The order founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta is going strong as ever.
On the eve of her canonisation as a Roman Catholic saint, and 19 years after her death, the order founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta is going strong even without her charismatic leadership. (Photo: Official website/Atletic'Zvonimir)- The missionaries, which began as a small community with 12 members in Calcutta, today has over 4,500 nuns. (Photo: Official website/Atletic'Zvonimir)
- The nuns no longer picked up people “randomly†off the streets, and only took in the destitute at the request of police. (Photo: Official website/Atletic'Zvonimir)
- People stand in front of the Gandhiji Prem Nivas, or Gandhiji House of Love, a leprosy hospital, rehabilitation and vocational training center run by Missionaries of Charity. (Photo: AP)
- A foreign paramedic, treats an inmate at the Nirmal Hriday. (Photo: AP)
- Inmates sit on their beds as they wait to watch an audio-visual show at Nirmal Hriday. (Photo: AP)
- With steady support from the international community and with growing number of volunteers, the Missionaries of Charity has come a long way. (Photo: AP)
- The number of homes that the Missionaries of Charity run has grown to nearly 750 in India and abroad, from the 600 that Mother Teresa left when she died in 1997. (Photo: Official website/Atletic'Zvonimir)
- The everyday work of the Missionaries of Charity goes on. (Photo: Official website/Atletic'Zvonimir)
- The Missionaries however drew criticism for propagating what one sceptic has called a cult of suffering; for failing to treat people whose lives might have been saved with hospital care; and for trying to convert the destitute to Christianity. (Photo: Official website/Atletic'Zvonimir)
- Her work, which began in Kolkata's festering slums and spread across the world, won Mother Teresa a Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. (Photo: Official website/Atletic'Zvonimir)
- The Missionaries of Charity gained world renown, and Mother Teresa a Nobel peace prize, by caring for the dying, the homeless and orphans gathered from the teeming streets of the city, in their home 'Nirmal Hriday' or gentle heart. (Photo: Official website/Atletic'Zvonimir)
On the eve of her canonisation as a Roman Catholic saint, and 19 years after her death, the order founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta is going strong – even without her charismatic leadership. (Photo: Official website/Atletic\'Zvonimir)
The order founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta is going strong as ever.
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