Mother Teresa was an ordinary woman born with the name Agnes Bojaxhui on August 26, 1910 in what is now the Republic of Macedonia. His parents' names were Nikola and Drana. His father was a merchant. Agnes was the youngest of three children. She had a sister named Aga born in 1904 and her brother named Lazar born in 1907. Agnes and Aga were very close. They were three Albanians and grew up in the city of Skopje. She and her siblings attended a school attached to their church, Sacred Heart Parish. He was part of the church choir. Agnes Bojaxhui's father died when she was eight years old in 1919. This hit her mother, Drana, hard. She was unhappy without him, but she knew she had to take care of the children. Drana worked hard and was successful. He eventually started his own business (Rice, 1998, pp 5-13) (Tilton, 2000, pp 8-9). Agnes decided she wanted to become a nun when she was twelve. This is a young age, but he waited six years to make sure this was what he wanted. In 1928, Agnes said goodbye to family and friends and went to live with the Sisters of Loreto in Rathfarnham, Ireland. Unfortunately she never saw her mother again, but she was now a nun, which she had always wanted. She knew that being a nun was God's calling for her. Agnese became a nun on May 24, 1931 when she took her first vows. Agnes took perpetual vows of poverty, chastity and obedience on May 24, 1937. She was now known as Sister Teresa. He wanted Teresa but another girl in the convent already had that name. Sister Teresa always loved helping everyone, from children to the elderly. She also spent fifteen years teaching at a girls' high school in a poor area. She was a committed educator and through her teachings helped many girls overcome their poor quality of life. Sister Teresa was one of the most influential nuns because she