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.here are a lot o/ good eo le in the world, but not man0 o/ them are world%/amous> Mother .eresa was a small, Fuiet nun> "he died in &))* in =ndia, but eo le in man0 countries remember her> .he0 tal1 about her and the0 lo;e her> 9h0M Oead her stor0> .he answer is here> Agnes Gonxha Kor her /irst eighteen 0ears, her name was not .eresa> !t was Agnes> Her /arnil0 name was #oDaxhiu> .here were two children in the /amil0 be/ore her( a bo0 and a girl> .hen little Agnes Gonxha came into the world on 22August &)&0> Her mother and /ather were /rom AlbPnia, but the0 li;ed in the town o/ "1o De> At that time, "1o De was in "erbia> .he0 had a good home because her /ather did well in his wor1> .hen her /ather suddenl0 died> Agnes was onl0 eight 0ears old> Her sister was /ourteen and her brother was ele;en> .hings were di//icult /or Agness mother, but she was strong /or her children> "he wor1ed and did well> "he lo;ed the children, and the0 had a ha 0 home> .here were some oor eo le near their home> .hese eo le did not ha;e much mone0 /or /ood, and Agness mother was good to them too> "he was a Christian % a Catholic % and God was ;er0 im ortant to her> "he ra0ed to God e;er0 e;ening with her children, and the0 all went to church e;er0 wee1> At the church, there were stories about Christian missionaries in =ndia and oor A/rican countries> .hese eo le li;ed /or God> .he0 went to =ndia and Q/rica because the0 wanted to bring God5s lo;e to oor eo le there> "ome o/ the missionaries in =ndia were men /rom "1o De> Agnes lo;ed hearing about the wor1 o/ these missionaries> "he started to thin1, 59hat am ! going to do /or GodM5 "he wanted to li;e /or God, but howM 4id she want to be a nunM 4id she want to li;e only /or GodM "he ra0ed /or answers> A/ter /i;e 0ears, the answer carne to her> "he wanted to li;e onl0 /or Him> "he wanted to be a nun in =ndia> Her mother was ;er0 unha 0 about this> "he lo;ed her daughter and did not want to sa0 goodb0e to her> "he went to her bedroom and sta0ed there all da0> #ut a/ter a da0 and a night, she carne out and said to Agnes, 5Put 0our hand in His hand and wal1 with Him>5 Rn 2- "e tember &)2+, Agnes said goodb0e to her /riends and her home in "1o De> At the station, she said goodb0e to her /amil0> "he was eighteen 0ears old, and she did not see her mother or her sister again>

She said goodbye to herfamily. She was eighteen years old.

.o =ndia "he went b0 train and boat to !reland> .here she went to the home o/ the Loreto nuns> "he wanted to be a Loreto nun because man0 o/ them wor1ed in =ndia> Agnes sta0ed with the nuns at Loreto House in 4ublin /or six wee1s> .hen she was on a boat again S to =ndia> "he was now "ister .eresa> .hese da0s, 0ou can get /rom !reland to =ndia ;er0 Fuic1l0, but in those da0s eo le were on the boat /or se;en wee1s> !t went /rom !reland to " ain, then across the Mediterranean "ea to "ueJ in Eg0 t, down the Oed "ea, across the Arabian "ea to "ri Lan1a, and then u to Calcutta in =ndia> Krom Calcutta, she went b0 train to 4arDeeling> Calcutta was a big lace with a lot o/ noise, but 4arDeeling was Fuiet and beauti/ul> Toung "ister .eresa did not 1now much English, but she was a good student> "he was /riendl0 too and she o/ten smiled> "he was ;er0 ha 0 there> A/ter two 0ears, her English was good, and she started to teach children in the nuns5 school> .hen she mo;ed to one o/ the Loreto nuns5 schools in Calcutta> !ts name was Loreto Entall0 a big school /or girls> Man0 o/ the girls were /rom oor /amilies> .he school da0s started earl0 in the morning, but the nuns5 da0s started be/ore that> E;er0 morning, the nuns ra0ed /or a long time> .hen the0 wor1ed in the school in the morning and the a/ternoon> .he0 wor1ed in the e;ening too, because man0 o/ the girls li;ed at the school> A/ter a long da0, the0 ra0ed again and then went to bed> .he nuns did not ha;e holida0s> .he0 did not listen to music or go sho ing> .he0 did not see their /amilies> #ut the0 were ha 0 because the0 li;ed /or God> .he0 were ha 0 and strong ali da0 because the0 remembered His lo;e e;er0 morning> "ister .eresa li1ed teaching, and she was good at it> "he was a teacher at Loreto Entall0 /or twel;e 0ears, and then, /rom &),,, she was the head teacher /or /our 0ears>

