Madre Teresa de Calcuta - Research Paper Example

She was born on August 27, 1910 in the Republic of Macedonia and was named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She was born in the house of an Albanian grocer (Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010). Her father passed away when she was only eight years old. She was raised with the love and affection by her mother who induced good values in her personality. Even at an early age, she found herself to be very close to god and wanted to do something meaningful with her life. With the vision of serving humanity, she left home at the age of 18 and joined the ‘Sisters of Loreto’.

Frängsmyr and Abrams (1997) stated that ‘Sisters of Loreto’ was an Irish community of nuns who trained people to serve the people and they had some missions in India at that time. She became a Catholic nun and changed her name from Agnes to Teresa. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Center (n.d.) gave the reason of why her name was chosen as “Teresa”: she was named Sister Mary Teresa after St. Thérèse of Lisieux. She completed her training in Dublin and was sent to India to practice what she had been taught for the welfare of the people.

She took her initial vows in 1931 as a nun and started teaching in a convent school. She remained in the school for around 17 years but had a greater vision than to only teach children. Sebba (1997) explained that she took her Final Profession of vows in 1937 and finally got the name that is known around the globe “Mother Teresa”. She used to stay very disturbed regarding the conditions of the poor people in the region and wanted to help them in every possible manner. With the spirit to make her existence useful for others, she applied to ask for permission to work with the poorest communities in the region who had no one to take care of them.

Frängsmyr and Abrams (1997) explained that after the receiving of the permission, she went to the slums of Calcutta, India and opened a small school for the poor