Fun Facts About Mother Teresa
- Mother Teresa refused the traditional banquet for her 1979 Nobel Peace Prize and asked that its $192,000 cost be given to the poor in India instead.[1]
- Mother Teresa first went to Ireland, not India, joining the Sisters of Loreto at 18 to learn English. She never saw her mother or sister again.[1]
- Her birth name was Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu; Gonxhe means "flower bud" in Albanian. She considered her baptism day, August 27, her "true birthday".[1]
- Privately, Mother Teresa struggled with doubts about her faith for nearly 50 years, writing of "nothing but emptiness and darkness".[1]
- For her 100th birth anniversary, India issued a special 5-rupee coin, the amount of money Mother Teresa had when she arrived in India.[1]
- She was canonized by Pope Francis in 2016 before tens of thousands of people, including 1,500 homeless people from across Italy.[1][3][4]
- Steve Jobs and Mother Teresa were alive at the same time for 42 years.[1][2][5][6]
- Mother Teresa was alive at the same time as Justin Bieber — their lives overlapped for 3 years (1994–1997).[1][2][7][8]
Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and a Catholic saint. Born in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, she was raised in a devoutly Catholic family. At the age of 18, she moved to Ireland to join the Sisters of Loreto and later to India, where she lived most of her life and carried out her missionary work. On 4 September 2016, she was canonised by the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. The anniversary of her death, 5 September, is now observed as her feast day.[1]
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Questions About Mother Teresa
When was Mother Teresa born?
Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910, and died on September 5, 1997.
How old was Mother Teresa at death?
Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910, and died on September 5, 1997, at age 87.
What was Mother Teresa known for?
Mother Teresa was known for: Missionary of Charity in Calcutta. Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and a Catholic saint. Born in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, she was raised in a devoutly Catholic family. At the age of 18, she moved to Ireland to join the Sisters of Loreto and later to India, where she lived most of her life and carried out her missionary work. On 4 September 2016, she was canonised by the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. The anniversary of her death, 5 September, is now observed as her feast day.
Who was alive at the same time as Mother Teresa?
Mother Teresa's closest contemporary was Bob Hope. Their lives overlapped for 87 years.
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