Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa


I did my Report on Mother Teresa. In 1910, Mother Teresa was born as Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 26, in Skopje, which is now Macedonia.

When Gonxha was in first grade, she had her first Communion. Because they were Catholic, when kids got their first Communion, they were also baptized. The kids also got slapped on the cheek, to remind them that the road ahead would not be easy.
But before kids could get baptized, they had to go through confession. They would go into the confession booth and confess to a priest. The confession room was pitch black with no lights on. The priest was behind a little window.
Later that year, Gonxha’s father died. After the funeral, Gonxha carried her rosary with her wherever she went. It reminded her that she was not alone.

By the time she was 12, Gonxha knew she wanted to devote her life to helping the poor.
In 1928, Gonxha becomes Sister Teresa of the Child Jesus, novitiate on Loreto order. She is only 18 when this happens and she is still carrying her rosary wherever she goes.
In 1929, one year later, Sister Teresa arrives in Calcutta to teach at Lroeto Entally. It is a big fenced in area where one school is for rich English people, and the other school is for rich Bengali kids.
In 1937, Sister Teresa takes her final vows, and becomes Mother Teresa of the child of Jesus. When she gets back to Calcuta, she becomes a Mother Superior.
In 1926, Mother Teresa received a calling from Jesus to serve them among the poorest of the poor. So she asked to go out to the slums of Calcutta to serve the poor. Her Mother Superior said she could, so in 1947 she moves to Calcutta’s slums to set up her first school.
In 1950, Mother Teresa founds the order of the Missionaries of Charity.

Later on she becomes a citizen of India.
In1952, Mother Teresa opens Nirmal Hriday, or “Pure Heart,” a home for the dying.
Mother Teresa accepts the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the poor in 1979.
In 1997, Mother Teresa steps down on March 13 as head of her order. Later that year, Mother Teresa dies on September 5, in Calcutta, India.

In 2003, Mother Teresa becomes “Blessed Teresa of Calcutta” when beatified by Pope John Paul II.
So you see, Mother Teresa did many things to help the poor. She also followed God, and trusted Him and did His will. She prayed to God often. Mother Teresa went through hard times when her father died, but that didn’t stop her. Even when she was having bad heart pains, Mother Teresa kept helping the poor. That is why today Mother Teresa is known well to Christians.

Mission San Luis Rey De Francia

Mission San Luis Rey De Francia was established on June 13, 1798, which was 210 years ago. It was established by Father Fermin Lasuén. He was a missionary from France, and came after Father Serra.
Mission San Luis Rey De Francia was the 18th mission out of 21 missions. It’s nick-name was “King of The Missions,” because it was the biggest mission of them all.
The mission church was small to the people there. Today it is called the “small church” because of them.
But really, to us the “small church” isn’t small at all.
The “small church” held 1,000 people! Later, the people
tore the “small church” down and built a bigger church that held even more people!
The mission church was 180 feet long, 28 feet wide, and 30 feet high. It was made of adobe bricks, and had burnt bricks on the outside, which came to be 6 to 9 feet wide. The mission buildings covered 6 acres around a 500-foot square patio.
In 1830, Mission San Luis Rey De Francia was making great progress. They had 30 square miles of land on which they had 27,000 cattle, 26,000 sheep, 2,000 horses, and pigs, goats, ducks, chickens, and geese. They had huge wheat fields, vegetable garden and vineyards that produced great wine, groves of olive trees, and orange trees.
Mission San Luis Rey De Francia also had a water system, too. A complicated system brought water from a nearby river through a series of 12 underground pipe lines made out of burned bricks. A charcoal filtering system filtered water for drinking. Water from springs came out of mouths of 2 figures onto a big lavanderîa or laundry pile where the mission women scrubbed their clothes. Then the water went to the fields to water the plants.
In the quadrangle (or courtyard), people had bull fights because the courtyard was so big. The first pepper tree in California was planted in the courtyard. It was brought here from Peru in 1830. It is still there today!
By 1846, mission life had disappeared. During the Mexican-American War, the United States Army used the mission as a military outpost. In 1861 President Abraham Lincoln returned the mission buildings and a few surrounding acres back to church control.
Father Joseph O’Keefe began the work of restoring the mission in 1895. In 1905, the quadrangle and church was completed. Today, it is a working mission and is still being restored by members of the parish.



The End

Let There Be Peace on Earth

I had to do a hymn report on a hymn and this is my report.

Let There Be Peace on Earth


My song is Let There be Peace on Earth. The authors and composers are Sy Miller, and Jill Jackson Miller. Jill was an actress and song writer. She wrote the song Let There be Peace on Earth in the summer of 1955. When Jill was young, she became an orphan. Jill Jackson miller had to go through foster care too.

I interviewed two people, my grandmother, and my pastor . His name is pastor Dave. The first question I asked them was , "What does this song mean to you?" Pastor Dave replied, "to me it means that I have to treat others like I want to be treated." Grandma answered, "To me this song is a sign of a God who would like to see all nations live in harmony." Next I said, " What do you feel when you sing this song?" Pastor said, " I feel hopeful that I can be a person of peace." Grandma answered, " I feel calm and peaceful." The third question was, " How can you apply this song to your life?" Grandma answered, "To try to help others and set a good example for them to follow. This would be the beginning of a web that would be spread to others to make peace on earth." Pastor Dave said, "I want to treat others equally to make peace." The final question was, "How can this song help you in times of need?" Pastor Dave said, "when I’m feeling like I don’t have peace, It gives me peace and hope." Grandma answered, "It can help me in times of need by keeping me calm, to look at the situation realistically . "


To me this song means that people are saying and calling for there to be peace on earth, and that makes me happy.

Sorry I could not find any info. on Sy Miller .