how did mother teresa help others
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Mother Teresa was a humanitarian. She was a tiny woman of just 4 feet 11 inches and less than 100 pounds. Yet, she spent many years lifting and carrying those who were dying or sick. Mother Teresa chose to "serve the poorest of the poor and to live among them and like them." She saw beauty in every human being. She, along with others of the Missionaries of Charity, strove to make the lives and deaths of those around them more peaceful and full of love. She fed, washed, and cared for anyone who needed the assistance.August 27, 1910, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) was born in the town of Skopje, Yugoslavia (now Macedonia). Her parents were both Albanian. Agnes was one of 3 children. At the age of 12 Agnes felt that she had a calling to help others.
In 1928, at the age of 18, Agnes left her family to become a missionary in India. She joined the Sisters of Loreto. She was sent to Ireland to learn English because India was ruled by the British at the time. There Agnes took her first vows as a nun in 1929 and changed her name to Sister Mary Teresa. She chose the name Teresa because her favorite saint was Saint Teresa of Lisieux, a patron saint of missionaries.
Sister Teresa began her missionary work in Darjeeling, India where she taught wealthy children. A couple of years later, in 1931, she was sent to Calcutta to teach geography at St. Mary's High School. This was an all girls school run by the Sisters of Loreto. Most of the girls were from middle-class families. St. Mary's was located near the slums of Calcutta, known as Moti Jhil. Moti Jhil was overpopulated with poor and starving people, open sewers, and disease. During Sister Teresa's years at St. Mary's, she was touched by the poverty surrounding the beautiful school. She often went to the slums on Saturdays to help the poor and suffering people of Moti Jhil.
In 1928, at the age of 18, Agnes left her family to become a missionary in India. She joined the Sisters of Loreto. She was sent to Ireland to learn English because India was ruled by the British at the time. There Agnes took her first vows as a nun in 1929 and changed her name to Sister Mary Teresa. She chose the name Teresa because her favorite saint was Saint Teresa of Lisieux, a patron saint of missionaries.
Sister Teresa began her missionary work in Darjeeling, India where she taught wealthy children. A couple of years later, in 1931, she was sent to Calcutta to teach geography at St. Mary's High School. This was an all girls school run by the Sisters of Loreto. Most of the girls were from middle-class families. St. Mary's was located near the slums of Calcutta, known as Moti Jhil. Moti Jhil was overpopulated with poor and starving people, open sewers, and disease. During Sister Teresa's years at St. Mary's, she was touched by the poverty surrounding the beautiful school. She often went to the slums on Saturdays to help the poor and suffering people of Moti Jhil.
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