Mother Teresa

We took a bus through the streets of Kolkata to Mother Teresa’s house and where she tended to the sick and needy of Kolkata. Her tomb is here, and a museum. It was clean, tidy, austere in decorations, and very peaceful. Continuing onward down the street was the orphanage she founded. Again clean and tidy, not dismal and depressing. One of our guides, who is a local, says that by local standards Mother Teresa’s work is well funded. The Indian government does not have to contribute because of all the international donations.

Motherhouse is the headquarters is the missionaries of charity and home of Mother Teresa and her Sisters since February 1953. This is where she lived, worked and prayed and finally laid to rest.Read more