They have committed themselves to promote healing and wholeness in all aspects of life. They participate in a movement of empowerment of those made poor and those who are oppressed. They strive to publicly witness to alternate ways of being and behaving pushing beyond boundaries that divide and separate. Their spirituality is walking in the footsteps of Jesus the healer. They serve in 19 countries around the world and have sisters of 24 nationalities. In India they are involved in Kerala, Tamilnadu, Maharashtra, Goa, Bihar, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chatishgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Karnataka. They are involved in cities as well as in rural areas. They are involved in direct medical care in hospitals, in community health in the villages, alternate system of medicine, education on Holistic Health, in slums with the HIV patients, de-addiction centres, pastoral work, with youth, empowerment of the indigenous people and dalits- working for their rights, promoting health and hygiene, counselling, care of the earth and ecological issues, informal education for children and women in rural areas. It is mission that shapes their life and so Medical Mission Sisters have moved out of the traditional way of living religious life and as they respond to the needs of the times, they adapt to the culture, life and needs of each area. Medical mission sisters were founded on September 30, 1925 by a young Austrian doctor – Anna Dengel. It was started in America and spread to 5 continents over the years.
