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    MOTHER TERESA In my English assignment‚ I was asked to do a report on someone or things that I am interested with. So‚ I decided to choose Mother Teresa as my role model to accomplish my task. To me‚ a role model is someone you want to emulate or hope to be like one day. Besides that‚ a role model is also someone who has inspiring actions or words. However‚ I feel that a role model needs to be honest‚ kind-hearted‚ humble‚ and caring. Therefore‚ I choose Mother Teresa as my role model because

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    Mother Teresa Angela Dias U.S. History II 4/28/14 Mother Teresa was a Roman Catholic nun who spent her life helping sick and poor people around the world. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born on August 26‚ 1910 in Skopje‚ Macedonia. Her parents’ names were Nikola and Dronda Bojaxhiu‚ and she was the youngest of three children. Agnes was interested in helping people at a very young age. She became a member of a youth group in her parish called Sodality. While she was a member of this youth group

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    Mother Teresa Between many spiritual leaders lies the well known Mother Teresa. She was the former head of the Missionaries of charity in Calcutta‚ India. She ministered to the poorest of the poor and touched the lives of many people. Even though she did many good things‚ she never saw herself as special or as deserving public acclaim. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born on August 26‚ 1910 in Skopje‚ a town in Macedonia. She had a four year old sister named Age‚ and a seven year old brother named

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    Mother Teresa was born on 26 August 1910‚ but she considered 27 August‚ the day she was baptized‚ to be her "true birthday". She was born in Skopje‚ now capital of the Republic of Macedonia‚ but at the time part of the Ottoman Empire. On 10 September 1946‚ Teresa experienced what she later described as "the call within the call" while travelling by train to the Loreto convent in Darjeeling from Calcutta for her annual retreat. "I was to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them

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    September 1997 By: Christina Donnelly Contents page 1. Cover page 2. Contents page 3. Mother Teresa’s background 4. Mother Teresa’s vocation 5. The work of Mother Teresa 6. Pictures of Mother Teresa and her work 7. Mother Teresa’s quotes Mother Teresa’s background Originally named Agnes ‚ Mother Teresa was born on August 27‚ 1910 in Skopje (present day Macedonia). Agnes’s family were Albanian Catholic and they belong to the Albanian community. Her father‚ Kole was a businessman

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    Mother Teresa Mother Teresa was a powerful woman with her missions and countless acts of mercy. Powerful leaders in our world today should learn from Mother Teresa and her countless acts of mercy‚ which she performed. Often men and women in powerful positions misuse their strengths simply for their own personal benefit. Mother Teresa is a perfect example of a modern day saint. Through her love and guidance of Jesus Christ‚ Mother Teresa proves to be savior. Now if you compare Mother Teresa to some

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    MOTHER TERESA Mother Theresa was a very prominent figure in the Catholic Church for many years. She was mostly associated with Calcutta‚ India - where she did most of her work. Inspired at a very early age she lived her life Christ wanted‚ doing everything to help the poorest of the poor. Mother Teresa‚ or Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu‚ was born to Nikolle and Dranafille Bojaxhiu on August 26‚ 1910. She was born in Shkup‚ which was in the center of the Ottoman Empire at the time (Present "" day Macedonia)

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    Mother Teresa‚ Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu‚ was born in Skopje‚ Macedonia on August 27th‚ 1910. Mother Teresa was of Albanian descent‚ and by the age of twelve felt a call of God. At eighteen‚ she left her home and joined the Sisters of Loreto‚ an Irish nuns who held missions in India. After months of training in Dublin she was sent back to India‚ where on May 24th 1931 Mother Teresa took her vows as a nun. From then on until 1948 she taught at St. Mary’s High School in Calcutta. Outside the walls of

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    Mother Teresa a name known throughout the world and one that will stay as an outstanding name in the annals of the history of the world. A frail looking foreigner did so much for India and of course for the world‚ that people of the world are indebted to her for all time to come. Let us just pause to think why the Mother decided to make the headquarters of her activities in India. While she belonged to a far off country of Bulgaria‚ she decided to settle in India as it was this place where shoe could

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    Mother Teresa. She was born on 26 August 1910‚ but she considered 27 August the day she was baptized‚ to be her “true birthday” she was born in Skopje‚ now capital of the Republic of Macedonia‚ but at the time part of the Ottoman Empire. –wikipedia.com She came from a wealthy family‚ and could easily have lived a comfortable life‚ but she gave it all up to become a Catholic nun and devote her life to the poor. During her lifetime‚ she had many achievements; here are just some of the awards which

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