The woman known as Mother Teresa was born in 1910 in what is now known as the Republic of Macedonia. She came from a comfortable family that were deeply religious and devoted to the Roman Catholic Church, and very committed to helping those less fortunate. This would be the legacy that her family gave to her as Mother Teresa became one of the most well-known and beloved religious members that were devoted to the poor.
She traveled to Ireland and then later to India for her novitiate
period. Once she took her First Profession of Vows, she was
sent to Calcutta, India as a teacher at Saint Mary’s High School
for Girls that was operated by the Loreto Sisters. The order was
dedicated to teaching the girls of some of the poorest Bengali families and it
was here that Mother Teresa learned to speak both Hindi and Bengali. Her hopes as a teacher
was to help to eliminate the poverty of the girls through education.
period. Once she took her First Profession of Vows, she was
sent to Calcutta, India as a teacher at Saint Mary’s High School
for Girls that was operated by the Loreto Sisters. The order was
dedicated to teaching the girls of some of the poorest Bengali families and it
was here that Mother Teresa learned to speak both Hindi and Bengali. Her hopes as a teacher
was to help to eliminate the poverty of the girls through education.
Mother Teresea cared for the sick and the blind and she
was born on 26 August 1910 and died on 5 september 1997.
Mother Teresea also has 3 family members in her family.
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