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Specialized Vocabulary
Specialized Vocabulary:
Nun- A women who has devoted her life to God
Catholic- A Christian faith
Missionary- Someone who goes to a foreign country to tell people about God
Nobel Peace Prize- a prize given to people who do things that promote peace
Sari- a traditional Indian dress that wraps around the body
Convent- a retreat for nuns -
Mother Teresa's birth and location
Mother Teresa was born in 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia. Her given name was Agnes. -
I- Why Mother Teresa helped the poor
I think Mother Teresa wanted to help the poor because she grew up in a family that helped the poor. -
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Mother Teresa
Mother Theresa was a nun who did missionary work among the poor in India. She was born in Skopje, Macedonia. -
ME- Going to India
Mother Teresa chose to go to India as a nun to work at a school there. -
ME- Taking vows
Mother Teresa, Sister Teresa then, took her first vows as a nun, vowing poverty, chastity, and obedience. -
ME & CE- Mother Teresa's school
Because Mother Teresa knew how to teach, the first thing she did when she went among the poor was to start a little school to teach the children how to read Bengali. The children were rewarded with soap bars if they did good work. -
WE- Missionaries of Charity
Mother Theresa started an organization called the Missionaries of Charity -
ME- Nirmal Hriday
Mother Teresa got an abandoned building and made it a home for the dying. It was called Nirmal Hriday, or the Place of the Pure Heart. -
ME- Going to the poor
Mother Teresa chose to go out to the streets to live among the poor. -
CE- Nobel Peace Prize
Because she helped the poor, she received a Nobel Peace Prize. -
MD- Servitude
Mother Teresa's life is a great example of servitude, both to the poor and to God.
