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Mother Teresa's family was devoutly Catholic and Mother Teresa was quite a religious girl even at a very young age.
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What was the work place of Mother Teresa?
Mother Teresa spent her life doing charitable and religious work in India.
Why was she called Mother Teresa?
It is traditional for religious to take a new name when they join a religious order. In the Sisters of Loreto, when a woman makes her final vows, she take the title of Mother. Mother Teresa took the name Teresa in honor of St. Therese of Lisieux, a patron saint of missionaries.
Who was Mother Teresa's husband?
Mother Teresa was never married. She was a religious sister - a bride of Christ.
Was Mother Teresa a faith leader?
She was head of the religious order that she had founded: The Missionaries of Charity.
Was Mother Teresa a religious leader?
A:Mother Teresa was at all times a religious leader and only then a person who cared for the poor. In her own words, " We are not nurses, we are not doctors, we are not teachers, we are not social workers. We are religious, we are religious, we are religious."
What is Mother Teresa's religious order?
Its actually called the 'Missionaries Of Charity'
What religious communities did Mother Teresa start?
She founded the Missionaries of Charity.
Was Mother Teresa's family religious?
Yes, they were a devout Catholic family.
Why did Mother Teresa not get married?
Mother Teresa was a religious sister and sister do not marry.
When did Mother Teresa become Sister Teresa?
She took her first religious vows as a Sister of Loreto on May 24, 1931.
Why did they call Mother Teresa Mother?
Mother is the title given to the leader of a religious order - Mother Superior. Also, Mother Teresa was originally a Sister of Loreto, they are given the title Mother (as opposed to Sister) as soon as they make their final vows, so Mother Teresa was known as Mother even as a teaching Sister.
What was Mother Teresa employed as?
Mother Teresa was not employed as in "a job for money", her vocation or calling was as a superior of a women's religious order of sisters (She was not a nun, nuns are cloistered religious under solemn vows who live in a monastery). Her religious Order was founded to care for the sick and dying.
