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
