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    Catherine McAuley showed strong morality and values while serving as a disciple of Jesus. Four 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…

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    Raneem Botros had grown up in a relatively good life with a good house hold. That had been the first six years of her life. She had always been happy and smiling, always pleased to see her father until she had come to the true reality that life was; her mother was a lesbian, her father had raped her when she had been only fifteen, and the man she had grown up calling her daddy had only been her mother 's father. Raneem wasn 't displeased about the fact she had two mothers instead of one, and…

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    Mother Teresa once said, “A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, must empty ourselves. The fruit of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love, the fruit of love is service, the fruit of service is peace.” Mother Teresa is epitome of selflessness. As a nun working in the slums of Calcutta, she possessed true humbleness and embraced humility in her work. She is an excellent model of how one should live out The Beatitudes. The Beatitudes are the centerpiece…

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    Joyce Meyer Research Paper

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    Joyce Meyer, born Pauline Joyce Hutchison on June 4, 1993, is one of the world’s leading practical Bible teachers. During her childhood, Joyce was abused sexually, emotionally, verbally and physically. Enduring a traumatic childhood, she now teaches on a number of topics with a particular focus on the mind, mouth, moods, and attitudes. Her candid communication style allows her to share openly and practically about her experiences so others can apply what she has learned to their lives. Through…

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    Teresa of Ávila Saint Teresa of Ávila, also know as Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a religious reformer of the Carmelite Order and writer during the Renaissance. Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada was born on the 28th of March, 1515, in Gotarrendura, Ávila, Crown of Castile to her father, Don Alfonso Sanchez de Capeda and her mother, Dona Beatriz Davila y Ahumada. She was the third child of nine and became very close with her brother, Roderigo. Teresa grew up piously raised by her parents which…

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    The idea to use Mother Teresa as my topic on this project came to me a few days before she was to be canonized as a saint. I have always looked up to Mother Teresa and thought that she was a cool person. When I chose her as my topic I was not even thinking about the fact that she was going to be canonized a saint in the very near future by Pope Francis. She is now known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. Mother Teresa fits the theme “Taking a Stand in History” because she started her journey as a…

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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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    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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    “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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    Deneicen Fernandez Mrs. Pickett English 10, A-3 November 13, 2015 Important and Valuable Leadership Traits Throughout time in history, we’ve gained various types of leaders depending on race, gender, and religion. With these leaders, comes a big difference in traits in each leader. It’s hard to choose a few traits that make up a leader when there are numerous valuable traits a leader should have. The three valuable and important traits found in a leader are hard-working, an open-mind, and…

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