Commemorations of Mother Teresa

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Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta has been memorialized throughout the world in honor of her selflessness and unswerving devotion to the poor. During her lifetime this commemorization often took the form of awards and honorary degrees bestowed upon her. She has also been memorizalized through museums and dedications of churches, roads and other structures.

Main article: Mother Teresa

Contents 1 Memorial Museum of Mother Teresa 2 Memorial plaque where Mother Teresa's home stood 3 Mother Teresa in Albania 4 Mother Teresa in Kosovo 5 Honorary degree in India 6 Parishes with Mother Teresa as patroness 7 References

[edit] Memorial Museum of Mother Teresa

A memorial room (museum) was opened in the Feudal Tower in Skopje, a building in which she used to play as a child. The museum has a significant selection of objects from Mother Teresa's life in Skopje and relics from her later life. In the Memorial room there is a model of her family home, made by the artist Vojo Georgievski.

Next to the Memorial room, there is an area with the image of Mother Teresa and her prayer as well as a memorial park and a fountain.

[edit] Memorial plaque where Mother Teresa's home stood

Just at the edge of Skopje's city mall is the place where the house of Mother Teresa used to stand. The memorial plaque was dedicated in March of 1998 and it reads: "On this place was the house where Gondza Bojadziu - Mother Teresa - was born on 26 August 1910". Her message to the world is also inscribed: "The world is not hungry for bread, but for love."

[edit] Mother Teresa in Albania

• Mother Teresa Day (Dita e Nënë Terezës) on October 19 is a public holiday in Albania.
• The airport of Tirana, the capital of Albania, is the Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, named after Mother Teresa in 2002.

• The second largest square in Tirana, the largest being Scanderbeg Square, was named after Mother Teresa. A monument of Mother Teresa is also found there.
• The biggest Civil Hospital in Tirana, was named after her.

[edit] Mother Teresa in Kosovo

The main street in Kosovo's capital Pristina is called Mother Teresa Street (Rruga Nëna Terezë). Kosovo is now independent state, former autonomous county of Serbia.

[edit] Honorary degree in India

• In 1991, the Senate of Serampore College (University), Serampore, West Bengal, one of the first institutions in India to be given the status of a University, conferred upon her the degree of Doctor of Divinity (D.D.), honoris causa.^[1]

[edit] Parishes with Mother Teresa as patroness

• Mother Teresa parish, Dakota Dunes, SD, USA - 1 September 1999
• Blessed Teresa of Calcutta parish, Woodinville, WA, USA - 1 July 2004
• Blessed Teresa of Calcutta parish, Ferguson, MO, USA - 1 July 2005
• Blessed Teresa of Calcutta parish, North Lake, WI, USA - 1 July 2005
• Blessed Teresa of Calcutta parish, Limerick, PA, USA - 1 July 2006

[edit] References

1. ^ The Senate of Serampore College (University) was founded by the Serampore trio, Carey, Marshman and Ward. With them began the start of the modern mission movements in India. The Senate was incorporated as a University by a Danish Charter in the year 1829 and later ratified by the Legislature of Bengal in the year 1918