Mother Teresa dedicated her life to helping the poor, sick and dying around the world, especially in India. She was born on 26 August 1910 in Skopje in the Republic of Macedonia. Mother Teresa was baptized with the name Gonxha Agnes, and received her first communion at five and a half years old and was her confirmation was on November 1916. Her parents, Drane and Nikola, made five children but only three survived. Gonxha was the youngest, with an older sister, Aga, and brother, Lazar. Nikola was a contractor, working with a partner in a successful construction business. He was also heavily involved in the politics of the day. During her early years, however, she was fascinated with stories of missionary life and service. She could locate any number of missions on the map, and tell others of the service being given in each place.
After her father died in 1922, Teresa was raised by her mother under the order of the Roman Catholic Church. At the age of eighteen, she was given......

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