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Virtue vs. Impurity "The
moral excellence evident in my life as I
consistently do what is right." Faith Committee, Character Council of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
Contributed by Pam Elcik Community Leader, Fairfield, OH March 28, 2001
MOTHER TERESA
Sent from Ireland to teach in Calcutta, India, young Sister Teresa one day found a woman dying in the streets. The hospital said they could do nothing, so Sister Teresa refused to leave until they took her in. Finding others dying in the streets, Sister Teresa went to town hall, asking for a place she could take them. Within hours she had started the Home for the Dying - a home where she could wash them, freshly dress them, put them into bed with proper medical care, take their face gently in her hands, and hold them during their final moments. So began the Missionaries of Charity, an order of some 2500 nuns and monks with the devoted caring of Mother Theresa, who for more than 50 years dedicated her life to helping the poor, diseased, abandoned, and dying. While her work brought much attention (greatly benefiting her causes), Mother Teresa herself shunned the spotlight. At her request, when awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, they canceled her banquet and gave its $7,000 cost to the poor, along with her $190,000 prize. Mother Teresa was a woman of virtue whose selfless devotion to doing right led to blessings for untold numbers of the needy, missionaries, volunteers and others.
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