Mother Teresa As A Role Model

"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."
                                                                - Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa

Full name: Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu

Parents: Nikollë Bojaxhiu, Dranafile Bojaxhiu

Siblings: Lazar Bojaxhiu, Aga Bojaxhiu

Born: August 26, 1910, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Died: September 5, 1997(Aged 87) Kolkata, India


Awards: Nobel Peace Prize, Bharat Ratna, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Padma Shri, Congressional Gold Medal, Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, Pacem in Terris Award, Pope John XXIII Peace Prize, Albert Schweitzer International Prize, Golden Honour of the Nation, Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding, Balzan Prize for Humanity, Peace and Fraternity Among Peoples.


Mother Teresa was a altruistic. That means she did things to help out other people and also Her entire life was fully adherent to helping the poor, the out of sorts, the needy, and the helpless.

                         The strong and independent woman was born Gonxha (Agnes) Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Yugoslavia, on August 27, 1910.Nikola and Dronda Bojaxhiu familys Five children were born.Gonxha(Mother Teresa) was the youngest, with an older sister, Aga, and brother, Lazar.

Mother Teresa's Father(Nikola) was a contractor, who working with a partner in a successful construction business. His father's rather sudden and shocking death, which may have been due to poisoning because of his political involvement. With this event, There life changed overnight as their mother assumed total responsibility for the family, Aga, only 14, Lazar, 9, and Gonxha, 7.

                          "It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving."-------Mother Teresa

Seeing she grow up....when she age of 18,Gonxha decided to follow the path that seems to have been unconsciously unfolding throughout her life. Then She joined the Sisters of Loreto to become a missionary to India. She first had to learn English. So she went to Ireland to learn English at the Loreto Abby.

Mother Teresa

In 1929, Gonxha was gone to Darjeeling to the novitiate of the Sisters of Loreto.In 1931, First she oath there, and  choosing the name of Teresa, it was time for the new Sister Teresa to begin her years of service to God's people. She was sent to St. Mary's, a high school for girls in a district of Calcutta.Here she teaching a history and geography, which she reportedly did with dedication and enjoyment for the next 15 years.

After the two years, Teresa pursued every avenue to follow what she "never doubted"was the direction God was pointing her. She was "to give up even Loreto where I was very happy and to go out in the streets. I heard the call to give up all and follow Christ into the slums to serve him among the poorest of the poor."


In 1948 she received permission from Pius XII to leave her community and live as an independent nun. So back to Calcutta she went and found a small hovel to rent to begin her new undertaking.Teresa first went to Patna for a few months to prepare for her future work by taking a nursing course.
Teresa realised she was not alone.... because she found more help than she Expected.Strong Women came to volunteer their services and later became the core of her Missionaries of Charity.then offered clothing, the use of buildings,medical supplies, food and money.

In Calcutta,compassion and commitment of Mother Teresa nourished by the faith,the Missionaries of Charity  grown As like the mustard seed of the Scriptures.Homes for the dying, refuges for the care and teaching of orphans and abandoned children, treatment centers and hospitals for those suffering from leprosy, centers and refuges for alcoholics, the aged and street people—the list is endless.The Missionaries of Charity originally had 13 members. Today they have over 4,000 nuns who care for people just like Mother Teresa described all over the world.

Mother Teresa

It wasn't an easy  build such an organization and to keep the focus on the poorest people. She worked almost up until her death on September 5, 1997.