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    Each year at the Catholic Health Assembly, the Catholic Health Association of the United States offers four awards that recognize remarkable contributions to Catholic health care.

    Achievement Citation —
    For innovative programming that changes lives

    2011 Recipient
    St. Vincent Health "Special Talents to Achieve and Rise (Star)" Program
    St. Vincent Health
    Indianapolis

    Sister Concilia Moran Award —
    For a visionary leader

    2011 Recipient
    William Murray, FACHE
    Immediate Past President/CEO
    Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System
    Lenexa, Kan.

    Lifetime Achievement Award —
    For a lifetime of contributions to the ministry

    2011 Recipients
    Sr. Generose Gervais, OSF
    Administrator/Executive Director Emeritus
    Saint Marys Hospital – Mayo Clinic
    President, Poverello Foundation
    Rochester, Minn. 

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    Sr. Mary Patricia Barrett, CSA
    Special Assistant to the President/CEO
    Sisters of Charity Health System
    Cleveland

    Tomorrow's Leaders —
    for those who will guide our ministry in the future

    2011 Recipients

    Mollie M. Bresnahan
    Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor
    Health Care for the Homeless Program
    Mercy Medical Center
    Springfield, Mass.

    Sr. Melissa Camardo, SCL
    Vice President, Mission and Sponsorship
    Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital
    Denver

    Imran Chaudhry
    Regional Director, Operational Excellence and Project Management
    Providence Health & Services California
    Burbank, Calif.

    Angela M. Haggard
    System Director, Community Benefit and Ministry Outreach
    Provena Health
    Mokena, Ill.

    		  

    Stephanie Manson, FACHE
    Vice President, Operations
    Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
    Baton Rouge, La.

    Mark Repenshek, Ph.D.
    Healthcare Ethicist
    Columbia St. Mary's Health System
    Milwaukee

    John Paul Slosar, Ph.D.
    Senior Director, Ethics
    Ascension Health
    St. Louis

    Fahad Tahir, FACHE
    Vice President, Physician Enterprise
    Providence Hospital
    Washington, D.C.

     

     

    CHA proudly sponsors these awards to honor distinguished individuals and member organizations for their efforts to further the healing ministry of Jesus.

    MORE INFORMATION OR ASSISTANCE
    Contact Paula Bommarito at (314) 253-3451.

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    "The Advocates"

    TheAdvocates

     

     

    One of the most captivating stories from Jesus' healing ministry is recorded in Luke 5:18-26. A paralytic is lowered through the roof by friends who are determined to do whatever is necessary to present him to Jesus, in the belief that Jesus will heal him. The friends are advocates for this vulnerable man. Jesus is moved by their faith and their innovation. He also recognizes that the infirmed man's greatest need is the same as everyone's — a restored relationship with his heavenly Father. Thus, he first forgives the man's sins, taking care of his spirit before healing his body.

     

    Luke's Gospel presents a powerful lesson for our contemporary health ministry. Our faith in Jesus' healing mission and our dedication, innovation and advocacy for all those who are in need of healing mirror that of the friends of the paralytic man.

     

    In 2009, CHA introduced a new sculpture to honor the recipients of the Achievement Citation and CHA awards. The sculpture, "The Advocates," commemorates this story of healing from Luke. It was created for the association by sculptor Clay Enoch.