Who was Mother Theresa
Date Submitted: 12/29/2004 07:28:33
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 5 pages (1255 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 5 pages (1255 words)
Who Was Mother Teresa?
Mother Teresa was always her own person,
startlingly independent, obedient, yet
challenging some preconceived notions and
expectations. Her own life story includes
many illustrations of her willingness to listen to
and follow her own conscience, even when it
seemed to contradict what was expected.
This strong and independent Slavic woman
was born Gonxha (Agnes) Bojaxhiu in
Skopje, Yugoslavia, on August 27, 1910.
Five children were born to Nikola and
Dronda Bojaxhiu, yet only …
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…always returned
to her work, to those who received her
compassionate care for more than 50 years.
Only months before her death, when she
became too weak to manage the
administrative work, she relinquished the
position of head of her Missionaries of
Charity. She knew the work would go on.
Finally, on September 5, 1997, after finishing
her dinner and prayers, her weakened heart
gave her back to the God who was the very
center of her life.
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