What Are the Members of the Missionaries of Charity?

Mother Teresa wanted to be very inclusive, and she founded what she called these different branches. There were the active sisters, people who were born female at birth, assigned female. And then there were the contemplative sisters, who didn't do as much work with the poor and spent more time in prayer. Then there were the active brothers, who were assigned mail at birth, and they did the same sort of work that the active sisters did. The priests also had their own convents; co workers weren't necessarily in the same places so as to serve a greater number of people.

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