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  2. Missionaries of Charity - Wikipedia

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    Sisters belonging to Missionaries of Charity in their attire of traditional white sari with blue border.. The Missionaries of Charity (Latin: Congregatio Missionariarum a Caritate) is a Catholic centralised religious institute of consecrated life of Pontifical Right for women [3] established in 1950 by Mother Teresa, now known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.

  3. Mother Teresa's mission lives on in Kolkata, grows worldwide

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    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.

  4. Mother Teresa - Wikipedia

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    The Missionaries of Charity established leprosy-outreach clinics throughout Calcutta, providing medication, dressings and food. [55] The Missionaries of Charity took in an increasing number of homeless children; in 1955, Mother Teresa opened Nirmala Shishu Bhavan, the Children's Home of the Immaculate Heart, as a haven for orphans and homeless ...

  5. Catholic Church in Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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    Sisters from the Missionaries of Charity had their house blessed on May 9, 2006, and have already started taking in street children. There had been fears that their distinctive blue and white habit would make them stand out and be harassed by Muslims, but their institute is generally respected. [21]

  6. Celeste van Exem - Wikipedia

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    In her later years, Mother Teresa wrote many letters to Van Exem, describing the progress of the newly founded Religious institute of the Missionaries of Charity and their charitable activities, as well as her personal struggles and spiritual doubts. These letters are possibly "the only sources that will shed light on Mother Teresa's inner life ...

  7. Joseph Langford - Wikipedia

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    Mother Theresa had already formed the Missionaries of Charity Brothers in 1963. [4] However, she had long expressed a desire for priests to be affiliated with her congregation. In 1972 in Rome, after Joseph Langford read Malcolm Muggeridge's book Something Beautiful for God, he felt called to unite with Mother Teresa.

  8. Donald McGuire (Jesuit) - Wikipedia

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    Donald McGuire (July 9, 1930 – January 13, 2017) was an American Jesuit priest and convicted child molester.Prior to his conviction, McGuire was a prominent member of the Jesuit Order and had served as confessor to Mother Teresa.

  9. Three Christian missionaries from Oklahoma-based group ... - AOL

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    Three Christian missionaries from Missions in Haiti were shot and killed in an ambush by a gang in Haiti, the Oklahoma-based group said on Friday. The missionaries were taking shelter in a house ...