Mother Teresa - Supetar, Croatia
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N 43° 23.018 E 016° 33.296
33T E 625949 N 4804592
A statue of Mother Teresa near St. Peter's Church in Supetar, Croatia.
Waymark Code: WM70FW
Location: Croatia
Date Posted: 08/14/2009
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This statue of Mother Teresa is located in Supetar, near local St. Peter's Church.
Mother Teresa (August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997), born Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun with Indian citizenship who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries.
By the 1970s she was internationally famed as a humanitarian and advocate for the poor and helpless, due in part to a documentary, and book, Something Beautiful for God by Malcolm Muggeridge. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1980 for her humanitarian work. Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity continued to expand, and at the time of her death it was operating 610 missions in 123 countries, including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counselling programs, orphanages, and schools.
Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.
Source: Wikipedia
Associated Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Statue Location: Supetar, near St. Peter's Church
Entrance Fee: free
Artist: Petar Jaksic
Website: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Take a picture of the statue. A waymarker and/or GPSr is not required to be in the image but it doesn't hurt.