Mother Teresa Research Paper

Her orphanage was blessed on July 28, 1888 (Wallace). She trained with her religious order, called the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, for three and a half years before opening her first school in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1892. By 1942 she had a system of African American Catholic schools in thirteen states, plus forty mission centers and twenty-three rural schools (Smith).

Only female ruler of Habsburg dominions and last of the House of Habsburg, born on May 13, 1717 in Vienna, died on November 29, 1780. Her father, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI was the last male member of the Habsburg Maria Theresa is significant because of her role as the first woman ruler of the Habsburg dominions, her fights with Prussia, and the financial and educational reforms that greatly impacted Austria.

Cooking is great, I find it therapeutic. Many of the receipts I cook are usually featured on the food network. I follow the recipes on the website and I watch the chef prepare it .I’m a visual learners so it helps watching someone go step by step. I also go to YouTube to learn new recipes. I was always passed down a cook book from my grandmother which I look at as well.

From this statement, a conclusion about Maria Theresa can be drawn in regards to her personality. She seemed to be concerned for her children and their success, but she seemed more so concerned with how people would have viewed her if her children had done anything to embarrass her. Maria Theresa was considered by many to be a loving mother, always surrounded by her family. However, according to The World of Habsburgs, Marie Antoinette accused her of putting on a show so public opinion about her would be good. The website quotes Marie Antoinette saying, “‘As soon as news arrived of the arrival of a foreigner of importance in Vienna, the Empress surrounded herself with her family, brought him to the table and by means of this calculated demonstration of closeness evoked the belief that she herself supervised her children’s upbringing.’” Maria Theresa actually had rough relationships with quite a few of her children, many of which felt that she chose favorites and expected too much of the ones who were not. One major example of this favoritism is, her relationship with her daughter, Maria Christina. Maria Theresa actually allowed Maria Christina to marry for love, while she forced, arguably her least favorite daughter, Maria Amalia, into a marriage against her will for the purpose of political gain. This was all despite the fact that Maria Theresa herself had been allowed to marry for love, even when her father knew she would likely inherit the throne. This ruined the

St. Teresa was born at Avila, Castile, Spain, on march 28, 1515. At an early age, she was very attracted to the religious life. in 1536, she joined a Carmelite convent in Avila. not long after

She got permission from the church to found the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, and kept working to better the world through this organization. It was created to have Catholic women dedicate themselves and their lives to the less fortunate in the world, and work to make their lives better through their actions and hard work. Mother Teresa organized this whole group, which still works today with massive numbers behind it, so her impact on society is still not over; she is still touching peoples’ lives because of her love of God and her desire to make a difference in all the lives that she ever came in contact

If most people heard the name Helen Keller, they would think of that poor girl who was deaf and blind. They would think of her and remember the stories they heard about how she was taught how to communicate by a teacher named Anne Sullivan. That is probably all they would think about her. How she was world famous because of how she learned to read through Braille, letters pressed into her hand, and how she eventually learned to speak, however, this is not all there is to Helen Keller.

The Poor Clare’s Monastery in New Orleans, Louisiana take a lot of their ideals and lifestyle choices from the life of Saint Clare of Assisi, a close friend of Saint Francis of Assisi. These sisters’ main ideals are living a life of prayer, community, and joy. They also believe that every sister should embrace uniqueness of the monastery and their own personality. There are many Poor Clare Nuns in the world, but each monastery is unique in its operations and daily life.

A beautiful brunette was brought into the world on June 37, 1880, named Helen Keller, not knowing that she will be blind in a few months, give or take. Nor did Keller know she was going to get a disease well known as “scarlet fever”.

Helen Keller, age 87, born on June 27,1880, in Alabama, and died on June 1, 1968 in, Westport, Connecticut. She was a woman who dealt with many difficult things in her lifetime. At just the age of nineteen months old she was blind and deaf. She was such a kind hearted person, and will never be forgotten. Family is mom, Kate Adams Keller, father, Arthur H. Keller, along with brothers, James, William, Phillips, and sister, Mildred, and good friend, Anne Sullivan.

The Saint that I chose is Saint Mother Teresa de Calcutta. She was born August 26, 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia. My saint left home at the age of eight-teen to join the convent in Ireland then moved to India. She taught geography and history to the daughters of wealthy families. Saint Teresa de Calcutta could not ignore the reality of how people were extremely poor and suffering, she believed it her was her duty to help the poor and suffering. Saint Teresa de Calcutta then decided to leave Ireland to help the poor while living among them in India. My saint is very special because she spent almost her entire life to serve the poor and help them all over the world. She made houses to help them, one of the houses was in New York

It was September the 10th, 1964 and World war 2 had only just come to a conclusion. Mother Teresa sat on a piping hot train, on a hot summers day in Calcutta. She tried taking up as little space as possible to avoid being crowded which she was to a great extent and deeply swelter. She was on a train from Calcutta to the Himalayan foothills for a retreat. On this train ride Christ spoke to Mother Teresa. She referred to this as 'her second calling' and in her words it was 'a vocation to give up, even at Loreto where I was very happy, to go out into the streets to serve'. "I want Indian Nuns, Missionaries of Charity, who would be my fire of love amongst the poor, the sick, the dying and the little children," she heard Christ say to her on the train in those very words. "You are I know the most incapable person - weak and sinful but just because you are that'- I want to use you for my glory. Wilt thou refuse?". A sensation of happiness rushed through her, even though she had been called weak she was honoured. She was very quick to share her vision with her supporters, friends and members of the Loreto sisters that she worked with. She was questioned about her call, and all the intentions and aims she had for doing it.

It all began in Skopje, Macedonia in the year of 1910 when young Agnes was born. Agnes, now known as Mother Teresa, was the daughter of Drana and Nikola Bojaxhiu, two very religious people, who was raised to be a loving catholic to the poor. When Agnes’ father died, her mother became a dressmaker to sustain her family. She often took Agnes “on visits to the sick, the elderly, and the lonely,” (Felder 115) which really contributed to the person Agnes became. Her mother’s belief that “When you do good, do it unobtrusively, as if you were tossing a pebble into the sea,” (Felder 115) also contributed plenty to the person Agnes later became to be. Around her teenage years, she joined the Loreto order, a group of nuns who taught in Calcutta.

Even Though she wasn’t granted with the best life in the beginning, by losing both of her parents at a young age, and growing up in an orphanage, she still strived to do the best she could for others. She found the Holy Spirit and connected with it, along with doing something good, and following the acts of Jesus Christ. In my future, I yearn to build something to help others who truly need it whether it be Catholic or not. One of my future goals is to establish and construct my own school/ daycare where Jesus’ teachings shine through but aren’t stated directly. I want to create an environment where there are positive surroundings and the teachings of God are represented.

In 1948, Mother Teresa came across the first woman she cared for. She found a dying woman that was half eaten by rats and ants lying on the streets of Calcutta. Mother Teresa took the lady to the hospital, but they refused to admit her. She then would not leave the hospital until they accepted the lady, and stayed by her side until she died. From that point on she dedicated the majority of her life to caring for the poor.