Monday 5 September 2016

How Much Do You Know About Newly Cannonised Saint Theresa of Calcutta?

                                           EARLY LIFE

          Mother Theresa now known as Saint Theresa I know many may think is Indian by Birth, as she did the major part of her Missionary work in India and is often associated with Indians even from her Saint title "St. Theresa of Calcutta", she was born Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Modern Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on 26 August, 1910. Anjeze being a cognate of Agnes which means "Rosebud". She Lived in Macedonia for 18 years i.e up till 1928 when she made the decision to commit herself to religious life, precisely 15th of August, 1928 while she was praying at the Shrine of the black Madonna of Vitina-Letnice, where she often went on pilgrimage.