About Us

Missionaries of Charity

The Missionaries of Charity Sisters (Mother Teresa’s Sisters or the Sisters of Mother Teresa, as many call us) is a religious community in the Catholic Church, founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta (now St. Teresa of Calcutta) in 1950 in Calcutta, India. Our community is totally dedicated to the service of the poorest of the poor, irrespective of social class, creed, colour or religion. We deliberately choose to show God’s concern for the poorest and the lowliest, remaining right on the ground, while offering immediate and effective service to those in need, until they can find someone who can help them in a better and more lasting way. Read more…..

Our Foundress

The future Mother Teresa of Calcutta, was born in Skopje, present day North Macedonia, on 26 August 1910 and baptized the following day, 27 August. She was the youngest of five children, two of whom died in infancy. Gonxha’s parents, Nikola and Drana Bojaxhiu, provided a loving home for their three children. The prosperity and security of their family life was cut short, by Nikola’s sudden death in 1918. At the age of twelve, Gonxha felt a call to serve the poor and at 18 she decided to join the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto nuns) in Ireland with the intention to serve in India. Read more…..

Our History

On 10 September 1946, Mother M. Teresa (a Loreto nun at a time) received an inspiration from God to found a new congregation devoted to the service of the poorest of the poor. After obtaining the approval of the Archbishop of Calcutta, Ferdinand Perier, S.J., and the permission of Holy See (Vatican), Mother Teresa left the Loreto convent in August 1948 to begin her new work among the poor in the slums of Calcutta. Read more…..

Our Objective

Our objective is to love and serve the poorest of the poor, both materially and spiritually, not only in the slums, but also all over the world wherever they may be. In loving and serving the poorest of the poor, we endeavor to live the love of God in prayer and action in a life marked by the simplicity and humility of the Gospel. We “put our love into action” by: • nursing the sick and dying destitutes; • gathering and teaching the poor and little street children; • visiting and caring for beggars, leprosy patients and their children; • giving shelter to the abandoned and homeless; • caring for the unwanted, the unloved and the lonely. Read more…..

Our Superiors

At the head of our community is the Superior General and councillors. In the discharge of their duties they are assisted by the regional superiors (responsible for the group of houses in their region) and local superiors (responsible for the branch houses). Read more…..

Mother House

Mother House located at 54A, A.J.C. Bose Road, Kolkata, is the headquarters of the International Religious Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity and has been ‘home’ to Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity Sisters since February 1953. It is here that Mother lived, prayed, worked and guided her religious family spread across the world. It is from here that she went home to God and it here that her body was laid to rest. Read more…..

Mother’s Tomb

Mother Teresa was laid to rest within the premises of the Mother House on 13th September 1997 immediately after the State funeral service held at the Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata. The tomb is located on the ground floor of the main building of the Mother House at 54A, A.J.C. Bose Road.

During the visiting hours all pilgrims and tourists are welcome to pay their respects and take time to pray. For many this sacred site is a place of encountering God’s love through Mother Teresa, who truly lived the words of Jesus Christ that are engraved on her tombstone: “LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU”. Read more…..

Mother’s Room

This is the room in which Mother Teresa worked, rested and from where she left for her heavenly abode on the night of 5th September 1997. The room has been maintained as it was during her lifetime with the bed on which she slept and from which she went home to God, her desk, a table with two benches, a wooden cabinet and the original pictures on the wall, which are now encased for the purpose of preservation.

Visiting Hours: 8.30 a.m. to 12 noon; 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. (remains closed on Thursdays). Read more…..

Mother’s Museum

Adjacent to Mother Teresa’s Tomb is a small museum opened in 2005. It provides a glimpse into the life and work of Mother Teresa through a variety of exhibits that include: some of her personal belongings, artifacts used by Mother Teresa, copies of her handwritten letters, news articles, photos, books, paintings, a few awards, postal stamps, coins and paintings under the title, ‘Visions of Love’

Visiting Hours: 8.30 a.m. to 12 noon; 3 p.m.to 6 p.m. (remains closed on Thursdays). Read more…..