Mother Teresa's awards
During Mother Teresa's life, she received many awards around the world. Some of the awards she had received were:
1962 Padma Shri Award for distinguished service ad the Ramon Magsayan Award from the Philippines
1971 Pope John XXIII Peace Prize
1971 Prize of the Good Samaritan, Boston
1971 Kennedy Prize
1972 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
1972 Koruna Dut, angel of charity, from the President of India
1973 Templeton Prize from Britian
1974 Mater et Magistra
1975 Albert Schweitzer International Prize
1977 Honorary PhD in Theology ( Doctor Honoris Causa in Theology ), University of Cambridge, England
1979 Nobel Peace Prize
1982 Honorary PhD ( Doctor Honoris Causa ) from the Catholic University Brussels, Belgium
1983 Order of Merit from Queen Elizabeth II
1985 Presidential Medal of Freedom
1996 Honorary U.S. citizenship (only the 4th person to receive this honour)
1997 Congressional Gold Metal
As well as these awards she was beautified by Pope John Paul the second and was announced a saint on the 19th of October 2003.
1962 Padma Shri Award for distinguished service ad the Ramon Magsayan Award from the Philippines
1971 Pope John XXIII Peace Prize
1971 Prize of the Good Samaritan, Boston
1971 Kennedy Prize
1972 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
1972 Koruna Dut, angel of charity, from the President of India
1973 Templeton Prize from Britian
1974 Mater et Magistra
1975 Albert Schweitzer International Prize
1977 Honorary PhD in Theology ( Doctor Honoris Causa in Theology ), University of Cambridge, England
1979 Nobel Peace Prize
1982 Honorary PhD ( Doctor Honoris Causa ) from the Catholic University Brussels, Belgium
1983 Order of Merit from Queen Elizabeth II
1985 Presidential Medal of Freedom
1996 Honorary U.S. citizenship (only the 4th person to receive this honour)
1997 Congressional Gold Metal
As well as these awards she was beautified by Pope John Paul the second and was announced a saint on the 19th of October 2003.