At the 2011 Catholic Health Assembly, the Catholic Health Association premiered four videos detailing the important policy changes included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.  The Sisters of Charity Health System joined CHA in advocating for passage of health reform. 

The videos feature individuals, businesses and families who have benefited from the Affordable Care Act.

Maling Family

John Robinson

Vintage Vinyl

Dairy Farm

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The Sisters of Charity Health System’s founding president, Sr. Mary Patricia Barrett, CSA, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Catholic Health Association (CHA).

Presented last night at CHA’s 2011 Catholic Health Assembly in Atlanta, the award is conferred each year upon "an acknowledged leader of health ministry who has inspired and mentored numerous others. A recipient’s leadership extends past the Catholic health ministry to influence and impact the local community and beyond."

Sr. Mary Patricia was the first president of the Sisters of Charity Health System, a Cleveland-based nonprofit organization that oversees the sponsored ministries of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, a congregation of sisters who in 1851 began an enduring legacy of responsive ministry, creative stewardship and an ongoing quest for social justice.

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In an election held during the 2011 Catholic Health Assembly in Atlanta, June 5-7, Sr. Judith Ann Karam, CSA, president and CEO of the Sisters of Charity Health System, was installed to the Catholic Health Association’s Board of Trustees.

This is Sr. Judith Ann’s first term, which will span three years.

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In 2011, the three foundations of the Sisters of Charity Health System celebrate their 15th anniversary. In note of this milestone and all the work that came before it, Tom Keith, president of the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, penned the following letter to The State, which published it on May 16, 2011.

Sisters making S.C. better

In 1937 a group of Catholic nuns mortgaged their Motherhouse in Ohio and traveled to Columbia to establish a Catholic hospital. What started as a request from then-Charleston Bishop Emmet Walsh to the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine has developed into a thoughtful array of ministries responding to community needs in Columbia and throughout the state...

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A series of three forums to be held at Cleveland State University in May and June aims to help attendees learn more about national health care reform. Free and open to the public, the forums are designed to encourage dialogue between citizens, government leaders and stakeholders in health care.

FORUM #1: National Health Care Reform: The Ohio Story

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