Author Topic: The Dangers of Hospice (Read 5987 times)

Marcelino · « **Reply #25 on:** October 14, 2012, 04:31:45 PM »

"In the early 14th century, the order of the Knights Hospitaller of St. John of Jerusalem opened the first hospice in Rhodes, meant to provide refuge for travelers and care for the ill and dying.[3] Hospices flourished in the Middle Ages..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospice

Marcelino · « **Reply #26 on:** October 14, 2012, 04:36:18 PM »

"The more influential early developers of Hospice included the Irish Religious Sisters of Charity, who opened Our Lady's Hospice in Harold's Cross, Dublin, Ireland in 1879.[4] It became very busy, with as many as 20,000 people—primarily suffering tuberculosis and cancer..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospice

Marcelino · « **Reply #27 on:** October 14, 2012, 04:38:15 PM »

Quote from: Marcelino

"In the early 14th century, the order of the Knights Hospitaller of St. John of Jerusalem opened the first hospice in Rhodes, meant to provide refuge for travelers and care for the ill and dying.[3] Hospices flourished in the Middle Ages..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospice

Somebody down thumbed this post. Apparently, they aren't fond of religious orders providing charity and mercy to the dying. That's a pretty weird position for a traditional catholic :wink:

Marcelino · « **Reply #28 on:** October 14, 2012, 04:39:53 PM »

Quote from: Marcelino

"The more influential early developers of Hospice included the Irish Religious Sisters of Charity, who opened Our Lady's Hospice in Harold's Cross, Dublin, Ireland in 1879.[4] It became very busy, with as many as 20,000 people—primarily suffering tuberculosis and cancer..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospice

Oh, I guess they hate nuns too. That's really weird! :stare:

Loriann · « **Reply #29 on:** October 14, 2012, 04:46:42 PM »

Quote from: Marcelino

Shrine of the Miraculous Medal
Follow the Youth Pilgrimage to France

"For over forty years St. Catherine served at Reuilly, tending to the cows and chickens in her care and administering to the patients of the hospice,"

http://www.sspx.org/district_news/youth_pilgrimage_2011/shrine_of_the_miraculous_medal.htm

Don't confuse their narratives with facts.

What about Dear St Damien and the lepers??

Most hospice here is church hospital run to take the strain off the hospitals.