Lady, an organization where letters from priests from Bengal were read. On Nov. 29, 1928 she went to join the Sisters of Loreto. Six weeks later she began her missionary training in West Bengal. In 1931 she changed her name to Teresa and began teaching at St. Mary’s High School, Calcutta. While she taught she came into direct contact with the dire poverty of the streets in Calcutta. On Sept. 10, 1946 she received a call from God to remain a nun but to work among the poor in Calcutta.
Mother Teresa set up a school in the streets of Calcutta for the children of the slums. Her only equipment was a stick. The dust in the roads was her blackboard. In February of 1949 she relocated the school into a rented accommodation. Her former pupils then began to volunteer and join her. Along with the usual vows, these nuns took on an additional promise, “to give free service to the poor and the unwanted, irrespective of caste, creed, nationality or race.” In 1952 she created a home for the dying destitute and soon thereafter she opened her first orphanage.
Mother Teresa kept on helping those in need, setting up health clinics, centers for alcohol and drug addicts, and shelters for the homeless. In 1979 she received the Nobel Peace Prize. Her response to this award was, “I am unworthy.” On September 5, 1997, Mother Teresa died of cardiac arrest in Calcutta, India. Currently her order has 4,000 nuns and novices, 400 priests, hundreds of thousands of volunteers, all working at over 450 sites globally.
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