Mother Teresa

What is Teresa's given name

Agnes Bojaxhiu

How many countries for Missionaries of Charity

125

What year/ where was she born?

1910, skopje yugoslavia

When did Teresa receive approval and name

1950 and congregation of missionaries of charity

What year did Missionaries go worldwide

1965

When did Teresa win the nobel prize?

1979

How long did it take teresa to answer her call?

2 years

How many followers did Teresa leave behind?

4000 followers, 600 houses in 125 countries

How old was Teresa when her father died

8

What does the author say this story is about?

A child who found her God in a traditional Catholic family, woman who revealed God's unique presence in the poor

Who was Teresa's father

Nicola, gave her shrewd business sense and loyalty to Albania

How did Teresa view suffering

blessing from God, gift so we could be like christ and his passion

How did teresa give dignity to dying

clean them, feed them, make them comfortable as they died

What did Teresa say about holiness

combination of God's grace and our free choice

What happened in 1943

drought and bombing by Japanese in Burma

What happened in 1948

exclaustration, under the archbishop she could start her own congregation

What was Teresa's goal

find her people, poorest of poor

Why was Teresa good with dealing with people from different faiths

grew up catholic in a primarily muslim area, house was where parishioners congregated

What was teresa's charming offer?

i am going to give you a chance to do something beautiful for God

What did Teresa say about necessity of prayer?

in order to understand god's love for us

What was greatest form of poverty?

lack of love

What was hardest thing for her?

leave convent and community

What mattered to Teresa most in life

not how much we give, but amount of love we put into doing and giving

What did Teresa believe about human life

precious, God's presence in the world, evil to destroy it

What kind of progressive work did teresa do for lepers

set up mobile clinics, and rehab centers to treat leprosy

why did people criticize teresa?

to neutral on politics

Who objected to Teresa becoming a nun

Lazar, her brother

What order did Teresa join and why

Loreto, they had a mission in India where she could serve the poor

Who was Christopher Hitchens and why did he criticize Teresa?

American journalist, attacked her taking donations from Baby Doc Duvalier and Charles Keating, and her stance on abortion and birth control

What was her response to death threats

Come on, just kill me, but don't disrupt work

Who was Teresa's mother

Drana, gave her lesson to center life on church and be generous to poor

How did Teresa think poverty could be fixed?

Give up on drive to accumulate things and selfishness

What did Teresa and friends do daily?

Go find poor and hurt kids and bring them to place where they received care and love

What was most powerful force in world?

God's love

How was Teresa's view of suffering shaped by the incarnation

Her God came to share suffering, way of sharing in passion of Jesus

What happened in 1946

Hindus and Muslims killed each other

When was teresa beautified?

October 19 2003

Who were the daughters of Saint Anne and their influence?

Order of nuns wore a sari and worked with the poor, impressed teresa because of their work

How was she fast tracked to beautification?

Pope John Paul II opend her case less than 2 years after death

Who had their funeral the same day as Teresa?

Princess Diana, ironic because they were close and like soul sisters, both cared for poor

What saint did she take her name from?

Saint Terese of Lisieux

When did Teresa Die?

September 5, 1997

What was uniqueness of poor?

Strength and dignity, courage, detachment from material things

What was Teresa's first assignment in India?

Teach at St. Mary's School in Entally Calcutta

How did teresa win over opponents?

Tender care for dying and respect for other religious rituals

Why was Teresa given the abandoned temple of Kali?

To support the dying people, from health department

Where did they first expand?

Venezuela 1966

When did teresa hear her call to serve Him with the poorest of the poor?

When she walked back to the school through the blood and carnage