The works of Catherine McAuley have been continued by the Sisters of Mercy in Queensland in the areas of disability support and social justice. Mercy Community Services disability support and the Romero Centre were both started by the Sisters of Mercy. Mercy Community Services, Sisters of Mercy Brisbane Congregation, offers services to help the disabled people to live a life that is fulfilled of choice. The services and programmes are run by the organisation these programmes can include, leisure…
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…
Highlighter yellow with firetruck red stitches looping diagonally on both sides. It measures to 12 inches in circumference and as opposed to its name, it’s not very soft at all. I’ve had many bruises that have proved so. I only have one softball left from when I played. It’s dirty; the yellow has faded from the wear and tear over the years. There are smidges of brown from the field and one of the stitches has come loose. Softball used to be my life for thirteen years until I made the decision to…
It was Saturday lunchtime. The hot summer sun beat down on the faces of the families in the stands during the last Little League game of the season. Moms, finding comfort in the familiar faces of friends forged through three months of uncomfortable green bleachers, bee stings and sunburns, chatted casually about the back-to-school sales for the upcoming year. A handful of men, still intently focused on the games, paced by the backstop, shouting advice to their progeny, perhaps envisioning a…
My favorite activity is softball. Therefor I am going to direct you on how to hit a softball/baseball. First, you get a bat that is not to long and not too heavy. Because if the bat is too long and too heavy you will not be able to time up the pitcher and hit the ball on time. When you are up to bat and you hit the ball and it goes to the right of you, that means you swung too late. If it goes to the left you swung the bat to early. And if it goes down the middle of the field your swing is good…
On March 23, 2009 Japan outlasted South Korea to take home its second consecutive World Baseball Classic. After easily defeating Cuba three years earlier, this time it took extra innings to defeat the South Korean squad. The early star was Seattle Mariner pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma. Iwakuma limited the South Korean bats to only a pair of earned runs on four hits. One of the four hits off Iwakuma was a 5th inning homerun by fellow Major Leaguer, the Cleveland Indians outfielder Shin-Soo Choo.…
During the world series on an October evening in 1989, the Giants and Athletics battled for a world title. It was any average play off game in baseball. Lots of excitement, a hostile playing field, and the crowd would cheer over just about anything. Watching the game by himself was Bill Tate, who just got home from a night of work. “It was early in the game, no score yet, when suddenly Al Michaels, the announcer, said ‘What was that?’ Then the TV cut out for a few minutes, but Al’s voice…
Mother Teresa: Server of the Poor "To this love for one another and today when I have received this reward, I personally am most unworthy, 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…
Mother Teresa was born on August 27, 1910 in Skopje Macedonia. Her first name was Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. 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…
desire to help the poor. She started training in Ireland and India respectively. After that, she then served as a principal in an all-girls high school. Along the process, she experienced a "call within a call" and felt that she needs to leave her position as a…