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July 01, 2014
Dispensary of Hope collects unused medication, distributes it to needy
David Troutman, 64, is a former Presbyterian minister who had a 30-year career in religious book publishing and distribution. In 2006, he lost his job. In 2009, a tornado "danced on top" of the roof of his home. He'd kept up his home owners' insurance, which paid for that extensive repair, but he depleted his savings before finally landing a job at a supermarket earlier this year.
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July 01, 2014
Female execs say ministry could promote more women
Patricia Maryland had been in senior management at the Cleveland Clinic for about 15 years when, around 1997, Kevin Lofton — who was then the head of a university health network — told her, "With your experience and capabilities, you should really be running a health system."
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July 01, 2014
From uncertainty to hope: observations from a most eventful year
As is traditional for the CHA chair-person, I traveled to Rome this spring with a group of executives to attend CHA's Ecclesiology and Spiritual Renewal Program for Health Care Leaders. Layered on this incredible experience was a perfectly timed opportunity to witness the historic canonization of two popes.
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July 01, 2014
Catholic tradition inspires health care leaders in service to the poor
Fourteen years ago, I was fortunate to go with a group of Catholic health care leaders to Assisi, Italy. Sr. Laura Wolf, OSF, whose congregation grew out of the Franciscan tradition, blessed us with a thorough description of the life of St. Francis, his conversion under the Cross of San Damiano and his time spent in the company of those who were sick.
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June 15, 2014
Keeping Up
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June 15, 2014
Two families give $1 million apiece to Providence Little Company of Mary Foundation in Torrance, Calif.
The Providence Little Company of Mary Foundation of Torrance, Calif., has received donations of $1 million apiece from two families in Southern California.
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June 15, 2014
CHE Trinity Health to sell two Michigan hospitals to Munson Healthcare
CHE Trinity Health plans to sell two of its Michigan hospitals, Mercy Hospital Cadillac and Mercy Hospital Grayling, to Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare.
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June 15, 2014
Catholic Health Initiatives acquires four-hospital system in east Texas
Catholic Health Initiatives acquired the four-hospital Memorial Health System of East Texas on June 1.
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June 15, 2014
Dignity Health Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, Calif., unveils new pavilion
Dignity Health Sequoia Hospital held a grand opening for its new $275 million pavilion on its Redwood City, Calif., campus in May.
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June 15, 2014
New provincial council members
The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady North American Province of Baton Rouge, La., recently installed new provincial leaders.