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As a teen, Agnes became interested in more church activities. She would interpret the Gospels in Albanian at mass. Age and herself joined the girls church choir as sopranos. Agnes became part of the Sodality; studying the saints and the missionary work around the world. Fundraisers for the missionaries were organized by the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary. As missionaries from India came to speak to Agnes’ class, she acquired a calling from God to be a missionary in Calcutta, India. In September

Saint Teresa of Avila was born on March 28th, 1515 in Avila, Spain. She is the patron saint of Spain. She is the third daughter of a large upper class family and she has twelve siblings. Her nationality is spanish. When she was only thirteen she was put in a convent school after her mother had died in 1521. Saint Teresa of Avila was not a very educated person. When she was a child she grew deathly ill and fell into a coma that was mistaken for death. Wax was put over eyes to keep them closed. Just

Mother Frances Cabrini, or better know as St Frances Xavier Cabrini, was a nun who founded the Missionary Sisters of the sacred heart of Jesus. She also helped Italian Immigrants and was named a saint in the year of 1946. Mother Frances Cabrini was born on July 15, 1850, in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, Italy. She was born earlier than expected and was the thirteenth child of her family. Sadly, only three of her siblings lived past their teenage years. Mother Frances would end up living under an insecure

Janvi Patel Mrs. Frahme English 10 22 January 2015 Mother Teresa For generations, people around the world of all various social classes have lived very differently. People are wealthy and have things given to them, or poor and working hard for basic needs. Some were unlucky and born with defects that would affect them their whole lives. Others

Leaders are all around us. They come in all shapes and sizes, gender, ethnicities, and religions. Mother Teresa is a catholic nun who committed her life to working with the poor throughout the world and is a leader I admire. Her leadership approach, purpose in life, and values are evident in her humanitarian work and are traits I want to emulate in developing my own leadership style. On August 26, 1910 Mother Teresa was born in Skopje, Macedonia with the name Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Not much is known

American history has been founded on various writings which help shape our evolving nation. “Common Sense,” by Thomas Paine in particular has had a tremendous impact on the unification of common people and leaders. Ultimately, unifying both parties of people would lead to the fight for colonial independence. Although the pamphlet contributed well thought ideas and a new perspective on winning the fight, it wasn’t as well written as it could’ve been. Paine is credited for the persuasive writing style

"We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty". Gonxha Agnes best know as Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a humanitarian worker who dedicated her life to helping out the less fortunate. Mother Teresa was a woman who saw beauty in every human, she chose to "serve the poorest of the poor and to live among them and like them." Mother Teresa

It was September the 10th, 1964 and World war 2 had only just come to a conclusion. Mother Teresa sat on a piping hot train, on a hot summers day in Calcutta. She tried taking up as little space as possible to avoid being crowded which she was to a great extent and deeply swelter. She was on a train from Calcutta to the Himalayan foothills for a retreat. On this train ride Christ spoke to Mother Teresa. She referred to this as 'her second calling' and in her words it was 'a vocation to give up, even

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, also known as Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, was a Roman Catholic nun who was born on 26 August 1910, in Skopje. Agnes was raised as a strong Catholic in her faith, by her parents, Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu. Her father Drane, a well-respected businessman, died when she was eight years old, leaving her mother Nikola, to open a clothing business to support the family. After spending her teenage years deeply involved in church and parish activities, Agnes left home to India

Mother Teresa was fascinated with missionaries from an early age, and by age 12 she knew that she would commit herself to a religious vocation. Mother Teresa was a Roman Catholic nun who devoted her life to serving the poor and destitute around the world. She spent many years in Calcutta, India where she founded the Missionaries of Charity, a religious congregation devoted to helping those in great need. Mother Teresa’s values of inspiration, forgiveness of others, and helpfulness impacted society