The Missionaries of Charity opened a new home in the state of Orissa, East India. As Agenzia Fides learns, the new Mother Teresa religious community is located in the famous district of Kandhamal, which was the scene of anti-Christian violence in 2008.
The opening ceremony, with the blessing of the community, was scheduled for May 13, 2017, on the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima. It is the third community of Missionaries of charity in that district. The other two convents are in the parish of St. Sebastian in Saramuli and Maria, and in the parish of the Mother of God in Sukananda, two other places in Kandhamal.