| Term | Definition |
| Nobel Peace Prize | Mother Teresa won this in 1979 |
| Calcutta | One of the largest cities in India |
| Missionaries of Charity | The name of the group of sisters founded by Mother Teresa |
| Beatification | The first step in the process by which a dead person is officially declared to be a Saint |
| Canonization | The final step when a person is declared a saint of the Catholic Church |
| Sari | A dress worn by Hindu women in India |
| Albanian | Mother Teresa's ethnicity |
| 1910 | The year Mother Teresa was born |
| 1997 | The year Mother Teresa died |
| Vatican | the headquarters of the Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy |