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Maddie Laird

Honors Religion 10

Mr. Campbell

December 4, 2017

Saint Mother Theresa was born with the official name Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on

August 26, 1910 in Skopje to her parents, Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu. She received her First

Holy Communion and her Confirmation at the ages of 5 and 6. At the age of 8, he father died.

This unfortunate event caused her family to face financial troubles. Throughout her youth,

Mother Theresa was greatly involved with the Jesuit Parish of the Sacred Heart. Because she felt

compelled to pursue a life of missionary work, Mother Theresa left her home in 1928 and joined

the Institute of Blessed Virgin Mary (aka The Sisters of Loreto in Ireland) at 18 years old. She

made her First Profession of Vows in 1931 and then officially designated herself to the Loreto

Entally community in Calcutta while also teaching at Saint Mary’s School for girls. In the year

of 1937, Mother Theresa made her Final Profession of Vows and became the “spouse of Jesus

for all eternity”. Mother Theresa later became the principal at St. Mary’s School and was renown

for her “charity, unselfishness, and courage” as she lived her life for Jesus. On September 10,

1946, she received a message from Jesus; Jesus wanted her to satisfy His great thirst for the love

of others, especially the poor. Jesus also asked her to establish a religious community called the

Missionaries of Charity, that would be dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor. Answering

His call, on August 17, 1948, Mother Theresa entered the world of the poor, abused, and

abandoned in order to love and serve them as Jesus did. Later on, she returned to Calcutta and

with the help of the Little Sisters of the Poor, she continued her missionary and charity work in

the slums. There, she loved, cared for, showed compassion to, and served “the unwanted, the
unloved, and the uncared for.” She was recognized for her amazing work with awards such as the

Indian Padmashri Award and the Nobel Peace Prize while struggling to understand the sense of

separation from God she was feeling at the time. In reality, Mother Theresa was sharing in God’s

great suffering. Mother Theresa died on September 5, 1997 but was beatified by Pope John Paul

II. She was then canonized by Pope Francis while having two miracles attributed to her.

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5611
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-Miracles attributed to Mother Theresa

-Prayer of Intercession

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