Missionaries of Charity

Missionaries of Charity is a Catholic religious order established in 1950 by Nobel Peace Prize (1979) Winner Mother Teresa to tend to the sick and dying, especially, "the poorest of the poor". Order has been founded in 1950. The order currently consists of over 4,500 nuns and is active in 133 countries. Members of the order designate their affiliation using the order's initials, MC.

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Catholic - Religious order - 1950 - Mother Teresa - Nun

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In 1990, Mother Teresa asked to resign as head of the Missionaries, but was soon voted back in as Superior General. On March 13, 1997, six months before Mother Teresa's death, Sister M. Nirmala Joshi was selected the new Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity.

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Superior General - March 13 - 1997 - Sister M. Nirmala Joshi

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Nuns must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, and the fourth vow, to give "Wholehearted and Free service to the poorest of the poor".

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Misionaries take care for abandoned children, lepers, AIDS victims, the aged, dying people.

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