1979

Acceptance Speech

Transcript of Mother Teresa’s Acceptance Speech, held on 10 December 1979 in the Aula of the University of Oslo, Norway. Let us all together thank God for this beautiful occasion where we can all together proclaim the joy of spreading peace, the joy of loving one another and the joy acknowledging that…

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Questions and Answers

Question: When and where was Mother Teresa born? Answer: Mother Teresa was born on 26 August 1910 as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Uskup (now Skopje), Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia). She was baptised on 27 August. Question: What were the names of Mother Teresa’s family members? Answer: Mother Teresa was the third child of Albanian…

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Nobel Lecture

Nobel Lecture, 11 December, 1979 As we have gathered here together to thank God for the Nobel Peace Prize I think it will be beautiful that we pray the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi which always surprises me very much – we pray this prayer every day after Holy Communion, because it is very…

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Nobel Lecture

French Conference Nobel le 8 decembre 1979 Qu’il me soit permis, je vous en prie, de parler au nom de la luminosité et de la transparence. C’est par ces deux états que se définit l’espace où j’ai vécu et où il m’a été donné de m’accomplir. Etats aussi que j’ai peu à peu perçus comme…

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Nobel Lecture

English Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1979 (Translation) May I be permitted, I ask you, to speak in the name of luminosity and transparency. The space I have lived in and where I have been able to fulfill myself is defined by these two states. States that I have also perceived as being identified in me…

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