Missionaries of Charity
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The Missionaries of Charity is a Catholic centralised religious institute of consecrated life of pontifical right for women established in 1950 by Mother Teresa. As of 2023, it consisted of 5,750 memb
Sisters belonging to the Missionaries of Charity in their attire of traditional white sari with blue border
Missionaries of Charity's mother house (headquarters) in Kolkata
Mother Teresa's home for the dying destitute Nirmal Hriday at Kalighat, Kolkata.
Convalescence
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Convalescence is the gradual recovery of health and strength after illness or injury.
Missionaries of Charity
…care for those who include refugees, former prostitutes, the mentally ill, sick children, abandoned children, lepers, people with AIDS, the aged, and convalescent. They have schools that are run by volunteers to teach abandoned street children and run soup kitchens as well as other services according to the…
The Convalescent by James Tissot, 1876
A convalescent woman. Photo by Paolo Monti.
Religious melancholia and convalescence