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In 1979 the contemplative branch of the Brothers was added and in 1984 a priest branch, the Missionaries of Charity Fathers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/teresa-bio.html |title=Mother Teresa – Biography |work=Nobelprize.org |publisher=Nobel Media AB |access-date=2011-06-09}}</ref> was founded by Mother Teresa with Fr. Joseph Langford, combining the vocation of the Missionaries of Charity with the [[Presbyterate|Ministerial Priesthood]]. As with the Sisters, the Fathers live a very simple lifestyle without television, radios or items of convenience. They neither smoke nor drink alcohol and beg for their food. They make a visit to their families every five years but do not take annual holidays.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mcpriests.com/01_who.htm |title=Missionaries of Charity Fathers website: Who we are |access-date=7 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001132447/http://www.mcpriests.com/01_who.htm |archive-date=1 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Laity|Lay Catholics]] and non-Catholics constitute the Co-Workers of Mother Teresa, the Sick and Suffering Co-Workers, and the Lay Missionaries of Charity. | In 1979 the contemplative branch of the Brothers was added and in 1984 a priest branch, the Missionaries of Charity Fathers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/teresa-bio.html |title=Mother Teresa – Biography |work=Nobelprize.org |publisher=Nobel Media AB |access-date=2011-06-09}}</ref> was founded by Mother Teresa with Fr. Joseph Langford, combining the vocation of the Missionaries of Charity with the [[Presbyterate|Ministerial Priesthood]]. As with the Sisters, the Fathers live a very simple lifestyle without television, radios or items of convenience. They neither smoke nor drink alcohol and beg for their food. They make a visit to their families every five years but do not take annual holidays.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mcpriests.com/01_who.htm |title=Missionaries of Charity Fathers website: Who we are |access-date=7 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001132447/http://www.mcpriests.com/01_who.htm |archive-date=1 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Laity|Lay Catholics]] and non-Catholics constitute the Co-Workers of Mother Teresa, the Sick and Suffering Co-Workers, and the Lay Missionaries of Charity. | ||
The first home of the Missionaries of Charity in the [[United States]] was established in the [[The Bronx|South Bronx]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=At least 15 dead from coronavirus in NY religious orders|url=https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/covid-19-religious-orders-death/65705|last=Agency|first=Catholic News|website=Catholic Telegraph|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> [[New York (state)|New York]], where in 2019 they had convents for both their active and contemplative branches,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cardinal Prays at Burial of Two Missionaries of Charity|url=http://www.cny.org/stories/cardinal-prays-at-burial-of-two-missionaries-of-charity,20996|website=Catholic New York|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> and had placed 108 sisters in their province that stretches from Quebec to Washington, DC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Missionaries of Charity Praised for Faithfully Following St. Teresa’s Example|url=http://www.cny.org/stories/missionaries-of-charity-praised-for-faithfully-following-st-teresas-example,19743|author=Armando Machado|website=Catholic New York|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> Their first rural mission in the United States, in 1982, was in one of the poorest, former coal mining areas of [[Kentucky]], where they still serve.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Mother Teresa's nuns return to her rural Kentucky mission|url=https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2019/12/mother-teresas-nuns-return-to-her-rural-kentucky-mission/|website=cruxnow.com|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=37 years after Mother Teresa came to Appalachia, her nuns return to help the poor|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/12/24/mother-teresas-nuns-return-appalachia/2635064001/|last=Kenning|first=Chris|website=The Courier-Journal|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> In the | The first home of the Missionaries of Charity in the [[United States]] was established in the [[The Bronx|South Bronx]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=At least 15 dead from coronavirus in NY religious orders|url=https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/covid-19-religious-orders-death/65705|last=Agency|first=Catholic News|website=Catholic Telegraph|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> [[New York (state)|New York]], where in 2019 they had convents for both their active and contemplative branches,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cardinal Prays at Burial of Two Missionaries of Charity|url=http://www.cny.org/stories/cardinal-prays-at-burial-of-two-missionaries-of-charity,20996|website=Catholic New York|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> and had placed 108 sisters in their province that stretches from Quebec to Washington, DC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Missionaries of Charity Praised for Faithfully Following St. Teresa’s Example|url=http://www.cny.org/stories/missionaries-of-charity-praised-for-faithfully-following-st-teresas-example,19743|author=Armando Machado|website=Catholic New York|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> Their first rural mission in the United States, in 1982, was in one of the poorest, former coal mining areas of [[Kentucky]], where they still serve.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Mother Teresa's nuns return to her rural Kentucky mission|url=https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2019/12/mother-teresas-nuns-return-to-her-rural-kentucky-mission/|website=cruxnow.com|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=37 years after Mother Teresa came to Appalachia, her nuns return to help the poor|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/12/24/mother-teresas-nuns-return-appalachia/2635064001/|last=Kenning|first=Chris|website=The Courier-Journal|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> In the US, the Missionaries of Charity are affiliated with the [[Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious]], a body of female religious, representing 20% of American religious sisters. They are identified by the wearing of religious habits, and loyalty to church teaching. By 1996, the organisation was operating 517 missions in more than 100 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Missionaries of Charity|url=https://www.motherteresa.org/missionaries-of-charity.html|website=www.motherteresa.org|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> | ||
In 1990, Mother Teresa asked to resign as head of the Missionaries but was soon voted back in as [[Superior General]]. On March 13, 1997, six months before Mother Teresa's death, [[Sister Nirmala|Sister Mary Nirmala Joshi]] was elected the new Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity. In April 2009 Sister [[Mary Prema]] was elected to succeed Sister Nirmala, during a [[general chapter]] held in Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zenit.org/article-25481?l=english|title=German Elected to Lead Missionaries of Charity|publisher=[[Zenit News Agency]]|date=2009-03-25|access-date=2009-03-26|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6IAsNFbkG?url=http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/german-elected-to-lead-missionaries-of-charity|archive-date=17 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> | In 1990, Mother Teresa asked to resign as head of the Missionaries but was soon voted back in as [[Superior General]]. On March 13, 1997, six months before Mother Teresa's death, [[Sister Nirmala|Sister Mary Nirmala Joshi]] was elected the new Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity. In April 2009 Sister [[Mary Prema]] was elected to succeed Sister Nirmala, during a [[general chapter]] held in Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zenit.org/article-25481?l=english|title=German Elected to Lead Missionaries of Charity|publisher=[[Zenit News Agency]]|date=2009-03-25|access-date=2009-03-26|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6IAsNFbkG?url=http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/german-elected-to-lead-missionaries-of-charity|archive-date=17 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||