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Mother Teresa

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  • WHERE DID SHE GO TO LEARN TO SPEAK ENGLISH?
    She went to Ireland to learn English.
  • HOW OLD WAS SHE WHEN SHE FIRST WENT TO INDIA?
    She was 18 years old when she first went to India.
  • WHAT WAS HER BIRTH NAME?
    Her birth name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu.
  • WHAT WAS SHE BEST KNOWN FOR?
    Mother Teresa was a humanitarian. She was best known for helping the sick and needy.
  • HOW MANY MEMBERS DID THE MISSIONARY GROUP SHE FORMED START WITH?
    It started with just 13 members.
  • WHEN WAS SHE BORN?
    She was born on August 26, 1910.
  • WAS SHE RICH OR POOR?
    She was poor.
  • WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE GROUP OF MISSIONARIES SHE FORMED?
    The Missionaries of Charity.
  • WHERE WAS MOTHER TERESA BORN?
    Mother Teresa was born in Uskub, Ottoman Empire. This city is now called Skopje and is the capital of the Republic of Macedonia.
  • WHEN DID SHE WIN THE PEACE PRIZE?
    She was given the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
  • WHAT IMPORTANT PLACE IS NAMED AFTER HER?
    • Albania's international airport is named after her, the Aeroporti Nene Tereza.
  • HOW OLD WAS SHE WHEN SHE DIED?
    She was 87 years old when she died.
  • WHY DID SHE ONCE TRAVEL THROUGH A WAR ZONE?
    • She once traveled through a war zone to rescue 37 children from the fighting.
  • WHAT IMPORTANT PEACE PRIZE DID SHE GET?
    She won the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • WHAT IS A MISSIONARY?
    A missionary is a member of a religious group who is sent to a place to promote its faith or help people with education, health etc.
  • HOW MANY MEMBERS DOES THE MISSIONARY GROUP SHE FORMED HAVE TODAY?
    Today they have over 4,000 nuns who care for people all over the world just like Mother Teresa did.
  • WHAT DID SHE DO WITH THE PEACE PRIZE MONEY?
    She gave it all to help the sick and poor people of India.
  • WHEN DID SHE DIE?
    She died on September 5, 1997.
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