Missionaries of Charity Mother House
A small, living motherhouse in Kolkata where pilgrims pray at Saint Teresa's tomb and encounter the religious family that continues her vocation among the poorest.
- Location
- Kolkata, India 22.5551° N · 88.3669° E
- Type
- Catholic religious motherhouse, chapel, museum, and saint tomb Modest twentieth-century urban religious house and chapel
- Dedication
- Missionaries of Charity Mother House and tomb of Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Enter quietly from A.J.C. Bose Road
Mother Teresa's public reputation was immense. The Mother House restores the scale of her actual vocation: a narrow entrance, a simple tomb, a small room, daily prayer, and a congregation still leaving the house to serve Christ in the poor.
A motherhouse, not a monument
The Missionaries of Charity have made 54A A.J.C. Bose Road their motherhouse since February 1953. Teresa lived, prayed, worked, governed the growing congregation, and died here. After her state funeral in 1997, her body was laid to rest inside the house. The congregation still receives pilgrims while preserving the ordinary discipline of religious life.
The red-brick facade and compressed urban entrance do not announce a great basilica. That restraint is the first reading of the place. Inside, the tomb room, chapel, museum, and Teresa's small room keep attention on prayer, poverty of means, and work done without spectacle.
The tomb remains inside a living religious community rather than a monumental shrine
The house joins prayer to the ongoing service of the Missionaries of Charity
Photography restrictions protect the sisters, museum, and Saint Teresa's room
The tomb is documented and held by the community she founded. A Catholic visit does not romanticize poverty or turn the sisters into an exhibit. It prays before a saint's body, respects the house's rules, and lets works of mercy remain inseparable from the Eucharist and Christ's words in Matthew 25.
What to notice.
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Saint Teresa's tomb
Let the simple stone and Gospel words hold the visit; this is a place for prayer rather than celebrity remembrance.
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Mother Teresa's room
If open, notice its smallness and obey the congregation's ban on photography.
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The life of the motherhouse
The sisters are not part of a museum display. Their ongoing prayer and service are the deepest continuity in the place.
Entering as a pilgrim, not a tourist.
Use the official Missionaries of Charity page for current visiting hours and notices. Entry to the tomb is free. Go directly to the by-lane entrance at 54A A.J.C. Bose Road and follow the sisters' instructions; avoid unofficial mediators.
- Prayer at Saint Teresa's tomb during current visiting hours
- Mass and community prayer according to the congregation's current schedule
- Daily religious life and works of charity continuing from the motherhouse
Enter as a pilgrim into a living house.
Visiting hours and house access can change. The congregation's own page is authoritative.
What pilgrims come to venerate here.
Tomb and Burial
- Saint Teresa of Calcutta, buried at the Mother House on September 13, 1997
Relics and Sacred Tradition
- The documented tomb and body of Saint Teresa of Calcutta on the ground floor of the motherhouse
Sacred Objects
- Saint Teresa's tomb
- Her preserved room
- Objects and records kept in the Mother House museum
How this place gathers the saints.
Plan around this place.
The Mother House is a living religious community, not a museum attraction. The tomb and address are documented by the Missionaries of Charity. Current hours and photography rules are delegated to the official congregation page.
August 2, 2026