It was a celebration 150 years in the making. The Most Rev. Mark Bartosic, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, was joined by associates, community leaders and members of AMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago’s founding congregations to celebrate 150 years of providing care to Chicago residents.
Founded by the Daughters of Charity in 1869, Providence Hospital, as it was first known, was the first Catholic hospital in Chicago. The original hospital, still under construction, survived the great Chicago fire of 1871 and served as a shelter for many of its victims. The hospital’s sesquicentennial Mass and reception, held June 23 in the newly renovated Daniel B. Ryan Memorial Chapel, highlighted the important work of the hospital and its caregivers and physicians over the years.
Photo 1: The Most Rev. Mark Bartosic, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, shares holy water with participants at the sesquicentennial Mass at AMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago.
Photo 2: Narrative stained-glass windows, the largest of their kind in the United States, tell the story of the Daughters of Charity, who built AMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago and were the original religious sponsors of the ministry in 1869.
