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Sometimes people can hunger for more than bread. It
is possible that our children, our husband, our wife, do not
hunger for bread, do not need clothes, do not lack a house.
But are we equally sure that none of them feels alone,
abandoned, neglected, needing some affection? That, too, is
poverty.
Mother
Teresa
Mother Teresa
was born in Skopje in what is now Macedonia in 1910. At the
age of eighteen she joined the Sisters of Loreto, an
Irish community of nuns with a mission in Calcutta.
From 1929 to 1948 Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary's High
School in Calcutta, but the suffering and poverty she glimpsed
outside the convent walls made such a deep impression on her
that in 1946 she received permission from the Catholic church
to leave the convent school and devote herself to working
among the poor in the slums of Calcutta. In 1950, she founded
the order of Missionaries of Charity.
In
1965, Pope Paul VI put the Missionaries of Charity under the
control of the Papacy and gave authorization to Mother Teresa
to expand her Order to other countries. Centers have opened
almost everywhere around the world to assist lepers, the
elderly, the blind, and people living with AIDS. Mother Teresa
also opened schools and homes for the poor and abandoned
children.
The legendary Mother Teresa's work for the poor has become the
yardstick by which the world measures compassion, generosity,
and selflessness, and she has received a number of awards and
distinctions, among them in 1979 the Nobel Peace Prize for
promoting peace and brotherhood among the nations.
Her
words and actions have inspired millions of people from all
religions and races to help the poor and the needy, and this
legacy is her gift to mankind.
For
a full biography and additional links please visit Mother
Teresa - Her Life
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Featured
Books on or by Mother Teresa
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The Blessings of Love
 Mother
Teresa : A Complete Authorized Biography
During her lifetime, Mother Teresa resisted having her full
biography written. Then, in 1991, realizing that accounts of
her life and work could inspire others, she gave Kathryn
Spink, who had long been intimately involved with the work
of Mother Teresa and her order and co-workers around the
world, permission to proceed with a complete biography on
the understanding that it would not be finished until after
her death. Here, now, is the complete story of Mother Teresa
of Calcutta, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and
winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, a woman regarded by
millions as a contemporary saint for her dedication to
serving the poorest of the poor. From her childhood in
Balkans as a member of a remarkably openhearted and
religious family to her work in India, from attending the
victims of war-torn Beirut to pleading with George Bush and
Saddam Hussein to choose peace over war. Mother Teresa was
driven by an absolute faith. She consistently claimed that
she was simply responding to Christ's boundless love for her
and for all of humanity. Clad in her white peasant
sari with blue edging, Mother Teresa brought to the world a
great and living lesson in joyful and selfless love.
Heart
of Joy
The Transforming
Power of Self Giving
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