Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu MC, better known as Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. Born in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, at the age of 18 she moved to Ireland and later to India, where she lived most of her life. On 4 September 2016, she was canonised by the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. The anniversary of her death, 5 September, is her feast day.
Mother Teresa in 1995
Memorial House of Mother Teresa in her native Skopje
Missionaries of Charity motherhouse in Calcutta
Missionaries of Charity in traditional saris
The Missionaries of Charity is a Catholic centralised religious institute of consecrated life of Pontifical Right for women
established in 1950 by Mother Teresa, now known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. As of 2023, it consisted of 5,750 members religious sisters. Members of the order designate their affiliation using the order's initials, "M.C.". A member of the congregation must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, obedience, and the fourth vow, to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor." Today, the order consists of both contemplative and active branches in several countries.
Sisters belonging to 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.
Missionarinnen der Nächstenliebe, Schwestern aus dem Orden Mutter Theresas, in Tirana (Albanien)
