Selection Summary 

Mother Teresa sees need everywhere. Noticing dying people lying in the streets, she fights for a place to take them where they can die clean and loved. At first there is opposition to her efforts, but as the community sees her compassion and love, the people help her. Next Mother Teresa turns her attention to the orphans. She opens Shishu Bhavan and goes out to collect abandoned children. She looks for homes for them in India, Europe, and the United States. Seeing lepers, Mother Teresa turns her attention to them. She goes from place to place to help the lepers where they live. In spite of all her work, Mother Teresa is not satisfied. For her, there is a whole world of sick, poor, unhappy people. She wants to do more.

TO CONSIDER…

1* In every age, there are people who are admired by almost everyone. As you read about Mother Teresa, what caught your attention and led to admiration?

2* Does it take a special type of person to do the kind of work that Mother Teresa did, or could anyone do it? Could you do it?

3* Mother Teresa saw a problem and acted to correct it. What problem do you see around you? What could be done to correct it?

From Scott Foresman´s Celebrate Reading Just Like a Hero 6 F.- A Division of Harper Collins Publishers