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 High School, Brahmavar Nirmala High School, Brahmavar Nirmala High School, Brahmavara (Kannada:ನಿರ್ಮಲಾ ಹೈಸ್ಕೂಲ್) is a Kannada medium high school in Brahmavar, Karnataka, India that was sstablished in 1963. Nirmala High School was started by the Sisters of Charity in 1963. The School officially opened on June 7, 1963. Earlier school was an all-girls school and later turned into a full-fledged high school for boys and girls. Sr Elizabeth Fernandes is correspondent of the school and Mrs. Irene Menezes is additional headmistress of the school. The school celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2013. The Golden jubilee function was held on Friday December 13, 2013.