FREE ESSAY ON MOTHER TERESA

MOTHER TERESA

Growing up in the United States of America, especially in suburban New York, there has
always been a certain definition of what success by money and material possesions,
including the kind of car that they drive and how big their house is. But what truly
makes a person successful? In examing this thought I have realized that tre success is
when a person is happy and completely content with the lifestlye they have chosen and the
benefits they receive within themselves by what they do. One person who fits the true
definition of success is mother Teresa, a women who lived in Calcutta and devoted her
life to the poorest of the poor, the suffuering and the dying.
Anges gonxha Bojaxhiu, was born in Skopje, Macedonia on August 26, 1910 into a middle
class business family. Mother Teresa leardned about charity from her mother & father who
never turned away from those in need whether seeking food, shelter, clothing, or even
money. Her famalies life changed when her father died unexpectedly in 1917. The family
was left with little money and the church became a very important part ot their lives.
Mother Teresa was influenenced by the pastor of her church, Father Jambren Kovic. This
preist introduced here to the work being done by missionaries in India. In 1928 Mother
teresa decided to follow the feelings in her heart and join the Loreto order of nuns who
would enable her to reach Bengal and start her work. She began her journey by traveling
to Rathfarman in Ireland and after a very short time she was sent to Loredo Novitiate in
Darjeeling, India. She was there for two years and took her final vows in March 1931. Her
journey was finally complete when she arrived at St Mary's school in the Calcutta suburb
of Entally. Here she gained the success of being a beloved nun and teacher. 
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possessionsthelifestylesuffering Calcutta was a city that reached it's glory in the 19th
Century and was called the second city of the Brithish empire. It started it's decline in
1911 when the Capital was move to Delhi. Calcutta began to receive refugees from Pakistan
and later from Bangledesh. Calcutta was the city under seige. There was a tremendous
conflict between the Muslims and the Hindus. As a result of all the different conflicts
growing in Calcutta it was sticken with povery, famine, disease, and death. Although
Mother Teresa was not directly affected at first by all of thiss I made an impact on her
life.
On August 16, 1946 Mother Teresa left Calcutta for her annual retreat to Darjeeing. It
was on this train ride their that she received her second calling from god. She explains
this expeirence as I was going..................
Mother Teresa realizied that she must accomplish a series of steps before being able to
fulfill her calling. She took the advice of many and went through all the proper channels
in the Higherarchy of the church. Biggest obstacle was to be able to live outside a
convent and with the people she was going to help. Being the ever obedient servent of
God. She waited patiently for over a year to begin her calling. The
spossessionsthelifestylesuffering Calcutta was a city that reached it's glory in the 19th
Century and was called the second city of the Brithish empire. It started it's decline in
1911 when the Capital was move to Delhi. Calcutta began to receive refugees from Pakistan
and later from Bangledesh. Calcutta was the city under seige. There was a tremendous
conflict between the Muslims and the Hindus. As a result of all the different conflicts
growing in Calcutta it was sticken with povery, famine, disease, and death. Although
Mother Teresa was not directly affected at first by all of thiss I made an impact on her
life.
On August 16, 1946 Mother Teresa left Calcutta for her annual retreat to Darjeeing. It
was on this train ride their that she received her second calling from god. She explains
this expeirence as I was going..................
Mother Teresa realizied that she must accomplish a series of steps before being able to
fulfill her calling. She took the advice of many and went through all the proper channels
in the Higherarchy of the church. Biggest obstacle was to be able to live outside a
convent and with the people she was going to help. Being the ever obedient servent of
God. She waited patiently for over a year to begin her calling. The second
call............. Finally in 1948 Mother Teresa received permission to leave the order
and begin her work with the poor. Rome had informed her that she would remain outside of
cloister for one year and then she would be instructed on whether she should be able to
continue.
She began her work with almost nothing, but received some help from the Loreto ?sisters.
They gave her furniture, tables, beds, and educated her earliest postulants. Her and four
other women began what would soon be known an the missionaries of charity. They vowed To
fulfill our mission.................. This was the beginning of the most successful part
of her life.
