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    crucial reference made by the author of the article, Christopher Hitchens. The author’s intention pointed that these assassinations were taken place during the time of the “death rows” and was considerably known as a conventional occasion. White’s death is just one set of examples. It portrays that significant passes of a loved one are not taken upon serious conditions and arranged deaths are demonstrated with little concerns. Christopher Hitchens elucidated that getting rid of an individual…

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    Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu to Nikola and Dranafile Bojaxhiu on August 26th 1910 in Skopje, Yugoslavia and she was the youngest of three children (Spink, 1997). Her parents were originally from Albania, but settled in Yugoslavia, which at the time was formerly known as Macedonia and was an unstable land (Spink, 1997). When it came to her personal life, Mother Teresa was always secretive, and thus most of the information provided about her childhood and discussed below comes from…

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    Short Essay On Mother Teresa

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    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…

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    The Salvation Army is an international Christian charitable organization that seeks to bring salvation to the impecunious, needy and deprived by improving their lives through a spiritual and physical way. It is currently active in 127 countries with different challenges for each different location but ultimately, The Salvation Army’s common goal is to aid those who are in suffering and to act for social justice. Early this year in February, there was a viral photo of a dress which became…

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    Demonstrate Moral Lessons

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    Stories play a big part in our lives. When telling stories people are able to learn about the past and people who may have been related to them. Stories can also demonstrate moral lessons or teach us to learn from our past mistakes. They can also be associated with history and will explain about a certain time era. Without stories we would not have any way of preserving memories, special moments, or important times in people’s lives. The story that comes to mind, is a story that has been…

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    “Suffering is a great grace; through suffering the soul becomes like the Savior; in suffering love becomes crystallized; the greater the suffering, the purer the love” (#57, page 29). The saint I have chosen for my confirmation name is Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska. She was born on August 25th 1905 in Glogowiec, Poland and sadly passed away on October 5th 1938. Her feast date is October 5th. Saint Faustina had healed a man's permanently damaged heart instantly. When a lady with an incurable…

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    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…

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    A social leader is defined by many different qualities, such as bravery, communication, commitment, charisma and honesty. Nobody has demonstrated these qualities as well as Princess Diana. She showed bravery when she went into AID wars and touched the people when nobody else wanted to. She was the first person to ever shake hands with someone with AIDS. Showed kindness to those with other diseases instead of shunning them. Princess Diana showed commitment because she was totally committed to…

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    The world has had exceptionally good people throughout its history- people such as Gandhi and Mother Teresa,. People like these are those who sacrifice themselves for the needs of others. An individual that is especially inspiring is a woman named Razia Jan. Her latest effort has created a school for girls that provides free education to more than 430 children in Afghanistan. She made this school despite hearing horror stories of acid being thrown in girl’s faces, and schools for educating girls…

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    A 25 year-old woman named Teresa lived in Oregon. She unfortunately had to go through the worse Experience a woman could ever go through. Teresa had two kids. She had two daughters one named Maria and the other was named Sandra. Maria was only 1 year- old. Sandra was 2 years-old. Teresa was a single and working mom. Teresa lives in a part of town that suffers from poverty. She works almost all day to supply and support her kids and their needs. Teresa would skip meals to buy clothes and…

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