Missionaries of Charity their families every five years but do not take annual holidays. 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 South Bronx, New York. In the USA, the Missionaries of Charity are affiliated with the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious, a body of female religious, representing 20% of American nuns. They are identified by the wearing of religious habits, and loyalty to church teaching. By 1996, the organisation was operating
Nirmala College for Women offers M.Phil and Ph.D in Mathematics, History, Commerce, Literature, Botany & Chemistry both full-time and part-time. The students of Nirmala college excel in sports especially in weightlifting. Nirmala College for Women Nirmala College for Women is an autonomous institution in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. It is re-accredited by NAAC with "A" Grade. The college admits undergraduates and post-graduates and offers degrees in the liberal arts, sciences and commerce. The institution was affiliated with Madras University till 1981 and thereafter affiliated with the Bharathiar University. The college is managed by Franciscan Sisters of the Presentation founded by Rev Fr Joseph Louis