Mother Teresa's Life

 

Mother Teresa was born on the 26th of August 1910. She was baptised the next day

in a local church. She was born to an entrepreneur and to a church volunteer. Her

mother was extremely religious and she frequently told Mother Teresa stories about their religion and how you should give to others and follow God. This was key factor in her life as she devoted her life to her religion and to the sick and poor. In 1919, when Mother Teresa was only 8 years old, her father suddenly fell ill and died. No one knows why he had died but the outcome of this was that Mother Teresa became extremely bonded to her mother. Her mother taught to never eat a single mouthful unless you are sharing it with others. This quote stayed with Mother Teresa and made her who she was. A

while later left to India to teach. She spent the next 17

years of her life in India and it was there that she decided

to devote her life to the poor. Afterward she was sent to

Calcutta, where she was assigned to teach at Saint Mary's

High School for Girls, a school run by the Loreto Sisters

and dedicated to teaching girls from the city's poorest

Bengali families. From that day forth she tried her best to

help others. After several years of deteriorating health in

which she suffered from heart, lung and kidney

problems, Mother Teresa died on September 5, 1997

at the age of 87. Her legacy to help others still lives on

in many.