Christopher Hitchens - Mother Teresa: Hell's Angel [1994] * Opinion. Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Mother M. Teresa of Calcutta, the Foundress of the Missionaries of Charity, attracted much attention from around the world because of her sincere concern for “the poorest of the poor.” Millions of persons-some believers, others indifferent to the supernatural-hailed her as a ‘living saint.” Her story has been recounted often since her death on Friday, September 5, 1997, in Calcutta, India, at the age of eighty-seven. Our author consulted the following sources: Heart of Joy: The Transforming Power of Self-Giving, by Mother M. Teresa, M.C., edited by Jose Luis Gonzalez Balado (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Servant Books, 1987); Mother Teresa: Her People and Her Work, by Desmond Doig (Glasgow, Scotland: William Collins Sons and Company, Limited, 1976); L’Osservatore Romano (English edition), September 10, 1997.
She came from MacedoniaGanxhe (Agnes) Bojaxihu was born on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia. Ganxhe attended the Gimnaziya School, an institution operated by the government. Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa Of Calcutta Center. Mother Teresa. Questions and Answers on Mother Teresa Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje*, Macedonia, on August 26**, 1910. Her family was of Albanian descent. At the age of twelve, she felt strongly the call of God. She knew she had to be a missionary to spread the love of Christ. At the age of eighteen she left her parental home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. After a few months' training in Dublin she was sent to India, where on May 24, 1931, she took her initial vows as a nun. On October 7, 1950, Mother Teresa received permission from the Holy See to start her own order, "The Missionaries of Charity", whose primary task was to love and care for those persons nobody was prepared to look after.
Today the order comprises Active and Contemplative branches of Sisters and Brothers in many countries. This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and first published in the book series Les Prix Nobel.