Mother Teresa Research Paper

Ever heard of a person who made the world a better place? There have been few people that have accomplished that, but Mother Teresa is indeed someone who made the world a little better. She helped take care of people who were sick and poor. Mother Teresa put people’s well-being before hers. Because of her commitment to charity and helping others, she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Since she was young, Mother Teresa had great knowledge of religion and she was very committed to God. Her schools were convent-run and she participated in a choir called “Sacred Heart”. Her parents, Nikola and Drana Bojaxhiu, were also very devoted Catholics that were involved in the local church. She was baptized as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on her birthdate,

Nobody knows why he died, but it is rumored that someone poisoned him. After the tragedy, Mother Teresa and her mom built a strong relationship with each other. Drana, Mother Teresa’s mom, taught her that charity was a wonderful act of kindness. When she was 12, her church made a spiritual retreat to the chapel of Madonna of Letnice atop Black Mountain in Skopje. In that retreat she received a religious calling from God and 6 years later, at the age of 18, she decided to become a nun.

Mother Teresa joined a group of nuns in Ireland called The Loreto Sisters of Dublin where she was named after Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. One year later, she moved to Calcutta to teach at the Mary’s High School for Girls. It was there in Calcutta where she received a new calling from God. It stated that he wanted people to help the sick and the poor. After that calling, Mother Teresa devoted herself entirely to helping and loving the sick and poor. She was a woman full of God’s love and kindness.

Her love towards helping others made her special and different. It was for this reason, that she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She was shocked when she received it because she never wanted the prize. She helped others because she wanted to and not because it would help her gain something in return. She also said that winning the prize was exhausting because she got invited to so many meetings that took time away from helping