How old was Mother Teresa when she started to work?

Answer 1

She began organizing her new religious order in 1948 at the age of 38.

Answer 2

She entered the Loreto convent when she was 18 years old. That was the beginning of her professional life.

Answer 3

At the age of 18 she joined the Sisters of Loreto in 1929 and founded her own order to assist the poor in 1950 at the age of about 40.

Answer 4

Mother Teresa was just a month short of her 40th birthday when she received approval from the Pope for her religious order in 1950.