The great humanitarian works of Mother Teresa and the missionaries of charity started
from very humble beginnings. They began by picking people up off the streets who were
suffering and dying and brining them to hospitals. Oftenly they were turned away. This is
when Mother Teresa realized that she must find a place for the suffering and dying to
suffer and die in peace. She was offered a hostile that was a formally a Hindu temple now
being used by squaters. She was happy to have it because it was a center of prayer for
Hindus. She called the hostile Nirmal Hriday which in Begali for pure or immaculate heart
in honor of the virgin Mary. It became known as the home for the dying! Mother Teresa was
successful in taking up the cause of the dying in Calcutta because of her resistance to
intimidation and her fearlessness in defending the helpless and the voiceless.
...........................
After starting her work with the sick and the dying Mother Teresa was led to the work of
rescuing children. She again decided that the children of the streets of Calcutta needed
a place where they could be cared for. Mother Teresa rented a house and named it Nimala
Shishu Bharan, the Children's Home of the Immaculate. I cannot give............ By 1958,
there was 90 children who lived there. Every child was taught a certain skill so they
could live a life of self respect. The home for the children also served other purposes.
One was supplying food to homeless and starving famalies. Shishu Bahvan had a huge
courtyard and became one the main distibuting centers. Over 9000 people where given food
there per week.
In 1961 the work for lepers began in the Asansol district of Bengal. There Mother Teresa
establised a town for all the people nobody wanted. She named it Shanti Nagar, Tow of
peace. It was thirty-four acres and consisted of housees and medical treatment for leper
famalies and also individual victims of leporcy.
Over the years Mother Teresa opened all different types of hostiles that helped all
different types of people. She touched the lives of needy people all over the world, from
Calcutta to Rome and from Ethiopia to Venzuala. In 1979, news was sent to Calcutta that
Mother Teresa would receive the Nobel Prize for Peace. 1979 was the year of the child and
the Norweigen Nobel committee found it fit that Mother Teresa be honored. Proffessor John
Sannes presented the award to Mother Teresa and he explained that her work was done in
such a way to build bridges across the Great Gulfs that separate parts of the human
family (Egan 347). In a previous recomandation to the Noble committee Robert McNamara
eloquently summarized the essence of Mother Terethe children of India(Chawla 4). In 1928
Mother Teach Bengal and start her work. When she left her family her mother gave her
advice that would stay with her always. Put your hand His-in His hand-and walk all the
way with Him(Egan 13). Calcutta was is. Most people define successpossessionsis thought I
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the people, and especially the children of India(Chawla 4). In 1928 Mother Teach Bengal
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Calcutta was a city that reached it
Calcutta was a city that reached it's glory in the 19th Century and was called the second
city of the Brithish empire. It started it's decline in 1911 when the Capital was move to
Delhi. Calcutta began to receive refugees from Pakistan and later from Bangledesh.
Calcutta was the city under seige. There was a tremendous conflict between the Muslims
and the Hindus. As a result of all the different conflicts growing in Calcutta it was
sticken with povery, famine, disease, and death. Although Mother Teresa was not directly
affected at first by all of thiss I made an impact on her life.
On August 16, 1946 Mother Teresa left Calcutta for her annual retreat to Darjeeing. It
was on this train ride their that she received her second calling from god. She explains
this expeirence as I was going..................
Mother Teresa realizied that she must accomplish a series of steps before being able to
fulfill her calling. She took the advice of many and went through all the proper channels
in the Higherarchy of the church. Biggest obstacle was to be able to live outside a
convent and with the people she was going to help. Being the ever obedient servent of
God. She waited patiently for over a year to begin her calling. The second
call............. family her mother gave her advice that would stay with her always. Put
your hand His-in His hand-and walk all the way with Him(Egan 13). Calcutta was a city
that reached its glory in the 19th Century and was called the second city of the British
Empire. It started its decline in 1911 when the capital was moved to Delhi. Calcutta
began to receive refugees from Pakistan and later from Bangladesh. Calcutta was the city
under siege. There was a tremendous conflict between the Muslims and the Hindus. Aecond
call............. Finally in 1948 Mother Teresa received permission to leave the order
and begin her work with the poor. Rome had informed her that she would remain outside of
cloister for one year and then she would be instructed on whether she should be able to
continue.
She began her work with almost nothing, but received some help from the Loreto ?sisters.
They gave her furniture, tables, beds, and educated her earliest postulants. Her and four
other women began what would soon be known an the missiFinally in 1948 Mother Teresa
received permission to leave the order and begin her work with the poor. Rome had
informed her that she would remain outside of CLOISTER for one year and then she would be
instructed on whether she should be able to continue.
She began her work with almost nothing, but received some help from the Loreto ?sisters.
They gave her furniture, tables, beds, and educated her earliest postulants. Her and four
other women began what would soon be known an the missionaries of charity. They vowed To
fulfill our mission.................. This was the beginning of the most successful part
of her life.
The great humanitarian works of Mother Teresa and the missionaries of charity started
from very humble beginnings. They began by picking people up off the streets who were
suffering and dying and brining them to hospitals. Oftenly they were turned away. This is
when Mother Teresa realized that she must find a place for the suffering and dying to
suffer and die in peace. She was offered a hostileonaries of charity. They vowed To
fulfill our mission.................. This was the beginning of the most successful part
of her life.
The great humanitarian works of Mother Teresa and the missionaries of charity started
from very humble beginnings. They begans a result of all the different conflicts growing
in Calcutta it was stricken with poverty, famine, disease, and death. Although Mother
Teresa was not directly affected by all of this, it made an impact on her life.
On August 16, 1946 Mother Teresa left Calcutta for her annual retreat to Darjeeling. It
was on this train ride there that she received her second calling from God. She explains
this experience as I was going to Darjeeling to make my retreat. It was on that train
that I heard the call to give up all and follow Him-to serve Him in the poorest of the
poor. I knew it was His will and I had to follow Him. There was no doubt it was to be His
work. The message was quite clear, I was to leave the convent and work with the poor
while living among them. It was an order. I knew were I belonged but I did not know how
to get there (Egan 25). 
Mother Teresa realized that she must accomplish a series of steps before being able to
fulfill her calling. She took the advice of many and went through all the proper channels
in the Higherarchy of the church. Her biggest obstacle was to be able to live outside a
convent and with the people she was going to help. Being the ever-obedient servant of
God, she waited patiently for over a year to begin her calling. The second call, no less
clear, differed from the first in that there was no established route to follow, no
expectance at the Motherhouse, no period of novitiate. It would take her away from the
life of a teaching nun and, for this, releases and permission had to be obtained.
Passionately eager as she was to answer the new call, she would take no steps until these
permissions had been accorded her. I am convinced that if these permissions had been slow
in coming, or had taken the greater portion a city that reached its glory in the 19th
Century and was called the second city of the British Empire. It started its decline in
1911 when the Capital was move to Delhi. Calcutta began to receive refugees from Pakistan
and later from Bangladesh. Calcu by picking people up off the streets who were suffering
and dying and brining them to hospitals. Oftenly they were turned away. This is when
Mother Teresa realized that she must find a place for the suffering and dying to suffer
and die in peace. She was offered a hostile that was a formally a Hindu temple now being
used by squaters. She was happy to have it because it was a center of prayer for Hindus.
She called the hostile Nirmal Hriday which in Begali for pure or immaculate heart in
honor of the virgin Mary. It became known as the home for the dying! Mother Teresa was
successful in taking up the cause of the dying in Calcutta because of her resistance to
intimidation and her fearlessness in defending the helpless and the voiceless.
...........................
After starting her work with the sick and the dying Mother Teresa was led to the work of
rescuing children. She again decided that the children of the streets of Calcutta needed
a place where they could be cared for. Mother Teresa rented a house and named it Nimala
Shishu Bharan, the Children's Home of the Immaculate. I cannot give............ By 1958,
there was 90 children who lived there. Every child was taught a certain skill so they
could live a life of self respect. The home for the children also servedtta was the city
under siege. There was a tremendous conflict between the Muslims and the Hindus. As a
result of all the different conflicts growing in Calcutta it was stricken with poverty,
famine, disease, and death. Although Mother Teresa was not dir
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structed on whether she should be able to continue.
She began her work with almost nothing, but received some help from the Loreto Sisters.
They gave her furniture, tables, beds, and educated her earliest postulants. Her and four
other women began what would soon be known as the missionaries of charity. They vowed To
fulfill our mission of compassion and love to the poorest of the poor: 
--seeking out in town and villages all over the world even amid squalid surroundings the
poorest, the abandoned, the sick, the infirm, the leprosy patients, the desperate, the
lost, the outcasts;
--taking care of them, 
--rendering help to them,
--visiting them assiduously,
--living Christ's love for them, and
--awakening there responses to His great love.(Egan 42).
This was the beginning of the most successful part of her life.
The great humanitarian works of Mother Teresa and the missionaries of charity started
from very humble beginnings. They began by picking people up off the streets who were
suffering and dyi
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turned away. This is when Mother Teresa realized that she must find a place for the
suffering and dying to suffer and die in peace. She was offered a hostile that was a
formally a Hindu temple now being used by squatters. She was happy to have it because it
was a center of prayer for Hindus. She called the hostile Nirmal Hriday which is Bengali
for pure or immaculate heart in honor of the Virgin Mary. It became known as the home for
thr. Rome had informed her that she would remain outside of cloister for one year and
then she would be instructed on whether she should be able to continue.
She began her work with almost nothing, but received some help from the Loreto Sisters.
They gave her furniture, tables, beds, and educated her earliest postulants. Her and four
other women began what would soon be known as the missionaries of charity. They vowed To
fulfill our mission of compassion and love to the poorest of the poor: 
--seeking out in town and villages all over the world even amid squalid surroundings the
poorest, the abandoned, the sick, the infirm, the leprosy patients, the desperate, the
lost, the outcasts;
--taking care of them, 
--rendering help to them,
--visiting them assiduously,
--living Christ's love for them, and
--awakening there responses to His great love.(Egan 42).
This was the beginning of the most successful part of her life.
The great humanitarian works of Mother Teresa and the missionaries of charity started
from very humble beginnings. They began by picking people up off the streets who were
suffering and dying and brining them to hospitals. More often then not, they were turned
away. This is when Mother Teresa realized that she must find a place for the suffering
and dying to suffer and die in peace. She was offered a hostile that was a formally a
Hindu temple now being used by squatters. She was happy to have it because it was a
center of prayer for Hindus. She called the hostile Nirmal Hriday which in Bengali for
pure or immaculate heart in honor of the Virgin Mary. It became known as the home for the
dying! Mother Teresa was successful in taking up the cause of the dying in Calcutta
because of her resistance to intimidation and her fearlessness in defending the helpless
and the voiceless. (Egan 64)
After starting her work with the sick and the dying Mother Teresa was led to the work of
rescuing children. She again decided that the children of the streets of Calcutta needed
a place where they could be cared for. Mother Teresa rented a house and named it Nirmala
Shishu Bahvan, the Children's Home of the Immaculate. I cannot give the love a real
mother can give, but I have never refused a child. Never. Not one. Each child is
precious. Each is created by God(Chawla 120). By 1958, there were 90 children who lived
there. Every child was taught a certain skill so they could live a life of self-respect.
The home for the children also served other purposes. One was supplying food to homeless
and starving families. Shishu Bahvan had a huge courtyard and became one the main
distributing centers. Over 9000 people where given food there per week.
In 1961 the work for lepers began in the Asansol district of Bengal. Their Mother Teresa
established a town for all the people nobody wanted. She named it Shanti Nagar, Tow of
peace. It was thirty-four acres and consisted of houses and medical treatment for leper
families and also individual victims of leprosy.
Over the years Mother Teresa opened all different types of hostiles that helped all
different types of people. She touched the lives of needy people all over the world, from
Calcutta to Rome and from Ethiopia to Venezuela. In 1979, news was sent to Calcutta that
Mother Teresa would receive the Nobel Prize for Peace. 1979 was the year of the child and
the Norwegian Nobel committee found it fit that Mother Teresa be honored. Professor John
Sannes presented the award to Mother Teresa and he explained that her work was done in
such a way to build bridges across the Great Gulfs that separate parts of the human
family (Egan 347). In a previous recommendation to the Noble committee Robert McNamara
eloquently summarized the essence of Mother Teresa. But I believe Mother Teresa merits
the unique honor of the Nobel Peace Prize because she advances peace in the most
fundamental way possible: by her extraordinary reaffirmation of the inviolability of
human dignity. She does this by serving the need of the absolute poor-the poor who are so
disadvantaged that they have no where else to turn. She serves them irrespective of their
religion, their race, their nationality, or their political beliefs. She serves them
simply because of there intrinsic worth as individual human beings (Egan 347). She
graciously accepted her Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the poor that she served.
