Charities

core values that Catherines life displayed that the Sisters of Mercy now root themselves in are spirituality, community, service, and social justice and critical concerns. McAuley also followed five virtues very closely. These virtues were zeal, charity, humility, purity of intention, and confidence in God. These virtues gave Catherine the strength to achieve her goals, put God and others above herself, enlightened her soul, and have complete faithfulness in her religious beliefs which led her…

Mother Teresa, the epitome of Catholic Charity and a beacon of hope to all of the suffering across the world. Since her teenage years, she was interested in charity work. When she was a teenager she went to Ireland to become part of a religious convent and start her journey as a nun [World Biography n.d.]. Her duteous suffering for Catholicism conveniently masks her greater disregard of the people that entrusted her with their lives. Mother Teresa garnered the blessing of the Church for her…

She mostly spent her time at a charity hospital. On Sunday she would visit her pupils at home on her day off. Mother Teresa has been a headmistress for nine years. Once a year she would go back to Darjeeling, where she would go to a religious home and would rest and pray. In September…

of three children in the family [originally, there were five children]. She came from a family devoted and committed to church related activities. Mother Teresa is considered as a modern day hero because she has helped people through her missions, charity works, and her heroic deeds [such as: caring, humble, and selflessness]. Mother Teresa has helped an abundant amount of people throughout her entire life. When she was 12, that was the time when she felt that she needed to help the poor. It…

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 out food and…

In 1868, according to the website, Frances received her teacher’s diploma and returned back home 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…

David Aikman summarizes Mother Teresa’s life in his book Great Souls. He tells of her childhood, her contemplation about sisterhood, and her journey of becoming a known figure for the poor. Aikman visited Calcutta in 1975 and interview Mother Teresa about her work with the poor. He was allotted a short time in India due to a political crisis that resulted in the censorship of journalists. During his time, Aikman met Mother Teresa. He comments on her appearance, a small woman with a deep…

receive awards from other charities and donations, but she would give the money to the poor along with everything she had. Mother Teresa would proclaim the word of God, speak up for the innocent unborn children, and support the poor with the power of…

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…

life, she devoted it to helping those in need. She considered everyone she met part of her family, part of God's family. Mother Teresa is influential on others today because she devoted her life to the poor, her focus revolved around Missionaries of Charity, and her work impacted adults and teens all over the world. Mother Teresa is influential on others today because she devoted her whole life to those in need. She helped the poor by teaching them ways to improve their quality of life. "Her…