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Agnes Bojaxhiu in Skopji, Macedonia
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Agnes' father died when she was 9. She got close to her mother who taught he her to have a strong commitment to charity.
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when she was just 12 she felt like she should live a religious life
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at only 18 Agnes wanted to be a nun so she set off to Ireland to join the Loreto Sisters of Dublin.Thats were she took the name Mother Teresa after the saint Terese of Lisieux.
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from 1931 -1948 she taught at a high school but all the suffering and pain outside the scool walls made an impact on her so she devoted her life to the poor.
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even though she had no money6 she started a scool for the poor. soon she got help and money to keep the scool running.
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she recevied permission from the Holy See to start her own order. Its primary task was to car and love those who were not geting the love and care they needed.
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Mother Teresa has one so many awards. she has won about 126 prizes throuhout the world.
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Mother Teresa died of a cardiac arrest (heart attack).