Mother Teresa was born a Christian and baptized into the Catholic Church a short time after she was born.
Mother Teresa did what God wanted.
Mother Teresa did not want to be like God, she wanted to do God's will.
From her earliest years she wanted to be a missionary sister.
Mother Teresa wanted to take as her patron Saint Therese of Lisieux but that name was already taken by another sister of Loreto. She chose to use the Spanish spelling of the name instead - Teresa.
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no, by age 12 she was certain she wanted to become one herself.
Mother is a titled conferred on members of the Loreto Order when they become sisters. Mother Teresa originally wanted to take the name Therese after terese of Lisieux but that name was already taken by another member of the order. She chose instead to take the Spanish version of the name - Teresa.
Originally, she wanted the name Therese for Therese of Lisieux but the name was already being used by another sister of the order. She chose to use the Spanish spelling of the name instead - Teresa.
Mother Teresa's name was changed from her birth name of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu to Sister Teresa when she became a novice in the convent in Ireland, at the age of 18. Sister Teresa's name was changed to Mother Teresa when she became a fully professed Sister. Later, when she started the Missionaries of Charity, she was still called Mother, as she was the Mother Superior, and Foundress of that Order.
She originally wanted the name Therese after St. Therese of Lisieux but that name was already being used by another sister of Loreto. She chose, instead, the name Teresa after St. Teresa of Avila.
because she felt god wanted her to and she felt something needed to be done
Yes, she is a christian, her mother ALWAYS visits, the church, her mother is very religious she always prays, for Ashley, AND, always wanted Ashley to be a nun