• Every Missionary of Charity is called to lead a life consecrated to God andto His people.
• It is a life following Jesus Christ with the four vows of the Congregation:

• - Poverty,
• - Chastity,
• - Obedience, and
• - Wholehearted and Free Service to the poorest of the poor.

• Mission to convey God’s love -
  “a living God, a God of Love”.
• Offering free and selfless service to the
  poorest of the poor, the unwanted,
  uncared for, outcasts, abandoned, downtrodden,
  rejected - in streets and slums or wherever they
  may be found.
• Being close to people’s heart with love,
  compassion and understanding, ever ready and
  willing to serve and reach out a helping hand to the
  ‘poorest of the poor, with cheerfulness.
• Offering free and voluntary service, seeking no
  favours in return.
• Extending immediate and effective Caring and
  Service to individual sufferers, out of pure love for God.

• Deliberately and voluntarily choosing to live
  a life of poverty and austerity
  - choosing to be poor and simple.
• Dressed in simple and modest cotton attire of a
  three-striped blue bordered sari (worn in Bengali style),
  simple footwear and a simple cloth
  handbag, with no wrist watch, no
  finger ring or other accessories.
• Living as communities in convents, in simple
  dwellings and common rooms, with no provision
  of private rooms.
• Going out in pairs, conveyancing in the
  cheapest forms of transports, praying the
  rosary while travelling.
• Sustained from a common fund of the
  Congregation, with no personal bank account
  or property in one’s name, no personal money.
• No partaking of any food or drink in the
  houses of the poor the rich visited, providing food for oneself for the day’s journey.
• No participation in social entertainments
  such as theatres, parties, restaurants
• Use of electric and electronic appliances only
  for absolute necessity i.e. lawful requirements.

• Seeking the face of God in the persons of those
  suffering, ailing and dying.
• Loving as Christ loves, helping as He helps,
  giving as He gives, serving as He serves and rescuing
  as He rescues

Loving God by loving our fellow human beings, as
in the Words of our Lord Jesus Christ:
“Whatever you did for the least of my brothers and
sisters, you did it for Me.
I was hungry, you gave Me food;
I was thirsty, you gave Me drink;
I was homeless and you took Me in;
Naked and you clothed Me;
In prison and you came to see Me.”

• Depending totally on the providence of God.
• Accepting only free-will offering or donation,
  being sacrifices made by individuals and groups.
  Avoiding all publicity and fund raising activities.
• Mother Teresa repeatedly asked people to pray
  that we do not spoil God’s work.

• Love and respect for every human person,
  irrespective of caste, religion and nationality.
• Simplicity and loving touch on the poor.
• Humble and simple means of working for the
  downtrodden and outcast persons.
• Respect for all faith, religion and social standing
• Service for love of God, not for publicity,
  recognition and honours.