Mother Teresa Quotes and Early Life
Posted by: Blog yOur Mind on: July 10, 2009
Source: Mother Teresa -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t47pL-myfZY&feature=related
Early Life
Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Gonxhe meaning “rosebud” in Albanian) was born on August 26, 1910, in Üsküb, Ottoman Empire (now Skopje, capital of the Republic of Macedonia). Although she was born on August 26, she considered August 27, the day she was baptized, to be her “true birthday.”[8]
She was the youngest of the children of a family from Shkodër, Albania, born to Nikollë and Drana Bojaxhiu.[9] Her father was involved in Albanian politics. In 1919, after a political meeting, which left Skopje out of Albania, he fell ill and died when Agnes was about eight years old.[10] After her father’s death, her mother raised her as a Roman Catholic.
According to a biography by Joan Graff Clucas, in her early years Agnes was fascinated by stories of the lives of missionaries and their service, and by age 12 was convinced that she should commit herself to a religious life.[11] She left home at age 18 to join the Sisters of Loreto as a missionary. She never again saw her mother or sister.[12]
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3 Responses to "Mother Teresa Quotes and Early Life"
September 29, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Lovely blog – thanks for sharing.
I think those interested in Mother Teresa would really enjoy an audio I recently heard, by The Amazing People Club, http://www.amazingpeopleclub.com/?q=bioview/meet-mother-teresa.html
Keep up the great work!
December 5, 2009 at 1:23 pm
She had completed her mission with wisdom with compassion. She is real mankind’s mother & what should be done had been done, no more no less!