On October 7, 1950, Mother Teresa received permission from the Holy See to start her own order, "The Missionaries of Charity", whose primary task was to love and care for those persons nobody was prepared to look after. She took in everybody and treated them like her own. In 1965 the Society became an International Religious Family by a decree of Pope Paul VI.

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.

Nuns 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." Nuns take care of abandoned children, lepers, AIDS victims, the aged, and dying people.

Her famous quote is: "We Ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of the missing drop."

Research: Priyali S., Animation: Nooria S P., Sanskriti School.
Background: Noa, Ein Ganim School

Bibliography:
Times of India (Newspaper)
Mother Teresa of Calcuta Center. Missionaries of Charity. 15 Dec. 2005 <http://www.motherteresa.org/>.

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