If success is measured by power than Mother Teresa has become one of the most successful
women in the world. Her power is in how she moved the hearts of all people, from the
ordinary citizens to the President of the United States. In 1981 Mother Teresa visited
Ethiopia. She witnessed a terrible draught and the suffering of the people there. She
knew she would not be able to help them enough alone. When she returned to India she
wrote a letter to the President of the U.S. One week later she received a telephone call
from Ronald Reagan who promised her the full support of the American people. The U.S.
government rushed in food and medicine and obtained the cooperation of other relief
agencies. When somebody teased her that perhaps she was the most powerful woman in the
world, she replied with a smile, I wish I was then I would bring peace to the whole world
(Chawla 174). 
When Mother Teresa died on September 7, 1997, she left the world only owning the three
saris that she had started her journey with, but in actuality she was one of the richest
women who ever lived. We can measure her success by the people she touched, the lives
that she saved, and the idea that she lived by. She herself has said, We are called upon
not to be successful but to be faithful. She was faithful to her God, to her church, to
her order, and to all people. Therefore Mother Teresa was a success. She lived by a
simple understanding of her existence in this world. The fruit of silence is prayer; the
fruit of prayer is faith; the fruit of faith is love; the fruit of love is service; the
fruit of service is peace (Stanmeyer 3). 
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because of her resistance to intimidation and her fearlessness in defending the helpless
and the voiceless. (Egan 64)
After starting her work with the sick and the dying Mother Teresa was led to the work of
rescuing children. She again decided that the children of the streets of Calcutta needed
a place where they could be cared for. Mother Teresa rented a house and named it Nirmala
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the Immaculate. I cannot give the love a real mother can give, but I have never refused a
child. Never. Not one. Each child is precious. Each is created by God(Chawla 120). By
1958, there were 90 children who lived there. Every child was taught a certain skill so
they could live a life of self-respect. The home for the children also served other
purposes. One was supplying food to homeless and starving families. Shishu Bahvan had a
huge courtyard and became one the main distributing centers. Over 9000 people where given
food there per week.
In 1961 the work for lepers began in the Asansol district of Bengal. Their Mother Teresa
established a town for all the people nobody wanted. She named it Shanti Nagar, Town of
Peace. It was thirty-four acres and consisted of houses and medical treatment for leper
families and also individual victims of leprosy.
Over the years Mother Teresa opened all different types of hostiles that helped all
different types of people. She touched the lives of needy people all over the world, from
Calcutta to Rome and from Ethiopia to Venezuela. In 1979, news was sent to Calcutta that
Mother Teresa would receive the Nobel Prize for Peace. 1979 was the year of the child and
the Norwegian Nobel committee found it fit that Mother Teresa be honored. Professor John
Sannes presented the award to Mother Teresa and he explained that her work was done in
such a way to build bridges across the Great Gulfs that separate parts of the human
family (Egan 347). In a previous recommendation to the Noble committee, Robert McNamara
eloquently summarized the essence of Mother Teresa. But I believe Mother Teresa merits
the unique honor of the Nobel Peace Prize because she advances peace in the most
fundamental way possible: by her extraordinary reaffirmation of the inviolability of
human dignity. She does this by serving the needs of the absolute poor-the poor who are
so disadvantaged that they have no where else to turn. She serves them irrespective of
their religion, their race, their nationality, or their political beliefs. She serves
them simply because of there intrinsic worth as individual human beings (Egan 347). She
graciously accepted her Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the poor that she served.
If success is measured by power than Mother Teresa has become one of the most successful
women in the world. Her power is in how she moved the hearts of all people, from the
ordinary citizens to the President of the United States. In 1981 Mother Teresa visited
Ethiopia. She witnessed a terrible draught and the suffering of the people there. She
knew she would not be able to help them enough alone. When she returned to India she
wrote a letter to the President of the U.S. One week later she received a telephone call
from Ronald Reagan who promised her the full support of the American people. The U.S.
government rushed in food and medicine, and obtained the cooperation of other relief
agencies. When somebody teased her that perhaps she was the most powerful woman in the
world, she replied with a smile, I wish I was, then I would bring peace to the whole
world (Chawla 174). 
When Mother Teresa died on September 7, 1997, she left the world only owning the three
saris that she had started her journey with, but in actuality she was one of the richest
women who ever lived. We can measure her success by the people she touched, the lives
that she saved, and the ideals that she lived by. She herself has said, We are called
upon not to be successful but to be faithful. She was faithful to her God, to her church,
to her order, and to all people. Therefore Mother Teresa was a success. She lived by a
simple understanding of her existence in this world. The fruit of silence is prayer; the
fruit of prayer is faith; the fruit of faith is love; the fruit of love is service; the