when did mother teresa begin her service to the poor?
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Explanation:
In 1950, Mother Teresa officially established the Missionaries of Charity with 12 members. A former student from St. Mary's was the first to join her. She was a young Hindu girl who greatly respected Mother Teresa and her work for the poor. Several other members of the Missionaries of Charity were also former wealthy Hindu students of St. Mary's High School. They all lived together in a small building that was donated to them. Today, there are thousands of members (both men and women) of the Missionaries of Charity all around the world.
Importance
Due to the difficulty of the work, a woman who wanted to join the Missionaries of Charity was required to work with the poor for six months before deciding whether she would join the order. Upon joining, a woman was required to wait eight years before taking her final vows to be a missionary for the rest of her life. Women who joined the order were required to take the vow of poverty, chastity, obedience, and "whole-hearted free service of the poorest of the poor."