life of Anjeze

1. Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
I look up to Mother Teresa of Calcuta: Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu commonly known as Mother Teresa
She was born in Macedonia on August 26 1910 into a catholic Albanianfamily.Her familyhad a lot of money. At five
yearsof age she made the firstcommunion;It she waslaterconfirmedand whenshewas twelveyearsold hervocation
would help others and devoted herself to religious life.
When she was 18 years old, she decided to travel to Dublin where she began to study education and joined the
congregation of Our Lady of Loreto and changed her name to "Teresa."
For almosttwentyyearsshe dedicatedherself tobeingateacher,butwhenshe realizedthe deeppovertyof India,she
decidedtoaskthe Pope for special permissiontoleave the congregationof OurLady of Loretoand dedicate herself to
take care for the poor people who inhabited the streets, and in 1948 she opened her first shelter.
In 1950, she foundedthe Missionariesof Charity.She andherfollowerstookcare of the poorwhowere on the streets
of India, regardless of their age, their physique or their religion.
In 1964 he openedashelterforlepers,andevenconvincedthe Popetoopenashelterforthe homelessinthe Vatican.
She was electedasthe representativeforthe UnitedNationsConference,andin1979 she wonthe Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1982, she was chosento be the intermediaryina conflictwithLebanon,but there were so many political interests
that her help was not very useful and she decided that she would remain on the sidelines.
Aftercelebratingher87th birthday,MotherTeresa had to be admittedto an intensive care centerin Calcutta,where
she remained until she died in September 1997. For that moment, the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity
already had more than five hundred centers in a hundred countries.
I look up to Mother Teresa because her goal of helping "the poorest of the poor", and becoming a modern inspiring
example, in the palpable and living proof of how generosity, self-denial and surrender to others also make sense in
modern times.