Catholic Health World Articles

July 2026

Expanded boutique at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore supports women throughout cancer treatment

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN

Information on the human trafficking education and response program at Ascension St. John in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Ascension St. John helps human trafficking victims in Oklahoma find safety, dignity and hope

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN

Meher Garg uses her musical gifts to bring joy to patients, including those at HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois.

Young HSHS volunteer's contribution is music to patients' ears

DALE SINGER
Dr. Sean Levchuck, a pediatric cardiologist at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center in Roslyn, New York, shares a moment with Brilliant Phillipah, who was the 50,000th Gift of Life patient,

With Gift of Life, St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center in New York saves children from across globe

DALE SINGER

Fueling recovery: Low-cost nutrition program dramatically improves surgical outcomes in rural West Virginia

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN
A worker from KJ Haul Away removes furniture no longer needed at the shuttered HallMar Village senior living facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Eastern Iowa's Mercy donates no-longer-in-use furniture to nonprofit serving vulnerable people

JULIE MINDA
Nursing students at Northwestern State University in Alexandria, LA.

CHRISTUS expands tuition-free healthcare training program across Central Louisiana
Auxiliary Bishop Felipe Pulido of the Diocese of San Diego takes in one of the pieces at Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama.

CHA co-sponsors pilgrimage to immerse ministry leaders in racial justice efforts past and present

LISA EISENHAUER
One beneficiary is the Bread Basket Program, a partnership between SSM Health and the St. Louis Area Foodbank.

SSM Health’s St. Louis foundation uses $10 million donation to establish the Community Health Impact Fund

JULIE MINDA

Providence to play a key role developing a platform that helps predict mental health crises

JULIE MINDA

When two patients of California's Northridge Hospital miss graduation due to hospitalization, staff bring the party to them
From left are Dr. Rom Leidner, ; Dr. Marka Crittenden, retired medical oncologist and researcher; Dr. Bryan Bell, executive medical director of the Providence Cancer Institute and director of the Earle A. Chile and Dr. Kristina Young

Providence institute studies why some treatments for head and neck cancers have better outcomes than others

JULIE MINDA

$5 million gift strengthens mission to expand pediatric care at Intermountain Health hospital in Montana
Meg and John-Mark Walker tend to their newborn son, Jacob, during his brief life at Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital in Richmond, Virginia

'They gave us space to enjoy his life': Dignity is at heart of Bon Secours Richmond hospitals' perinatal bereavement care

LISA EISENHAUER

Watson said the van is particularly nice for reaching unhoused patients

PeaceHealth partnership brings care to the doorstep in Ketchikan, Alaska

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN

Keeping Up - July 2026

Keeping Up - July Edition
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