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Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun with Indian citizenship who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries.
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Where did Mother Teresa work as a nun?
Mother Teresa had no formal training as a nurse.
Mother Teresa's lack of basic training in health care is demonstrated by the haphazard and ineffective care provided to patients. Dr. Robin Fox, editor of the British medical journal The Lancet visited the Home for Dying Destitutes in Calcutta and observed that sisters and volunteers, some of whom had no medical knowledge, were making decisions about patient care, Dr. Fox observed that her order did not distinguish between curable and incurable patients, so that people who could otherwise survive would be at risk of dying from infections and lack of treatment. He noted that the sisters' approach to managing pain was "disturbingly lacking." These were situations for which Dr. Fox specifically held Teresa responsible. She was not only unable to provide supervision and training in health care to the nuns, but was even unwilling to buy books to help with the medical work although, according to Collete Livermore, a former nun in the order, there was sufficient money donated for the purpose.
Why did Mother Teresa form her own order of sisters?
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Mother Teresa set up the Missionaries of Charity primarily for the propagation of the Catholic religion. The order has missions in several poor countries, as well as those in Calcutta, but these missions are dedicated almost solely to supporting the teaching of Catholicism. As an adjunct to its religious work, the Missionaries of Charity also provides some limited assistance for the very poor, but it has to be borne in mind that, for example, the home for the dying in Calcutta is a very small operation, catering to less than 100 people. The eight missions in Papua New Guinea are for the purpose of obtaining converts, not helping the poor.
How did Mother Teresa put her faith into action?
mother Teresa believed in god and said that god had said to her to help others, the sick, the poor, or people that needed to be acompanied before dying. So this saying that she had helped her to help others throughout the country, she was also a nun, so she knew alot about god.thankyou
Why can Mother Teresa be considered a global citizen who is concerned with social justice?
she helped all the people that were poor and needy and plus she didn't do anything wrong in her life. she was king, helpful, generous and king she never showed any hatred to anyone. bye bye.
How many people went to Mother Teresa's funeral?
The stadium where her funeral was held had a capacity of 14,000 people and it was filled. Hundreds of thousands remained outside and watched the funeral cortege along the streets as it passed on the way to her burial at the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity.
In what country did Mother Teresa become a nun?
She was sent by the Sisters of Loreto to Ireland to learn English. After that she began her novitiate with the Sisters of Loreto in Darjeeling, India, in 1929. She took her first religious vows as a sister on May 24, 1931, and took her solemn vows on May 14, 1937.
What year did Mother Teresa start an order of nuns?
She entered the convent at the age of 18 - about the year 1928.
Did Mother Teresa wear make-up?
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Catholic AnswerIf she did, it was only reading glasses later in life.What did Mother Teresa consider to be her vocation?
Mother Teresa's job was to protect all the poor and needy by feeding , sheltering and embracing them. This is why people used to call her mother. She takes care of everyone as if they are her children. We need to be proud of Agnese Gonxhe Bojaxhiu!
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Catholic AnswerThe answer is not obvious to modern people as they did not understand Mother Theresa, because they do not understand real Christianity. Mother Theresa, a Catholic nun who entered the Sisters of Loretto in Ireland to become a teaching nun, was sent to India to teach. Later, moved with compassion, and the love of God, she received a "call" from God to help the poorest of the poor. The rest of her life was spent in "darkness" which I discuss below. The "short" answer to your question is that she served God..
Modern people, and most people who call themselves Christians, think that going to Church on Sunday, saying some things, and being nice to people is what it is all about. They are completely missing the mark. Those kind of things are just the tip of the iceberg. Mother Teresa helped others by loving God above all things, putting Him first in her life, and doing His Will no matter how painful it was for her, and it was very painful.
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Mother spent most of her life in a dark night with no real feeling or personal knowledge of God. This is very common with the founders of religious orders, they are strong enough in their faith to make their way through life totally depend on Faith, Hope, and Charity: the three cardinal virtues bestowed on us in Baptism. She sacrificed herself completely for God, and was called a saint and a prophet for it.
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Mother Theresa helped others the way we are all called to help others, by getting up in the morning, and taking some to give to God first. She spend an hour in Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, went to Holy Mass, received Our Blessed Lord in the Eucharist, and went to confession frequently, and regularly. And, then, when she had done these things, she went out and lived her faith by seeing her God in every individual in front of her, especially the poor, the sick, the aged, and the abandoned. She served God by serving Him in them - which is nothing more nor less than she lived the Gospel with every breath in her body.
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Mother Teresa showed compassion for those who were less fortunate than she was. She gave them food, lifted their spirits, and helped them survive. She is and was considered a hero to many people. After her death, she was put on the short list for canonization, and in 2012 I believe she has already had one miracle attributed to her, and has been beatified. Of course, she loved children.
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The Church often says that the only real way to help people, the way to become a good spouse, parent, teacher, or whatever, is to become a saint. Mother Teresa believed and lived this. She helped the poor by becoming a saint.
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The various ways that she accomplished that was that she always did the Will of God even when she didn't feel as if God was there or approving of her. She cared for the poorest of the poor.
