Thérèse of Lisieux

A woman whom I have respected and admired since I was a young child is Mother Teresa, a Catholic nun and missionary. Mother Teresa is known for preaching the “Good News” to the homeless in the slums of Calcutta, India. She organized the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a multitude of Roman Catholic women devoted to helping the needy. Mother Teresa was born on August 26th, 1910 in the Republic of Macedonia and she was baptized the day after in Skopje. Being raised in a highly religious Catholic

“after the death and loss of a child you have feelings of guilt – which are common but not always present — confront and admit them. Examine the reality of how your child died and your actual intentions and actions at the time. You may see your actions or reactions in a more positive light. Forgive yourself for being imperfect — you did and continue to do the best that you can. After the death and loss of a child one of the major obstacle parents experience in their return to the world of the living

When I think of great people who have helped others worldwide, many people come into my thoughts. However, one person stands out from the rest for me: Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was a very influential person who went above her call of duty by helping people and forming the Missionaries of Charity. The Catholic Church has helped many people who are in need that would have died if they did not help. In general, millions of Christians and Catholics all around the world help many people who need help

Organization & Development The Catholic Church has a major role in going to the peripheries. Many people who have gone to the periphery and beyond have all been part of the Catholic Church. Church is not only a place were we go to pray and have Mass it is also part of us. As a community we all make up different functions of the church. I believe that going to the periphery has a lot to do with believing and going to Church because if you don't believe in yourself you can't accomplish anything. Another

War, corruption, scandal, sounds like the theme for a movie. Actually it describes the atmosphere of our country during the 1970’s. The decade of the 1970’s was a decade filled with political, social, and environmental issues that have had a lasting impact on America today. Some of the issues that affected our country in the first half of the 1970’s carried over from the decade before. One of the first notable events was the Kent State massacre. The year was 1970 and President Richard Nixon

“Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is wealth, keep it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it!” were the lines of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu who is now known as the famous Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa born to an Albanian family on August 26th, 1910 in a city called Skopje, Serbia. As a child, Agnes lived in a quite favorable house and was educated in local schools. Her father was a building

the desire to become a missionary at the age of eighteen Gonxha moved to Ireland to join the Sisters of Loreto in the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Upon her arrival at the Institute received the name of Sister Mother Teresa after St. Therese of Lisieux. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) lived from 1910 to 1997. In 2003, Pope John Paul II took the first steps towards her canonization, but it was not until the year 2016 that Mother Teresa was declared a saint by Pope Francis. Mother Teresa

"After taking her former religious vows in 1931, she changed her name to Sister Teresa in honor of St Therese of Lisieux and went to Darjeeling, India" (Teltingor 3). In Darjeeling, India Sister Teresa was assigned to teach at St. Mary's High School, for underprivileged girls living in India. Sister Teresa was also residing in India for her novitiate period. The

12, she felt a strong calling to lead a religious life. She decided that she would become a nun and a missionary(Mother Teresa Biography). At age 18, she joined the Sisters of Loretto in Ireland, where she picked the name Teresa after Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (Mother Teresa of Calcutta). She sailed to India just six weeks later to become a teacher(Blessed Mother Teresa). For 17 years she taught at the school before she experienced her “call within a call”. While riding a train to a retreat, Christ

her true calling as a nun. She left home for good to enrol herself at the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM), which is also called Sisters of Loreto, Ireland. It was there that she first received the name Sister Mary Teresa after St Therese of Lisieux. A year later in May 1931, she travelled on to Darjeeling India, where she made her First Profession of Vows. Afterwards she was sent to Calcutta, where she was assigned to teach at Saint Mary's High School for Girls, a school run by the Loreto