POOR. AFTER SOME TIME‚ SHE LEFT CONVENT AND STARTED THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY. A FEW YEARS LATER‚ MOTHER TERESA SET UP NIRMAL HRIDAY. IT WAS A HOME FOR THE POOR AND THE DYING. THEN SHE SET UP A HOME FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN.SHE CALLED IT SHISHU BHAVAN. SHE DEVOTED HER ENTIRE LIFE TO SERVING PEOPLE. MOTHER TERESA GOT THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE IN 1979.THE NEXT YEAR‚ SHE WAS AWARDED THE BHARAT RATNA. SHE PASSED AWAY IN 1997. TODAY‚THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY IS HELPING PEOPLE IN OVER 125 COUNTRIES. THE
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“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” ~Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was a nun teaching at the Loreto Convent in India‚ when she traveled to Calcutta‚ and saw the slums in that city. She immediately felt called to go and serve the poorest of the poor there‚ and after a couple years‚ received permission and headed off to Calcutta. She immediately began her work there‚ and gave her entire life to it. As a result‚ Malcolm Muggeridge wrote a biography
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“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”-Mother Teresa. The mission Mother Teresa had in her life was to proclaim God’s thirsting love for humanity‚ especially for the poorest of the poor. Throughout her life Mother Teresa was constantly showing the world many things like what it means to be human‚ just exactly why we need each other‚ and finally showing us that we all can be good. Humans are created in the image and likeness of God. Mother Teresa demonstrates
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There are many reasons why I elected Maria Goretti as my saint‚ the main reason: being due to the fact‚ that in here few years of living she endured many hindrances and yet she still managed to keep a concrete spirit and keep a bosom relationship with God. At only the age of 9 she had been deprived of her father to a gruesome disease‚ malaria. I personally can’t imagine how grueling it must be to lose a parent. Not to mention‚ that they were struggling financially while her father was living‚ now
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Dorothy Day was a social activist‚ Catholic convert‚ and an American journalist. Dorothy also demonstrated many of the Beatitudes throughout her life in all the works she did in her life. Dorothy is still very famous today throughout the world in the Catholic Church. Dorothy Day was born on November 8th‚ 1987 in Brooklyn Heights‚ New York. Dorothy was the third of five children. She raised in a Christian middle class family by her mother Grace Day and father John Day who both worked as journalists
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Final Reflection As my graduate program in Educational Leadership ends‚ Mother Catherine McAuley’s most famous words take on a new meaning: “No work of charity can be more productive of good to society than the careful instruction of women.” During my twelve-year career at Mercy High School‚ I have endeavored to bring these words to life through my lesson plans‚ instructional methods‚ and classroom management strategies. These words have underscored the relationships I have built with students.
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A Life Dedicated to Others There are many people in this world that we consider great humanitarians. They may become our own heroes‚ people we admire and respect‚ people who make us look at world with a different eye. Among those people the woman I admire most from the twentieth century is Mother Teresa. I regard her as one of the most caring and kind-hearted persons the world has ever known. If you take a look at a photograph of Mother Teresa‚ the most remarkable things
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Dear Mother Teresa: “Holiness is not a luxury of the few‚ it is a simple duty for each one of us.” - Mother Teresa of Calcutta (“Announcing the Beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.” – Mother Teresa.) I have been a fan of yours for a long time‚ believed you always did extraordinary work‚ even though you were far away from Macedonia your hometown. You felt in loved while you worked in Calcutta‚ India. There are so many things I admire about you. You were a nun that had a mission‚ but you
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Mother Teresa was a woman who devoted her life to helping the poor‚ suffering and dying. She touched the lives of people all over the world‚ from Calcutta to Rome‚ and from Ethiopia to Venezuela. Mother Teresa has been a role model to people all over the world‚ but she has been a real inspiration to me. Ever since I was little‚ I have gone to Catholic school; therefore‚ I have known about Mother Teresa since I was younger. I have learned about the many places she traveled and the many people she
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Saint Teresa of Avila once said “I shall mention some things that are necessary… The first of these is love for one another; the second is detachment from all created things; the third is true humility… all must be friends‚ all must be loved‚ all must be held dear‚ all must be helped‚” . A Doctor of the church‚ Saint Teresa of Avila greatly affected the Catholic Church. One of her major contributions is that she founded the Discalced Carmelites. Another is her teaching on prayer and books she wrote
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