The Fourth Entry of Mother Teresa

• Creek Lane was a street which had jumbo houses and everyone knew each other very well.


• Mother Teresa spent four years with the Gomes family that she lived in the empty room on the top floor.


• She found an ideal place for the Missionaries of Charity.
• She said that she was on the street, with no company, no helper, no money, no guarantee, and no security.


• The Gomes brothers offered her some furniture but she refused to use all of them. She just took a few that she needed the most.
• Mother Teresa asked Michael Gomes for six mugs of rice, but finally she gave them all to the poor.
• The room which Mother Teresa lived was also a chapel.


• Mother Teresa sometimes brought Michael Gomes' daughter, Mabel to slum that made his wife worried. Once she met a child who suffering fever, she immediately brought Mabel to her home then went back to help the sick child.
• Sister Agnes and Sister Gertrude, former students of Mother Teresa, joined to help Mother Teresa on March 19 and March 26
• They collected leftovers for those people who were starving.
• More and more former St. Mary's students came to join Mother Teresa
• They visited the people in needs everyday
• B.C Roy was the first who made a donation to the work of Mother Teresa
• A Constitution, comprised 275 rules and also called 'The Constitution of the Missionaries of Charity', for the new congregation.
• As the Missionaries of Charity was growing rapidly, they needed to find a larger place. Finally, Archbishop bought a building and Mother Teresa later repaid the loan by paying 1000-3000 rupees per month.