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    Who Was Mother Teresa?
    Who Was Mother Teresa?
    Who Was Mother Teresa?
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    Who Was Mother Teresa?

    By Jim Gigliotti, Who HQ and David Groff

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    Born a humble girl in what is now Albania, Agnes Bojaxhiu lived a charitable life. She pledged herself to a religious order at the age of 18 and chose the name Sister Teresa, after the patron saint of missionaries. While teaching in India, where famine and violence had devastated the poor, Teresa shed her habit and walked the streets of Calcutta tending to the needs of the destitute. Her charity work soon expanded internationally, and her name remains synonymous with compassion and devotion to the poor.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
    Release dateMay 5, 2015
    ISBN9780698412118
    Who Was Mother Teresa?
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    Jim Gigliotti

    Jim Gigliotti is the former editor at the National Football League who now is a freelance writer based in southern California. He is a lifelong San Francisco Giants fan.

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      Who Was Mother Teresa? - Jim Gigliotti

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      For Wendy, who reminds me every day to do small things with great love—JG

      To my brothers and sisters and their wonderful families—DG

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      Ebook ISBN 9780698412118

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      Contents

      Title Page

      Dedication

      Copyright

      Who Was Mother Teresa?

      Childhood

      Call to a Spiritual Life

      Leaving Home

      To India

      A Long Wait

      Into the Slums

      Poorest of the Poor

      Missionaries of Charity Goes Global

      Saint Among Us

      Timeline of Mother Teresa’s Life

      Timeline of the World

      Bibliography

      Who Was

      Mother Teresa?

      Mother Teresa stared out the window of the train as it made its way from the crowded city of Calcutta, India, to the mountain resort town of Darjeeling in September 1946.

      The Indian countryside was very beautiful. But the train ride took many hours. With lots of twists and turns and zigzags to get up the mountain, the train moved slowly. That was okay, though. It gave Mother Teresa plenty of time to think.

      Mother Teresa was traveling from St. Mary’s School for girls to her annual retreat in Darjeeling. A retreat is a good place to get away from the noise and distractions of everyday life, and to spend quiet time in prayer and reflection. It was the perfect time to think about God and to get energized for the coming school year.

      Mother Teresa was the headmistress at St. Mary’s—that is why she was called Mother.

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