Important Dates
What year/date was Mother Teresa born?
August 26, 1910
Why did Mother Teresa get the Nobel Peace Prize?
For her efforts to bring help to suffering humanity.
What organization did Mother Teresa start?
Missionaries of Charity
What year did Mother Teresa win the Nobel Peace Prize?
1979
What year/date did Mother Teresa pass away?
September 5, 1997
Where was Mother Teresa born?
Uskup, Ottoman Empire (Skopje, Macedonia)
Why did Mother Teresa go to India?
To work as a teacher in the order’s school in Calcutta.
What year/date did Mother Teresa hold her Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech?
December 10, 1979
What years did Mother Teresa teach at St. Mary's High School?
1931-1948
Why did Mother Teresa get the name "Mother Teresa"?
When she joined the Sisters of Loreto, she was given the name sister Teresa after Saint Thérèse de Lisieux.
Why did Mother Teresa open her own hospice?
She claims her calling was helping and caring for the sick and poor.
What university did Mother Teresa accept her Nobel Peace Prize in?
University of Oslo, Norway
What year/date did Mother Teresa take her vows as a nun?
May 24, 1941
What was Mother Teresa's birth name?
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxiu
How old was Mother Teresa when she became a nun?
18 years old
How does Mother Teresa end her acceptance speech?
"God bless you!"