Mother Teresa - Achievement

• winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

• At the age of 18 she was given permission to join a group of nuns in Ireland.

• Mother Teresa was first brought to wide public attention through a book by Malcom Muggeridge

• The first Pope John XXIII Peace Prize. (1971)

• Kennedy Prize (1971

• The Nehru Prize – ‘for promotion of international peace and understanding (1972)

• Albert Schweitzer International Prize (1975)

• States Presidential Medal of Freedom (1985)

• Congressional Gold Medal (1994)

• Honorary citizenship of the United States (November 16, 1996)