Mother is the name given to the leader of a religious order of nuns, but even before she founded the Missionaries of Charity, she was a teaching sister of Loretto. The nuns of that order are addressed as "Mother" when they were fully professed.
When she took her first vows she was called Sister Teresa. Later on she took her final vows and was called Mother Teresa.
Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity.
Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity.
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiuas.
Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity.
Mother Teresa is now called Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, this is the last step before canonization.
When she was called upon to do so, Mother Teresa gave speeches.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta was from Albania, now called Macedonia.
Dranafile Bojaxhiu was the name of Mother Teresa's mother.
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.
Mother Teresa has been beatified by the Catholic Church but has not yet (2015) been canonized,
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