Mother Teresa
  1. In which country, did Mother Teresa start the first Missionaries of Charity house outside India?
    Ans. “Venezuela”..
  2. What was, the purpose of the Missionaries of Charity’s Gift of Love homes,?
    Ans. “To care for those with AIDS”..
  3. How many siblings, did Mother Teresa have?
    Ans. “Two”..
  4. What was, the occupation of Mother Teresa’s father,?
    Ans. “He was a construction contractor and a trader”..
  5. What was, Mother Teresa’s mother’s name,?
    Ans. “Dranafile Bojaxhiu”..
  6. How old, was Mother Teresa, when she died?
    Ans. “87”..
  7. What important event in Mother Teresa’s life occurred, in 1946?
    Ans. “while travelling she received her “call within a call” to serve the poor”..
  8. In which, European country, did Mother Teresa receive her initial training as a nun?
    Ans. “Ireland”..
  9. What does, the white sari with a blue border worn, by Missionaries of Charity symbolize?
    Ans. “Simplicity and pledge to the poor”..
  10. What year ,did Mother Teresa open the first Missionaries of Assistance house in the United States?
    Ans. “1971”..
  11. Who did play, Mother Teresa, in the 2003 biographical film?
    Ans. “Olivia Hussey”..
  12. How many
    letters, did Mother Teresa write expressing her spiritual struggles?
    Ans. “Over 40”..
  13. What is, the name of the book, that compiled many of Mother Teresa’s letters?
    Ans. “Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light”
  14. Which city, did Mother Teresa leave for India in 1929?
    Ans. “Dublin”..
  15. In which year, did Mother Teresa become a novice in the Sisters of Loreto?
    Ans. “1928”..
  16. What was, Mother Teresa’s first task as a Loreto nun?
    Ans. Teaching at St. Mary’s High School in Kolkata
  17. How many times, did Mother Teresa win the Templeton Prize?
    Ans. “Once (in 1973) ”..
  18. what year, did Mother Teresa establish the Missionaries of Charity Brothers?
    Ans. “1963”..
  19. What specific vow, do members of the Missionaries of Charity, take in addition to the traditional vows of poverty, chastity, and compliance?
    Ans. “A vow of wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor”..
  20. What type of work, did Mother Teresa do before founding the Missionaries of Charity?
    Ans. “Teaching and administrative work in a convent school”..