So, What did Mother Theresa Do?
She’s someone that is looked up to by many people across the world, but few people know exactly why she is so well-respected. Mother Theresa was a Catholic nun from Albania who is known for her extensive ministries to the orphaned children, poor, and sick in India. She started a nonprofit charity called Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India in 1950. She dedicated her life to this cause and later expanded the organization to countries beyond India. She passed away at age 87 in 1997, but her legacy is ongoing through Missionaries of Charity. The organization has served people in 123 countries, meeting needs through food kitchens, counseling programs for children and their families, schools, orphanages, and hospice centers for people with terminal illnesses.
“ You and I, we are the Church, no? We have to share with our people. Suffering today is because people are hoarding, not giving, not sharing.
Jesus made it very clear. Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me.
Give a glass of water, you give it to me. Receive a little
child, you receive me...”
“Love cannot remain by itself—it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service.”
-Mother Theresa
