Mother Teresa Flashcards
1
Q
What made Mother Teresa start the Home for Dying Destitutes?
A
She saw a sick woman on the side of the streets who was half eaten by rats and fleas and took her to the hospital. They only took her in because she refused to leave. Went to the Temple of Kali and started he Home for Dying Destitutes.
2
Q
What was her order of nuns called?
A
Missionaries of Charity
3
Q
What prize was she awarded and when?
A
The Nobel Prize in 1979
4
Q
When did she die?
A
September 1997
