CATHOLIC HER ITAGE
A PROFOUND AND LASTING PRESENCE
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It’s 5:00 a.m. The sun has yet to wake and crest the horizon. But the convent is already bustling. The Sisters are moving about their respective morning routines with brisk determination. After all, morning prayer begins sharply at 6:00 a.m.
on staff. It would be one of the most impactful ways to fully live the health system’s mission: To extend the presence and healing ministry of Christ in all we do.
“Our two apostolates are education and healthcare but our main work is prayer,” said Sister Mary Nika Schaumber, the local Superior of the House.
“My father always believed that the Sisters and religious here were the lifeblood of the hospital,” said William K. Warren, Jr. “Without them and the presence of the Catholic faith, he’d probably just shut the doors and move on to something else.”
From the very beginning of planning and executing his bold vision, William K. Warren Sr. was adamant about including a religious order as an active presence in the hospital. To him, it was as essential a need as having medical professionals
While the Religious Sisters of Mercy are the current occupants of the convent, which is located within Saint Francis Hospital and shares a wall with the Trauma Emergency Center, there have been two orders before them. Adorers of the Precious Blood