4arDeeling was Fuiet and beauti/ul

.he "treets o/ Calcutta Calcutta Uor 7ol1ataH toda0 has &-,000,000 eo le> !n the &),0s it was a ;er0 big lace too, and man0 new eo le arri;ed e;er0 0ear> .he eo le were Hindus, Muslims, Christians, "i1hs and #uddhists> Calcutta had beauti/ul buildings( big hotels, o//ices, ban1s and houses> Man0 writers and /amous eo le li;ed there> #ut Calcutta had some big roblems> A lot o/ eo le were ;er0 oor> .he0 did not ha;e an0 mone0, and the0 li;ed in slums % bad laces with bad houses> Man0 eo le did not ha;e a home> .he0 li;ed and died in the streets> .he 0ears &),'%,2 were ;er0 bad 0ears /or Calcutta> .here was not much /ood, and it was ;er0 ex ensi;e> Poor /amilies did not ha;e mone0 /or this ex ensi;e /ood, and in those three 0ears about ',000,000 eo le died> E;er0 da0 there were dead eo le in the streets> Mother .eresa wanted to hel the oor eo le in the slums, but this was di//icult /or her> "he was a nun, and nuns did not o/ten go out into the streets> Man0 nuns hel ed oor eo le in schools, big /ood 1itchens and hos itals, but nuns did not usuall0 go out to oor eo le in slums> "he ra0ed to God /or an answer to her roblem> Rn &0 "e tember &),2, she was on a train /rom Calcutta to 4arDeeling, and the answer carne to her> .he answer was, 5Go and wor1 in the slums with the oor eo le>5 .his was new wor1 /or a nun, and the head o/ the Catholic Church in Calcutta said, 59ait>5 He wanted to thin1 about it /irst> Mother .eresa wanted to start Fuic1l0, but she waited two 0ears> .hen in August &),+, a letter carne /rom him( he was ha 0 about her new wor1> Loreto Entall0 was her home, and the nuns were her onl0 /riends> #ut she said goodb0e and mo;ed into a small room near a slum>

Man0 eo le li;ed and died in the streets>

.he #lue and 9hite "ari !ndian women usuall0 dress in saris> .here are beauti/ul, ex ensi;e saris, and there are oor saris /or oor women> Mother .eresa dressed in a oor blue and white sari because she wanted to wor1 with ;er0 oor eo le> .oda0, there are man0 nuns in these blue and white saris, but on her /irst da0 in the slum, Mother .eresa was alone> "he was onl0 one small woman, with no hel ers and no mone0> How did she start her new wor1M Kirst, she ra0ed to God, and then she wal1ed into the slum> .here she tal1ed to oor children> Man0 o/ them li;ed in the street> .he0 had no home, no /amil0 and no school> "he started to teach them in the street> .he children li1ed her, and the da0 a/ter that, a lot o/ children carne to her new 5schoolV> .hen the0 carne e;er0 da0> Rne da0, there was a oor old woman in the street> "he did not ha;e a home and she was ;er0 ill> .he doctors in the hos ital did not want her because she was oor and ;er0 old> "he was a d0ing woman> "he did not ha;e a /amil0< she was alone> Peo le in the street did not want to go near her> #ut Mother .eresa went to her and tal1ed to her> "he washed the woman and sta0ed with her> .he woman died, but she did not die alone> "he died with a /riend, with her hand in Mother .eresa5s hand> .here were o/ten d0ing eo le in those streets> Mother .eresa sta0ed with them, and the0 did not die alone> Man0 oor street eo le did not ha;e an0 /ood> Mother .eresa as1ed eo le /or /ood /or them> "ome eo le hel ed her> "ome eo le were angr0 and did not hel > Kor two months, Mother .eresa wor1ed alone> !t was a di//icult time /or her> .hen two o/ her !ndian students /rom Loreto Entall0 carne to her and wor1ed with her> A/ter two 0ears, there were twel;e nuns with her> .he0 all had blue and white saris, and the0 had a name( 5.he Missionaries o/ Charit05> .he0 wor1ed in street schools and the0 o ened street clinics> .hese clinics were not hos itals, but the0 were a big hel /or eo le in the slums> Peo le in Calcutta started to tal1 about Mother .eresa and her Missionaries o/ Charit0> Man0 eo le wanted to hel her and to gi;e mone0 to her> !n &)-2, the go;ernment o/ Calcutta ga;e her a big building, and she started a home /or d0ing eo le there> A/ter this, the nuns started a big home /or children> Man0 oor children in Calcutta did not ha;e a home or a mother or /ather> At the nuns5 new childrenVs home, there was /ood and a bed /or them, and lo;e too> Kor ten 0ears, Mother .eresa and her Missionaries o/ Charit0 wor1ed onl0 in Calcutta> E;er0 0ear, there were new nuns> A/ter ten 0ears, the0 started to wor1 awa0 /rom Calcutta too> .he0 o ened new homes /or d0ing eo le, homes /or children, schools, clinics and /ood 1itchens in twent0%three laces in =ndia>

