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The Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, Houston is a religious institute of women begun in 1866, at the request of French-born Claude Marie Dubuis, the second Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Galveston, which then included the entire state of Texas. Texas was suffering from the ravages of the Civil War, coupled with ...
St. Mary's Hospital was a Catholic hospital founded in 1866 by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in Galveston, Texas, United States. Founded in 1867, [1] it was the first private hospital in Texas. [2] [3] In 1869, the hospital became St. Mary's Infirmary, and it was renamed as St. Mary's Hospital in 1965. [1] St.
The present company was formed on January 28, 1999 by the merger of Houston's Sisters of Charity Health Care System and San Antonio's Incarnate Word Health System; [1] however its history extends back to 1866, with the founding of St. Mary's Hospital in Galveston, Texas, by the Sisters of Charity religious institute.
The Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, Houston is a religious institute of women begun in 1866 in Galveston, Texas, as Texas was suffering from the ravages of the Civil War, coupled with the tragedy of a rapidly spreading cholera epidemic.
Dubuis founded the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, which played a significant role in healthcare services in Texas. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] In 1873, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur established the Academy of the Sacred Heart for girls in Waco .
The Board of Directors of the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton has announced $2,400,899 in grants for the third and fourth quarters of 2023.
The Sisters were recruited by Claude Dubuis, the Bishop of Galveston, Texas, to teach in the rural towns of his diocese. In answer to this call, Mother St. Andrew Feltin and Sister Alphonsa Boegler journeyed to Texas, landing in Galveston that year, arriving in San Antonio in December, where they opened their first school the following April.
Dubuis founded the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, a community that came to play a significant role in the provision of healthcare services in Texas. [12] [13] In 1873, at Dubuis' request, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in Lockport, New York established the Academy of the Sacred Heart for girls in Waco, Texas. [14]