Rathfarnham Essays

  • A Legacy of Love

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    Agnes Bohaxhiu, other wise known as Mother Teresa, is known worldwide as one of the most remarkable missionaries. Following the call of her Lord, Mother Teresa traveled to the slums of India to serve Christ. Her work was based on the verse, Matthew 25: 35: For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to

  • Biography of Mother Teresa

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    Biography of Mother Teresa Mother Teresa was a wonderful woman and a great influence on the world today. She was born in 1910 in Macedonia with the name Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She was born into a family of deeply religious Catholics. Agnes felt she got the calling to work for God at the young age of fourteen. She joined the Loreto order and went to Bengal, India, to start her studies. In 1937, Agnes took her final vows to become a nun and has done much great work in the world since. Agnes Gonxha

  • Mother Teresa

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    She dedicated her life serving the poor. She loved the unloved, cared for the un-cared, helped the dying, the cripple, and the mentally ill. She served everyone with her love and the love of God. She touched the hearts of those who doubted her because of her love and commitment to God. Mother Teresa lived an extraordinary life. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, later named Mother Teresa, was born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, Yugoslavia. She was born into an Albanian Roman Catholic family. There were three

  • Patrick Pearse In The Irish Revolutionary War

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    Patrick Pearse in The Irish Revolutionary War The Amish religion is one of the most traditional cultures in America today; Patrick Pearse had the same dedication to his country and his culture as the Amish do to their religion today. Pearse’s early life and ambitions shaped him into the hard working, intelligent man he was. Through his life experiences, endeavors, poetry and his role in the Easter Rising, Pearse greatly affected the outcome of the Irish Revolutionary War. Patrick Pearse was a dedicated

  • Mother Teresa Research Paper

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    Mother Teresa, formally known by the Catholic church as Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, was born on August 26th, 1910, and lived until September 5th, 1997, dying at the age of eighty-seven. Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta was an Albanian- Indian, born in Skopje, now known as the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta lived in Skopje for eighteen years before moving to Ireland and then India, where she spent the majority of her life. Mother Teresa was the child of the

  • Mother Teresa

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    decided she wanted to be a nun when she was twelve. This is a young age, but she waited six years to make sure that it was what she wanted. In 1928, Agnes said her goodbyes to her family and friends and went to live with the Sisters of Loreto in Rathfarnham, Ireland. Unfortunately, she never saw her mother again, but she was now a nun, which she always wanted. She knew that being a nun was God’s calling to her. Agnes became a nun on May 24, 1931 when she took her first vows. Agnes took her final vows