Mother .eresa dressed in a oor blue and white sari>

5A lo;e letter to the world5 .here are oor eo le in e;er0 countr0> !n &)2-, the Missionaries o/ Charit0 started wor1ing in 6eneJuela, "outh America> A/ter that, the0 o ened a home in Oome> .hen the0 went to .anJania and man0 countries in A/rica, Euro e and Asia> !n &)2), there was a tele;ision rogramme about Mother .eresa and her wor1> !t was a ##C rogramme, and it was on #ritish .6 /irst> A/ter the rogramme, man0 letters arri;ed /or her> A lot o/ eo le wanted to wor1 with her or gi;e mone0> .hen eo le in Euro e, the :" and Asia watched the rogramme> Peo le in man0 countries wanted to hel her> "uddenl0, Mother .eresa was world%/amous> "he did not li1e being /amous> .he Missionaries o/ Charit0 were not hers< the0 were God5s> "he was onl0 a en in Gods hand, she o/ten said, 5And He is sending a lo;e letter to the world>5 Peo le o/ten as1ed her about her wor1> Rne Fuestion was, 5Tou are with ill eo le and d0ing eo le e;er0 da0> !s it di//icultM How do 0ou do itM5 Her answer was, 5! see God in e;er0 erson>5 Kor Mother .eresa, lo;e o/ God was the im ortant thing> "he wanted to gi;e her lo;e to God, but we cannot see God> 9e can onl0 see God in eo le> "he lo;ed oor eo le and d0ing eo le because she lo;ed God in them> Kor her, this was beauti/ul, not di//icult> "he was on tele;ision again in &)*) because the $obel Peace PriJe went to her> .his /amous riJe was W&-0,000 in that 0ear % a lot o/ mone0 then> E;er0 0ear, the riJe goes to an im ortant wor1er /or world eace> Man0 im ortant eo le go to Rslo /rom man0 countries /or the riJe da0> Rn that da0 in &)*), Mother .eresa tal1ed to them about lo;e and eace> .he0 as1ed her, 5How can we get world eaceM5 "he answered, XGo home and lo;e 0our /amil0>5 !n the &)+0s, there were Missionaries o/ Charit0 in &00 countries> .he0 were not onl0 in oor countries( there was a home /or d0ing eo le in $ew Tor1 too> Mother .eresa o/ten tal1ed to heads o/ go;ernment in these countries, but she alwa0s dressed in her oor woman5s sari> !n &))0, Mother .eresa was +0 0ears old but she did not sto wor1ing> Her da0s started at /our o5cloc1 in the morning> "he wor1ed all da0 and into the night> "he had little slee >

.he nuns started a big hoineDor children>

A Light in a Dark Time Mother .eresa died in "e tember &))* at the home o/ the Missionaries o/ Charit0 in Calcutta> At that time, there were ,,000 Missionaries o/ Charit0 in &2' countries, and ',000,000 eo le wor1ed with them> Peo le wanted to see her and sa0 goodb0e to her> Poor eo le /rom Calcutta and eo le /rom the go;ernment o/ !ndia carne> !m ortant eo le arri;ed /rom man0 countries> Rne erson said about her, 5"he was a light in a dar1 time>5 Mother .eresa was a light /or the oor eo le o/ Calcutta, but she is a light /or all o/ us too, in e;er0 countr0 o/ the world>