She established hospices and hospitals for the sick and dying, she started in Calcutta as she started a new religious order, the Missionaries of Charity, which spread throughout the world. Today the Order still cares for the poorest of the poor, the sick and dying. Mother Theresa and her nuns went out into the streets and picked up the dying homeless to bring them to her hospice. They clean them, feed them, pray with them, and serve them so that they spend their last days or hours in dignity. She and her Order treat those dying of AIDS, the lepers, the untouchables, those whom nobody else will love and care for. She saw Our Blessed Lord in everyone of them, in disguise, pleading for our help and love.
Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 - 5 September 1997), born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was a Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
What was mother Teresa fighting for?
Poverty and anything to do with poverty e.g. disease's, poor etc . she wanted to show people that it doesn't matter where you come from you still have equal rights and values if you live in a slum or mansion.
How long was Mother Teresa helping the poor?
Mother Teresa was the founder of the Missionaries of Charity order, the main function of which is to propagate the Catholic religion. As an adjunct to this activity, the order provides some small-scale services for the poor. This includes several hundred beds in Calcutta and elsewhere for the destitute dying, as well as several small schools in India. The order provides free food for the homeless in Calcutta, but this is a quite small operation compared to other, less well publicised charities working in the same area. A care centre in Sri Lanka for unwed expectant mothers has facilities for several women. Otherwise most of the order's missions do not provide for the poor, but were set up to support the preaching of the faith.
Which Nobel Prize was awarded to Mother Teresa?
She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity continued to expand, and at the time of her death it was operating 610 missions in 123 countries, including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counseling programs, orphanages, and schools.
How do the blue stripes on Mother Teresa's scarf represent Mary?
the blue stripes on mother Teresa's clothes remind/represent the Virgin Mary
Why Mother Teresa a prophet today?
Yes she was. In fact, she founded an order of nuns called the Missionaries of Charity.
The main function of the order is mission work around the world. As an adjunct to this religious activity, the order provides some small-scale services for the poor. This includes several hundred beds in Calcutta and elsewhere for the destitute dying, as well as several small schools in India. The order provides free food for the homeless in Calcutta, but this is a quite small operation compared to other, less well publicised charities working in the same area. However, most of the order's missions do not provide for the poor, but were set up to support the preaching of the faith.
What was Mother Teresa trying to accomplish?
Mother Teresa's objective was the propagation of the Catholic faith, and the work she did for the poor in Calcutta was a means to that end. Her philosophy is encapsulated in the statement, " We are not nurses, we are not doctors, we are not teachers, we are not social workers. We are religious, we are religious, we are religious."
YES! She was a NUN! OF COURSE SHE WAS CATHOLIC!
FACT: On wikipedia it said she was brought up as a Roman Catholic.
OPINION: But it's also very confusing as she believes in Jesus as well which sort of shows that she believes in a mixture of religion.
Mother Teresa was a Catholic.
What were Mother Teresa's major events in life?
Taking care of the sick and needy placing them before herself, she did her work in places most people never would, diseases and sickness the poor, hungry starved, deprived people of this world.
Is Mother Jones the same as Mother Teresa?
No, St. Teresa usually refers to St. Teresa of Avila, the 16th century founder of the Discaled Carmelites. St. Therese of Liseux was the nineteenth century Carmelite known as the little flower. Blessed Mother Teresa was the founder of the Missionaries of Charity in the twentieth century.
Did Mother Teresa show compassion?
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Mother Teresa is famous for working with the poor in Calcutta and elsewhere around the world. She was a truly great communicator, and there are many quotes that show her compassionate side. However, those who observed Mother Teresa at work saw a darker side.
A truly compassionate person would want to alleviate pain and suffering whenever possible, yet Mother Teresa gloried in the suffering of those around her, believing that it was God's will that they suffer. She cared for those with leprosy, but did not provide the antibiotics that would have cured them. She cared for the dying destitute, but refused to provide strong painkillers, even for those with the unbearable pain of cancer. Sanal Edamaruku, President of Rationalist International, criticised the failure to give painkillers, writing that in her Homes for the Dying, one could "hear the screams of people having maggots tweezered from their open wounds without pain relief. On principle, strong painkillers were not administered even in severe cases."
Critics say that this indifference was not because of the lack of financial resources, since the Missionaries of Charity is believed to receive over a hundred million dollars a year in donations. Mother Teresa never herself refused strong painkillers or anaesthetics.
What was Mother Teresa's gender?
Yes, for the first few years of her life Mother Teresa was a girl. As she grew up she became a woman.
What qualities did Mother Teresa show?
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Saintliness, great communicator and fundraiser, and hypocrisy are all qualities that come to mind for someone with an informed, balanced understanding of Mother Teresa. Her achievements have been exaggerated by the Catholic Church, greatly in need of role models such as Mother Teresa, but her fundraising abilities are undeniable. Her support for the paedophile priest, Father Donald McGuire, is probably the greatest blot on her memory.
What was carved into mother Teresa's grave stone?
The inscription on her tombstone reads "Love one another, as I have loved you"
