FREE ESSAY ON MOTHER TERESA OUTLINE OF LIFE

MOTHER TERESA OUTLINE OF LIFE

II. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born on August 27, 1910 in Skopje, an area of Albania that
was later to become part of Yugoslavia.
A. Her parents were Nikola and Dranafile Bojaxhiu.
B. Nikola was from a large and wealthy family of traders, and was a merchant and
entrepreneur. He was a very distinguished man in the town.
C. Dranafile lived very traditionally, working and cleaning while her husband was away
and when he came home be waiting with the children, all in clean and neat clothing. 
D. Agnes Gonxha had two older siblings, a brother named Lazar, and a sister named
Agatha.
E. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu grew up surrounded by political disorder. Albania gained its
independence in 1912, but Skopje where her family of ethnic Albanians lived, still
belonged to Siberia.
F. In 1928, Bojaxhiu traveled to Ireland, where she joined the Sisters of the Loreto. 
G. Bojaxhiu traveled to Calcutta, India in 1929, and served as a teacher of St. Mary's, a
school for wealthy girls.
H. In 1937, Bojaxhiu became known as Mother Teresa.
I. Mother Teresa officially established the Missionaries of Charity in 1950.
J. She experienced her first heart attack in 1983.
K. In 1989, Mother Teresa had a second heart attack and had a pacemaker installed.
L. Mother Teresa died in 1997, from malaria and chest infection.