Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa was a regular woman that was born with the name Agnes Bojaxhui on August 26, 1910 in what is now the Republic of Macedonia. Her parents’ names were Nikola and Drana. Her father was a merchant. Agnes was the youngest of three children. She had a sister named Aga who was born in 1904 and her brother named Lazar was born in 1907. Agnes and Aga were very close. The three of them were Albanian and grew up in the city of Skopje. Her and her siblings attended a school that was attached to their church, parish of the Sacred Heart. She was part of the church choir. Agnes Bojaxhui’s father died when she was eight in 1919. This hit her mother, Drana, hard. She was miserable without him, but knew that she had to care for the children. Drana worked hard and became successful. She eventually started her own business (Rice, 1998, pp 5-13) (Tilton, 2000, pp 8-9).
Agnes decided she wanted to be a nun when she was twelve. This is a young age, but she waited six years to make sure that it was what she wanted. In 1928, Agnes said her goodbyes to her family and friends and went to live with the Sisters of Loreto in Rathfarnham, Ireland. Unfortunately, she never saw her mother again, but she was now a nun, which she always wanted. She knew that being a nun was God’s calling to her. Agnes became a nun on May 24, 1931 when she took her first vows. Agnes took her final vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience on May 24, 1937. She was now known as Sister Teresa. She wanted Theresa but another girl in the convent already had that name. Sister Teresa always loved helping everyone from children to the elderly. She even spent fifteen years teaching at a girl’s high school in a poverty-stricken area. She was a dedicated educator and through her teachings, she helped many girls prevail over their poor quality of life. Sister Teresa was one of the most influential nuns because her