Back المبشرون الخيرية Arabic Missioneres de la Caritat Catalan Missionarinnen der Nächstenliebe German Missionaries of Charity English Misiistinoj de Karitato Esperanto Misioneras de la Caridad Spanish جمعیت مبلغان خیریه Persian Rakkauden lähettiläät Finnish Missionnaires de la Charité French Misinéirí na Carthanachta Irish
Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity
Missionaries of Charity (MC) is a Roman Catholic Latin rite congregation started on 7 October in 1950. It was founded by Mother Teresa.[1] It started in the slums of Kolkata (Calcutta, India) with Mother Teresa and 12 sisters.[2] It now has a membership of nearly 5,000 sisters worldwide.[2] Members of the religious order show they belong to this group using the order's initials, "M.C." A sister who belongs to MC must follow their vows of chastity, poverty and obedience. There is also a fourth vow, to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor."[3] MC members all wear the same white and blue habit that Mother Teresa wore.[4]
- ↑ Julie McCarthy (9 October 2015). "Mother Teresa's Missionaries Of Charity Says No More Adoptions In India". NPR. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tara Little (19 July 2008). ""Recruiting Missionaries of Charity is placed in God's hands"". The Arkansas Catholic/Roman Catholic Vocations. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ↑ Malcolm Muggeridge, Something Beautiful for God (New York: Harper & Row, 1986), pp. 105, 113
- ↑ Staff (19 October 2003). "Their Sari Has a Value All Its Own". Zenit. Retrieved 14 January 2016.