Mother Teresa

On the 26th of August, 1910 a powerful leader was born. Mother Teresa was born Anjezë Gonxhe
Bojaxhiu in Skopje which is now the capital of Macedonia. Anjeze was christened the next day thus making her “Christian birthday” august 27. Her parents Dranafile and Nikolle raised her as Roman
Catholic. Her father was actively involved in Albanian politics. Sadly her father died when she was 9 years of age. By the age of twelve she was certain that she wanted to dedicate herself to a religious life.
She said that that plan was reinforced while she was praying in shrine of the Black Madonna of Letnice.
When Anjeze turned 18 she joined the sisters of Laredo as a missionary. Sadly She never saw her mother or sister again. She started her training in Ireland there she learned to speak English. In early
1929 she arrived in India to begin her novitiate in Darjeeling. In Darjeeling she learned to speak Bengali and began teaching at St. Teresa’s school. She took her first religious vows on the 24th of May 1931 at the time she wanted to be named Therese de Lisieux, the patron saint of m...