She considered it normal for women to submit to men: who is Mother Teresa?
Who is Mother Teresa, who dedicates her life to the sick, the poor, and the dying; we told. Dedicating her life to the sick, the poor, and the dying, Mother Teresa has become a world-renowned person for her sacrifices.
She has shown love by helping people who are undervalued and undervalued in the world. She received many awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize, for her deeds, and was canonized by the Catholic church.
Her real name was Teresa Bojaxhiu. She was born on 26 August 1910 in Skopje, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire. At the age of 18, she decided to become a nun and joined the Loretto Nurses, known for their missionary work in India. This is where Teresa got her name. Teresa, who taught basic Christianity and geography at St Mary's High School in Calcutta, became the principal of this high school in 1944.
Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. She was born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in Skopje, part of the Ottoman Empire at the time. At the age of 18, she moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived most of her life. On 4 September 2016, she was canonised as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. The anniversary of her death, 5 September, is her feast day.
Teresa witnessed two traumatic periods in Calcutta. The first was the Bengal Famine of 1943. The second was Hindu/Muslim violence in 1946 before the partition of India. She left her monastery in 1948 to live with the poorest people of Kolkata. For many years a group of nuns and Mother Teresa lived on very little income and food. Her efforts for the poor were appreciated by local people and Indian politicians.
In 1950, she got permission from the Vatican and founded the "Charitable Missionaries" society she. The congregation, which she initially founded with only 12 people, has grown into an institution of 4,000 nuns in 450 locations around the world over the years. Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her charitable activities. She has also been awarded many other awards, in addition to the Nobel Peace Prize.
Teresa visited Skopje, the city where she was born, in 1980. Meanwhile, an Albanian asked Mother Teresa if she was Macedonian or Serbian. Thereupon, Mother Teresa said, “I feel like a citizen of Skopje, this is the city where I was born. But I belong to the world, ”she replied.
On September 4, 2016, she was elevated to the rank of saint by Pope Francis with a ceremony held in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. Mother Teresa's healing of two patients was considered the two miracles necessary to become a saint.
On September 5, 1997, Mother Teresa passed away as someone who was known, loved, and respected all over the world. Her life has been criticized many times. Some of these criticisms included questioning God, legitimizing the exploitation of the poor, spreading Christianity in non-Christian lands, and presenting women's submission to men as normal. Whatever the truth, she always cared about love. We can understand the importance Mother Teresa gives to love from the following statement:
“It's not what we do, but how much love we do when we do it. It is not what we give, but how much love we give in giving, and nothing is too small for God.”