Essays Tagged: "Missionaries of Charity"

Mother Teresa

ly independant nun, so she became an Indian citizen. After studying about nursing, she founded the 'Missionaries of Charity.' This was a group of nuns who go around and help the sick and dying. All th ... a group of nuns who go around and help the sick and dying. All the nuns that agreed to work in the 'Missionaries of Charity' had to devote their lives to helping the poor and not to receive any money ...

(3 pages) 84 0 4.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

How Mother Teresa Changed the world.

nd care, Mother Theresa had a great and lasting influence on the world around her. After she opened Missionaries of charitys,15 others opened around the world. All that which is apparent in the book " ... orld we live in. In the 1950s, she began helping those with leprosy. The Indian government gave the Missionaries of Charity a 34-acre plot of land near the city of Asansol. Under Mother Teresa's guida ...

(4 pages) 21535 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

A paper on mother teresa for philosophy class.

a nun. She then took upon the name Teresa from Saint Teresa of Lisieux, the Patron Saint of foreign missionaries, and also and also honoring Teresa of Avila. Upon taking her vows she was sent to St. M ... o share with the poor some much needed compassion. Most of these young woman became the core of her Missionaries of Charity. Some of the woman offered food, clothing, use of buildings, medical supplie ...

(21 pages) 150 2 3.3 Jul/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Mother Teresa.

ot helping you because you're not from my country or your not the same color as me."Mother Teresa's missionaries were very special to her. Missionaries for Charity; Home for the dying is where she wen ... dying and she gave them something to drink. She praised them and showed compassion ism toward them. Missionaries for Charity; Home for Children is where she fought abortion for adoption. She fed the c ...

(2 pages) 38 1 3.4 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Mother Teresa (Angel of Mercy)

o had difficulties with the language, to teach catechism and reada lot about Slovenian and Croatian missionaries in India.-she had her first calling at age 12-she decided at age 18 to serve god and hi ... slums to set up her first school.-March 19, 1949 the first girl joined MT-1950: Founds the order of Missionaries of Charity.-1962: Wins her first prize for her humanitarian work: the Padma Shri award ...

(2 pages) 22 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Mother Theresa of Calcuta

with the poor, the sick and the hungry of Calcutta. Mother Teresa established a congregation called Missionaries of Charity. Her initial work consisted of teaching the children of the streets how to r ... streets how to read. In 1950, Mother Teresa began to care for lepers. In 1965, Pope Paul VI put the Missionaries of Charity under the control of the Papacy and gave authorization to Mother Teresa to e ...

(4 pages) 38 0 4.3 Nov/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

MOTHER TERSIA

n October 7, 1950, Mother Teresa received permission from the Holy See to start her own order, "The Missionaries of Charity", whose primary task was to love and care for those persons nobody was prepa ... tive branch of the Brothers was added, and in 1984 the Priest branch was established.The Society of Missionaries has spread all over the world, including the former Soviet Union and Eastern European c ...

(4 pages) 31 0 4.6 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Mother Theresa

ower. Others soon follow, and papal approval arrives to create a religious order of nuns called the Missionaries of Charity. The foundation is celebrated on Oct. 7 1950, the feast of the Holy Rosary. ... nor, using the money instead to "feed 400 poor children for a year in India." Today Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity now has 570 missions all over the world, comprising of 4,000 nuns, a brother ...

(6 pages) 63 0 5.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Mother Teresa

trained in Dublin. There, Agnes changed her name to Teresa, in honor of the patron saint of foreign missionaries, St. Teresa of Lisieux. The poor and sick on Calcutta's streets first struck Teresa whe ... she was given leave to work on the streets. While working with the sick and dying, she founded the Missionaries of Charity, perhaps the most famous congregation of missions in the world. Among many o ...

(3 pages) 1227 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Mother Teresa

religious vows. After several incidents as described above, she was granted to move her post to the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India. In 1952, Mother Teresa had opened the Nirmal Hriday (Pur ... ctual work as well - just like the other nuns. All over India and many places around the world, the Missionaries of Charities have formed homes, provided ambulances, doctors and also receive a lot of ...

(5 pages) 1785 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith