Missionary

Courage, a cardinal virtue, is being able to do things even when they are very difficult. Courage is being able to do things in the face of fear. Courage is shown by many saints. The saint’s courage gave them the ability to die for their faith. Saints such as Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Maximilian Kolbe, and Blessed Teresa of Calcutta are great examples of people who showed courage. Saint Francis of Assisi had a great trust in God. Saint Francis was born into a rich family. When francis was…

Mother Teresa is one of the famous people on earth. She was famous because of what she has done and of how many people she has helped. Her real name is Ganxhe Agnes Bojaxhiu but most people call her Agnes. She was born in August 26 1910. She was born and lived in Skopje, is it a small part of Siberia which is now a part of Yugoslavia. She is the third child of the Bojaxhiu family. She has 2 siblings which are her sister Aga and her brother Lazar. Agnes’ father, Kole Bojaxhiu was a wealthy…

Testimonial for St. Frances Cabrini St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was a perfect example of the Catholic faith, beginning her lifelong service as a little girl, following in the the steps of one of her primary role models: me, Rosa, her sister and teacher. Although our uncle and I guided her initially on her spiritual journey, Frances was an independent and self-sufficient young lady, securing a teaching license with the highest honors from the Daughters of the Sacred Heart. With her new license…

How could a feeble Irish woman be capable of rescuing over 200 children? Missionary Amy Carmichael did exactly that! Travel to India and took children from house of his homes and brought them into a safe environment. Carmichael shared the love of Christ by advising the women and children, who were often thought as inferior to men, and help them learn how to except Jesus as their Savior. At the age of 14, she decided she wanted to follow God and spread His Word across the world. Following the…

and I having avowed poverty to be able to understand the poor, I choose the poverty of our people," (Mother Teresa- Acceptance Speech). Mother Teresa said this during her acceptance speech to declare how devoted she was to the poor. She created a missionary for helping the poor and she worked all of her life to give the poor food and assistance. She would receive awards from other charities and donations, but she would give the money to the poor along with everything she had. Mother Teresa…

St. Therese of Lisieux Sttherese.com says, “From an early age Thérèse wanted to give herself to God.” She was born on January 2, 1873 (Hoever 401) in Alençon, Normandy (“St. Therese of”). After her mother died when Therese was four her family, her father and four older sisters, moved to Les Buissonnets, Lisieux where she would be raised (“About St Therese”). After fifteen years at home Therese entered the Lisieux Carmel and lived there until her early death at twenty-four years old (“Her life…

(Meg Greene, 2004) After 10 years helping the destitute in the slums of Calcutta, where 100,000 were homeless Mother Teresa's "call" was caring for the sick and poor. (BBC, 2003) She established a new congregation Missionaries of charity in which open Shishu Bhavan House for abandoned and handicapped children. (Meg Greene, 2004) In 1952, she established Nirmal Hriday hospice where the terminally ill could die with dignity. Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel in 1979, she…

where she taught in a private school and served the poor through charity (para. 8). As mentioned in the website, in 1880, Frances along with seven young women funded and started, the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Frances and the sisters wanted to become missionaries in China, however after visiting Rome to obtain an audience with Pope Leo XII. The Pope advised Frances to go “not to the East, but to the West”. Frances along with the seven young women were sent…

Mother Teresa parents, Nikola and Drana Bojaxhiu .Were of Albanian descent. Her father was an entrepreneur who worked as a construction contractor and a trader of medicines and other goods. Her mother was attached to the church and Christian missionary of charity. At the age of 5 years, Mother Teresa helped her mother in the church for religious activities. During this time she sang in the church choir, helped her mother organize church events, and went on walks with her mother to hand…

Mother Teresa was a selfless and giving woman who lived most of her life as a nun who owned nothing, serving the most destitute people of India. This generous, devoted woman even started her own Catholic religious congregation, Missionaries of Charity, whose members numbered in the thousands and still help people living in the utmost poverty around the globe today. Her ultimate goal was to help the people in the most crucial circumstances because no one else would; these people were called “the…