Gift of Love:
Mother Teresa's AIDS Hospice in San Francisco Extends Hope to the Dying
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| Henry is dying of AIDS at Gift of Love, an AIDS hospice run by the Missionaries of Charity--an order of nuns founded by the late Mother Teresa--in San Francisco, California. (1998 photo by Pico van Houtryve) |
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| Fred falls asleep holding his rosary while receiving his daily medication intravenously at Gift of Love, an AIDS hospice run by the Missionaries of Charity--an order of nuns founded by the late Mother Teresa--in San Francisco, California. (1998 photo by Pico van Houtryve) |
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| Henry says, "I am just waiting to die." Mary Ann Finch, a massage therapist who volunteers her healing hands on Wednesdays, tries to cheer him up by replying, "Henry, you have beautiful hands...and beautiful eyes. They are so big and wonderful, like cow eyes," during a massage at Gift of Love, an AIDS hospice run by the Missionaries of Charity--an order of nuns founded by the late Mother Teresa--in San Francisco, California. (1998 photo by Pico van Houtryve) |
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| A crucifix in the upstairs chapel proclaims, "I thirst," a quote from Mother Teresa at Gift of Love, an AIDS hospice run by the Missionaries of Charity--an order of nuns founded by the late Mother Teresa--in San Francisco, California. (1998 photo by Pico van Houtryve) |
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| Tony is helped by a Missionaries of Charity sister in preparation for a Passover Feast at Gift of Love, an AIDS hospice run by the Missionaries of Charity--an order of nuns founded by the late Mother Teresa--in San Francisco, California. (1998 photo by Pico van Houtryve) |
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| Clifford, 71, has been living at Gift of Love--for almost three years--longer than anyone else. He studies his catechism before going to bed. Shortly after this photo was taken, Clifford was confirmed into the Catholic Church at Gift of Love, an AIDS hospice run by the Missionaries of Charity--an order of nuns founded by the late Mother Teresa--in San Francisco, California. (1998 photo by Pico van Houtryve) |
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| Roger and Clifford enjoy cigarettes and share a good laugh in the living room, where the men spend most of their time at Gift of Love, an AIDS hospice run by the Missionaries of Charity--an order of nuns founded by the late Mother Teresa--in San Francisco, California. (1998 photo by Pico van Houtryve) |
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| Father Bill passes light from the Easter candle to a Missionaries of Charity sister to commence the men's confirmation mass at Gift of Love, an AIDS hospice run by the Missionaries of Charity--an order of nuns founded by the late Mother Teresa--in San Francisco, California. (1998 photo by Pico van Houtryve) |
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