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1855
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Grey Nuns first called to the United
States: beginnings of St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio |
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1868
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Grey Nuns called to Lawrence, Massachusetts;
beginnings of Mary Immaculate Health/Care Services
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1895
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Grey Nuns called to Cambridge, Massachusetts;
beginnings of Youville Hospital (then Holy Ghost) |
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1908
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Grey Nuns assume sponsorship of St. Joseph
Hospital in Nashua, New Hampshire |
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1982
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The Grey Nuns Structural Study Committee
established to evaluate the continuing sponsorship of heath care facilities by
the Grey Nuns. |
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1983
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The study resulted in the decision to establish
the Grey Nuns Health System.
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1) to ensure the continuation of the mission and
philosophy within the Grey Nuns' sponsored institutions;
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2) to strengthen the health ministry within the
church and the congregation; and
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3) to assure the viability of the existing
corporations within the system as well as welcome additional corporations to
affiliate with the system. |
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1986
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Name changed from the Grey Nuns Health System to
Covenant Health Systems.
This new name "represents our willingness to relate to a broad spectrum of
heath care organizations, while re-emphasizing our commitment to the poor and
needy." |
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1987
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Fanny Allen Hospital, sponsored by the Religious
Hospitallers of St. Joseph, becomes Covenant's first affiliate organization |
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1990
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Canonization - Marguerite d'Youville, foundress of
the Grey Nuns, is canonized by Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome.
Representatives from Covenant member organizations join the Grey Nuns from
around the world for the ceremony of extraordinary solemnity. |
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Covenant produces "A
Woman of Her Time, A Woman of Our Time," on the life of St. Marguerite. |
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1991
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The Church sets aside October l6 as the official
liturgical feast day of St. Marguerite d'Youville. |
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1st St. Marguerite d'Youville Humanitarian Award
awarded to Sr. Jose Hobday. |
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1992
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The Sisters of Charity of St. Hyacinthe transfer
sponsorship of the entities comprising the Sisters of Charity Health System in
Lewiston, Maine to the Sisters of Charity of Montreal and Covenant Health
Systems. |
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Sr. Bernadette Poirier, Superior General of the
Grey Nuns visits the United States and says of her visit: "I was tremendously
impressed by the sense of 'mission' that prevails in each institution and the
individual ministries. I was privileged to witness the dedication of our lay
collaborators to the mission of the Grey Nuns which is 'alive and
well'..Everywhere I went I became more deeply aware of the truth of our
congregation's mission statement: "We are called to minister in partnership
with our contemporaries, empowering one another to carry the mission into the
future.. Together we will respond creatively to the urgent, unmet needs of
society, as we participate in the building of a world more human and free." |
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1993
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Sponsorship Discernment Process looking at options
for future of the Grey Nuns healthcare ministries advancing |
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1994
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Sponsorship Transfer Plan - proposes the
healthcare institutions of the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, "Grey Nuns" in
the United States be transferred to Covenant Health Systems and that Covenant
Health Systems be constituted a Public Juridic Person of Pontifical Right in
order to assume sponsorship |
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Marguerite's Place, a ministry begun by the five
Grey Nun branches in the United States opens in Nashua, New Hampshire. |
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1995
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Letter of Intent to transfer sponsorship to
Covenant endorsed by CHS Board |
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Talks begin with Mercy Health System, Toledo,
Ohio, regarding the transfer of St. Vincent Medical Center to Mercy Health
System.
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Permission obtained from the General
Administration to convert the Provincial House in Lexington, MA into an
assisted living residence
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Petition sent to Rome to constitute Covenant
Health Systems a Public Juridic Person of Pontifical Right and to transfer the
healthcare facilities of the Grey Nuns to CHS. |
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Sr. Dorothy Cooper reports that Sr. Bernadette
Poirier and she had had a very successful meeting in Rome with Sr. Sharon
Holland and were told to pursue the petition for the transfer. She
congratulated the Board on their willingness to take on the responsibilities of
Covenant as a PJPP. |
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August 18.Sr. June Ketterer announces that she has received favorable response
from the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of
Apostolic Life in Rome to effect the transfer of the Grey Nuns' healthcare
ministries in the United States to Covenant Health Systems. The Grey Nuns will
begin to work towards full implementation of the transfer which is expected to
take a year. |
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"Passing the Torch," a year-long leadership
development program for all management to assume new responsibilities as
Juridic Person begins. |
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Youville Place Assisted Living Residence to be
owned and operated by the Grey Nuns
Charities, Inc. and managed by Covenant. |
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1996
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Letter of Intent signed with Optima Health to form
Optima Healthcare including St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, New Hampshire. |
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Maristhill Nursing Home transferred from the
Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary to Covenant Health Systems |
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October 24 Transfer of sponsorship of the Grey
Nuns' healthcare ministries to Covenant Health Systems. |
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"We, the Covenant Health systems Board of
Directors, do unanimously accept sponsorship of the Grey Nuns' healthcare
ministries in the United States as we become a public juridic person of
pontifical right by virtue of decree granted by the Congregation for Institutes
of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life in Rome. We pledge to
promote and foster the continuation and growth of Catholic healthcare in the
spirit of St. Marguerite d'Youville to reflect Catholic values, holistic health
and compassionate caring with special reverence for the poor and underserved." |
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With these signatures we accept this sacred obligation.:
Signed by Directors appointed to Covenant Health Systems
and Members of the CHS Public Juridic Person
Harold R. Acres
Philip M. Drumheller
Sr. Irene Duchesneau, RHSJ
James P. Hamill
Richard J. Hanley
David M. Joy
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Patricia F. Karl
June Ketterer, Chair
David R. Lincoln
William D. McGuire
Rev. James A. O'Donohoe
Ira M. Shapiro, MD
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Today, the United States Region
of the Grey Nuns is called "St. Joseph Region."
The Sisters live and minister in Ohio, Maine, New Hampshire
and Massachusetts and their apostolic endeavors are administered
under a Regional Superior, Sr. Jeanne Poor, a Regional Assistant,
Sr. Helene Georges, and a Regional Treasurer/Secretary, Sr.
Dorothy Cooper.
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