The Hospice was inspired in the teaching of Pope John Paul II about
sickness and death, and the Magisterium of the Catholic Church
which promotes the Culture of Life, following the charisma of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
Catholic hospice care: ending life with love, dignity and faith.
St Marie’s Selected Charity for 2016 – Hospice Madre Teresa, Lujan, Argentina
Catholic hospice care: ending life with love, dignity and faith.
St Marie’s Selected Charity for 2016 – Hospice Madre Teresa, Lujan, Argentina
VisionTo respect, defend, love, and serve every human life from conception to natural end;
providing end-of-life care so people with terminal illness can
live their final time on earth with confidence and in love, and
not in the feelings of abandonment or loneliness.
John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae, 1995, n. 5
The Piety
Catholic hospice care: ending life with love, dignity and faith.
St Marie’s Selected Charity for 2016 – Hospice Madre Teresa, Lujan, Argentina
MissionOur mission is to assist and help dying patients during their illness
with true humanism, which acknowledges that man is made in
the image of God and wants to help him to live in a way
consonant with that dignity.
Pope Benedict XVI, Deus Caritas Est, 2005, n. 30, b.
The Piety
Catholic hospice care: ending life with love, dignity and faith.
St Marie’s Selected Charity for 2016 – Hospice Madre Teresa, Lujan, Argentina
PERSON-CENTRED CARE
Catholic hospice care: ending life with love, dignity and faith.
St Marie’s Selected Charity for 2016 – Hospice Madre Teresa, Lujan, Argentina
PERSON-CENTRED CARE
Catholic hospice care: ending life with love, dignity and faith.
St Marie’s Selected Charity for 2016 – Hospice Madre Teresa, Lujan, Argentina
Volunteering and solidarity are at the heart of end-of-life
care ethics.
At Hospice Madre Teresa, we aim to balance disciplined
professionalism with generosity and loving compassion, and
we aspire to shift the feelings from just philantropy to
Christian charity.
Catholic hospice care: ending life with love, dignity and faith.
St Marie’s Selected Charity for 2016 – Hospice Madre Teresa, Lujan, Argentina
COMMITTED VOLUNTEERING
Catholic hospice care: ending life with love, dignity and faith.
St Marie’s Selected Charity for 2016 – Hospice Madre Teresa, Lujan, Argentina
Whoever wants to eliminate love is preparing to eliminate man as such.
There will always be suffering which cries out for consolation and
help. There will always be loneliness. There will always be situations of material need where
help in the form of concrete love of neighbour is indispensable.
BENEDICT XVI, Deus Caritas Est, 2005.
Catholic hospice care: ending life with love, dignity and faith.
St Marie’s Selected Charity for 2016 – Hospice Madre Teresa, Lujan, Argentina
Solidarity “is not a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of so many people, both near and far. On the contrary, it is a
firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good; that is to say to the good of all and of each individual, because we are all
really responsible for all.”Saint John Paul II - Sollicitudo rei socialis
SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE AT END-OF-LIFE
The principles of human dignity, the common good and solidarity are at the
very essence of the human person.
Catholic hospice care: ending life with love, dignity and faith.
St Marie’s Selected Charity for 2016 – Hospice Madre Teresa, Lujan, Argentina
Solidarity should not replace justice but integrate and
supplement it, recognizing the equality of every human being.
A significant aspect of the solidarity at Hospice Madre
Teresa is the spirit of gratuity thanks to the support of a
committed volunteering team.
SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE AT END-OF-LIFE
Care at home
Catholic hospice care: ending life with love, dignity and faith.
St Marie’s Selected Charity for 2016 – Hospice Madre Teresa, Lujan, Argentina
“In the era of globalization, economic activity can no
longer leave aside gratuitousness, which
disseminates and nourishes solidarity and responsibility for justice and the common good in its various subjects
and actors”
Caritas in Veritate
Catholic hospice care: ending life with love, dignity and faith.
St Marie’s Selected Charity for 2016 – Hospice Madre Teresa, Lujan, Argentina
The institutions are very importantand indispensable; nevertheless, no institution can by itself replace the
human heart, human compassion, human love or human initiative,
when it is a question of dealing with the sufferings of another.
Salvifici Doloris, John Paul II