Awards Bestowed Upon Mother Teresa

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MAJOR AWARDS RECEIVED BY MOTHER TERESA

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    • 1962 Padma Shri Award for distinquished service. This was her first prize for her humanitarian work.
    • 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
    • 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
    • 1985 Presidential Metal of Freedom
    • 1996 Honorary U.S. citizenship (only the 4th person to receive this honor)
    • 1997 Congressional Gold Metal