Catholic Health World Articles

August 2026
Washington High’s counseling department includes Bauer in conversations.

Avera partnership brings mental health therapy into Sioux Falls, South Dakota, schools and recognizes early impact

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN

Mission Leader Competency Model

CHA relaunches mission leadership program to develop new and future leaders

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN
Seminarian George Gilbert completes rounding at Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside in Jacksonville, Florida.

In northeast Florida, Ascension St. Vincent's gives seminarians firsthand experience providing spiritual care

JULIE MINDA

Nimatallah and Maez

CHA's advocacy team names government relations director, and advocacy and engagement associate director

Ascension opens $362 million, 178-bed women's hospital in Austin, Texas
Saint John's Bible

Trinity Health in Western Michigan uses Saint John's Bible to engage people in spiritual formation

JULIE MINDA

Wichita State University students Ervis Oake, left, and Matt Dixon assemble Hope Kits that will be distributed to Ascension Via Christi hospitals and about two dozen local organizations

Hope in a box: Ascension Via Christi offers tangible support to patients in mental health crisis

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN

Protesters rally outside a California hospital

Study finds immigration crackdown is causing moral injury for doctors

LISA EISENHAUER

A clinical team at Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, California, prepares to care for a patient in the cardiac cath lab.

Chief experience officers take on formidable challenge of making sure patients' experiences align with what is promised

JULIE MINDA

At left, Gloria and Chance Madera hold Archie shortly after his birth in November 2020. At right, Archie, at 4 months, awaits surgery to repair the cleft in his lip.

In son born with cleft lip and palate, CHRISTUS staffer finds a superhero

Nancy Fowler

Catholic groups appeal for compassion in implementing Medicaid work rules

LISA EISENHAUER

Paul Trevino, president and chief executive officer of CHRISTUS Southeast Texas Health System, speaks at the opening of the new 50:20 Clinic in Beaumont, Texas.

New CHRISTUS Health clinic in Southeast Texas offers care and support for violence survivors
presenters shared these tips for integrating spiritual care teams into the other teams in place at healthcare facilities.

Spiritual care teams can play a vital role in addressing healthcare facilities' top challenges, experts say on webinar

JULIE MINDA

police siren lights on top of a cop car

Mercy in Western Ohio launches Protocol 99 to provide first responders with discreet access to mental health services

JULIE MINDA

Keeping Up - August Edition
Spiritual care providers at Bon Secours Mercy Health facilities engage in their work.

Spiritual care departments are facing difficult challenges; insights from a survey could point to solutions

JULIE MINDA
Providence St. Joseph Health’s Alaska region partnered with the Anchorage Museum to hold workshops where community members could repurpose surplus hospital supplies and other goods into wearable art.

Providence Alaska finds that creativity and resourcefulness are key to efforts to reduce emissions and cut waste

JULIE MINDA

SSM Health plans to break ground on this senior living community in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, next year.

SSM Health to build $42 million senior living community in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
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