Catholic Health World Articles

May 2026
Elderly hands clasping

As more states legalize physician-assisted suicide, ministry providers face complex ethical and clinical questions

JULIE MINDA

Rebecca Hankins, partnership manager with Forest ReLeaf, and Dr. Alex Garza, chief community health officer with SSM Health

SSM Health and nonprofit Forest ReLeaf partner to plant trees and hope in St. Louis communities

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN
CleanMed conference in St. Louis

Catholic healthcare leaders share sustainable efforts during national CleanMed conference

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN
Ascension Saint Thomas in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Ascension Saint Thomas plans $148.5 million hospital and healthcare campus in Clarksville, Tennessee
one of the many rosaries created by volunteers for patients and others at Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Regional Hospital

Volunteers' handmade rosaries help to comfort patients of Intermountain Health St. Mary's in western Colorado

JULIE MINDA

Shoemaker joins her former patient and now friend on an outing to a botanical garden in Cincinnati.

For a patient with dementia and no family, nurses at Ohio hospital became a surrogate one

LISA EISENHAUER

Dr. James Beckerman, a cardiologist with Providence St. Joseph Health, celebrates at the finish line with a participant at a Heart to Start 5K in Portland, Oregon.

Providence cardiologist's 5K fitness program leads to growing health and wellness initiative that reaches thousands

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN
Coleen Rickey, a mobile outreach leader for Ascension in Northwest Florida, donated part of her liver to her brother, Harry Tucker, in 2023.

Ascension leader in Northeast Florida donates part of liver to brother, calls her career and experience 'God's timing'

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN
Trustees and officials from Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California, recently announced a record gift estimated at $100 million from patient Stanley Lucas

Providence hospital in Santa Monica, California, announces estimated $100 million gift, largest in its history
Alisna, center foreground, poses with members of her care team and other friends and family

Bypass patient's survival 'nothing short of a miracle' after complications; clinicians credited at CommonSpirit hospital

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN

CHRISTUS hospital adds safe space for parents in distress to surrender an infant
Front of Keeping Up Article with Headshots of Ministry Leaders

Keeping Up - May Edition
a person holding a small house display in their hand

Providence, Catholic Charities partner to help Eastern Washington patients with complex needs for 'as long as it takes'

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN
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