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Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country. Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. |
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Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia, on August
27, 1910. Her family was of Albanian descent. At the age of twelve, she felt
strongly the call of God. She knew she had to be a missionary to spread the
love of Christ. At the age of eighteen she left her parental home in Skopje
and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions
in India. After a few months' training in Dublin she was sent to India,
where on May 24, 1931, she took her initial vows as a nun. From 1931 to 1948
Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta, but the
suffering and poverty she glimpsed outside the convent walls made such a
deep impression on her that in 1948 she received permission from her
superiors to leave the convent school and devote herself to working among
the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta. Although she had no funds,
she depended on Divine Providence, and started an open-air school for slum
children. Soon she was joined by voluntary helpers, and financial support
was also forthcoming. This made it possible for her to extend the scope of
her work.
On 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 prepared to look after. In
1965 the Society became an International Religious Family by a decree of
Pope Paul VI.
Today the order comprises Active and Contemplative branches of Sisters and
Brothers in many countries. In 1963 both the Contemplative branch of the
Sisters and the Active branch of the Brothers was founded. In 1979 the
Contemplative 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 countries. They provide effective
help to the poorest of the poor in a number of countries in Asia, Africa,
and Latin America, and they undertake relief work in the wake of natural
catastrophes such as floods, epidemics, and famine, and for refugees. The
order also has houses in North America, Europe and Australia, where they
take care of the shut-ins, alcoholics, homeless, and AIDS sufferers.
The Missionaries of Charity throughout the world are aided and assisted by
Co-Workers who became an official International Association on March 29,
1969. By the 1990s there were over one million Co-Workers in more than 40
countries. Along with the Co-Workers, the lay Missionaries of Charity try to
follow Mother Teresa's spirit and charism in their families.
Mother Teresa's work has been recognised and acclaimed throughout the world
and she has received a number of awards and distinctions, including the Pope
John XXIII Peace Prize (1971) and the Nehru Prize for her promotion of
international peace and understanding (1972). She also received the Balzan
Prize (1979) and the Templeton and Magsaysay awards.