ACTIVITIES Pages &%* #e/ore 0ou read & .al1 about these Fuestions> a 9hat do 0ou 1now about Mother .eresaM b 9hat do 0ou 1now about these lacesM 9hich o/ them are countriesM =ndia Calcutta AlbPnia "erbia !reland 4ublin 2 Loo1 at the 9ord List at the bac1 o/ the boo1> 9hat are the words in 0our languageM 9hile 0ou read ' Are these sentences right UYH or wrong UZHM a b c d .he #oDaxhiu /amil0 were ;er0 oor> Agnes wanted to li;e /or God> "he wor1ed at a hos ital in Calcutta> Man0 eo le died because /ood was ex ensi;e>

A/ter 0ou read , 9hich word is rightM a "ister .eresa li;ed in 4arDeeling be/ore "1o De8!reland8Calcutta> b !n !ndia, her /amil0 was o/ten8sometimes8ne;er with her> c !n the &),0s, nuns did not usuall0 wor1 in schools8 hos itals8slums> Pages +%&, #e/ore 0ou read - .al1 about these Fuestions> a 9hat is the ##CM b 9hat do 0ou 1now about the $obel PriJesM c 9hich o/ these laces are countriesM 9hich are notM 9here are the0M A/rica Asia Euro e Great #ritain 6eneJuela 9hile 0ou read 2 a b c 9rite the 0ears> >>>>>>>>>>>> Mother .eresa started to wor1 in the slum> >>>>>>>>>>>> "he started a home /or d0ing eo le in Calcutta> >>>>>>>>>>>> .he Missionaries o/ Charit0 started wor1ing in "outh America> $ew Tor1 Oome "outh America .anJania the :"A

d >>>>>>>>>>>> .here was a ##C .6 rogramme about Mother .eresa> e >>>>>>>>>>>> Mother .eresa had .he $obel Peace PriJe> / >>>>>>>>>>>> Mother .eresa died> A/ter 0ou read * Answer these Fuestions> a 9h0 was her /irst da0 in the slum di//icultM b How did Mother .eresa hel the d0ing woman in the streetM c 9hen did Mother .eresa start to be world%/amous, and wh0M 9riting + How was Mother .eresa 5a light in a dar1 time5M ) 9hat did Mother .eresa do in these 0earsM &)&0%2+, &)2)%'&,&)'2%,+, &),+%2-, &)2-%)* &0 9rite about three im ortant da0s in Mother .eresa5s stor0> && Tou are going to ;isit Calcutta and 0ou want to wor1 with the Missionaries o/ Charit0 /or a wee1> 9rite a letter to them and as1> .he address is( Missionaries o/ Charit0, -,A AJC #ose Ooad, Calcutta, *000&2, 9est #engal, =ndia>

WORD LIST with example sentences alone UadD8ad;H He hasn5t got an0 /riends or /amil0> He li;es alone. charity UnH Peo le gi;e charity because the0 want to hel Clinic UnH He went to the e;ening clinic because he was ill> ie U;H .wo eo le died in the night> .here were dying eo le with no /ood or water> Go UnH Goa is im ortant to Christians, Jews and Muslims> go!ernment UnH Hos itais and schools get mone0 /rom the government. hea UnH "he was a teacher /or ten 0ears> .hen she was the head o/ the school> hel" U;8nH ! can5t do this> Please help me> hos"ital UnH .he hospital hBs 200 beds and twent0 doctors> missionary UnH .he Catholic Church sends missionaries to man0 countries> nun UnH Nuns do not ha;e mone0 or children> .he0 o/ten teach in schools> "eace UnH 9e ali want peace in the world> "oor UadDH Poor /amilies do not ha;e much mone0 /or /ood> "ray U;H "he prayed to God e;er0 morning and e;ening> "ri#e UnH .he /irst erson gets the prize. "rogramme UnH .here5s a good programme on .6 tomorrow> sari UnH Euro ean women ha;e dresses< !ndian woman ha;e saris. Slum UnH .he houses in the slum are old and ;er0 bad> $orl UnH How man0 countries are there in the world'? He is world famous because eo le in man0 countries see his /ilms> oor eo le> Church UnH "he is a Christian and she goes to church e;er0 "unda0>