"The coming of Jesus at Bethlehem brought joy to the world and to every human heart. May His coming this Christmas bring to each one of us that peace and joy that He desires to give."

- MOTHER TERESA

Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa is one of the most widely known Christians of the modern era because of her work with the poorest of the poor in India. As a 12 year old, she sensed that God wanted her to be a missionary and at the age of 18 she went to Ireland and joined the Sisters of Loreto.

In 1931 she went to India and taught in a convent school. Seeing the poverty of the people outside the convent walls she received permission from her superiors to leave the convent school and devote herself to working among the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta. 

A legacy of good

So in 1948, without funds, she began an open-air school for slum children and founded The Missionaries of Charity in 1950. Today the nuns and those who work with them continue the work of giving "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor." They provide meals for the poor, dispensaries, mobile clinics, children's and family counselling programmes, as well as running orphanage schools.

Her work and that of countless other anonymous Christians reminds us that we should care for those who are less fortunate than ourselves.

 

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