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Verity Health System (formerly Daughters of Charity Health System, or DCHS) was a healthcare organization based in Redwood City, California, United States, that operated six hospitals across California with approximately 8,000 associates and physicians.
The medical center was founded as Mary's Help Hospital in 1893 by the Daughters of Charity of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and a new building, located at 145 Guerrero Street at Brosnan Street (west of the Levi Strauss factory), by April 1906, was almost completed [7] but destroyed shortly thereafter by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. [2]
The Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity is a Catholic religious congregation for women. A third order Regular [not Secular] group, the sisters are not cloistered nuns but active in the world, having historically been primarily involved in teaching, although they have participated in the care of the sick and poor, hospital work, mission work, and other activities.
In 1809, the American Elizabeth Ann Seton founded the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, adapting the rule of the French Daughters of Charity for her Emmitsburg, Maryland, community. Sr. Anthony O'Connell (1897), US Civil War nurse. In 1817, Mother Seton sent three Sisters to New York City to establish an orphanage. [3]
Groups inspired by Bonaldo's charisma arose in Treviso and Vicenza: on 24 June 1938 the nuns, with the permission of the general chapter of the Daughters of Charity, met in Rome and began the foundation of a new congregation. The new institute, called the Daughters of the Church, officially began in Venice in 1940.
Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (France; two provinces in U.S.: the Province of St. Louise, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Province of the West, headquartered in Los Altos, California.) [3] Sisters of Charity of New York (New York City) Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth (Convent Station, New Jersey)
Daughters of Charity refers to: Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul; Daughters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Canossians, ...
Daughters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Filles de la Charité du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus; F.C.S.C.J. [1]) is a congregation established on 18 December 1823 in France by Jean-Maurice Catroux (3 October 1794 – 16 April 1863 [2]) and Rose Giet (3 December 1784 – 3 January 1848 [2]). The sisters serve in nine countries as educators ...