Mother Theresa of Calcuta

Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia; she was the youngest of three children. Mother Teresa is Albanian by birth; her original name is Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. In 1948, Mother Teresa became a citizen of India. At the age of 18, Mother Teresa attended the religious Order called Our Lady of Loreto in Ireland. She received her spiritual training in Dublin, Ireland and Darjeeling, India. In 1931, Mother Teresa took the name of Teresa from the …

…Mother Teresa. In my opinion Mother Teresa deserves a special place in this huge world; she deserves a real thankful demonstration from all of us because her vocation is a message of love. Her work demonstrates that a true conviction is always accompanied by action and that love in action is service. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 over her own objections, but she accepted it on behalf of the "poorest of the poor".