Upcoming Event: 100th Anniversary of St. Joseph Hospital
- USCCA Digital Communications Coordinator
- 4 days ago
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Updated: 3 days ago
The Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, women who have dedicated their lives to Jesus and to the Church, have extended an invitation to celebrate the 100th anniversary of St. Joseph's Hospital. This hospital, a Franciscan mission, was established in 1925 in Jinan, a city in China's Shandong province.
In the image above, we invite you to meet the original group of Sisters who served at this Franciscan mission in China. Standing in the back row are Sister Engelberta Beyer, OSF; Sister Euphrosine Fischer, OSF; and Sister Octavia Doernemann, OSF. The Sisters seated in front are Sister Evangelista Sanders, OSF and Sister Wilhelma Broeskamp, OSF (Superior).
The 100th anniversary of St. Joseph's Hospital will be celebrated on October 11, 2025, at the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, 4849 LaVerna Road, in Springfield, Illinois. For more information and to RSVP, contact the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis. This event is being hosted by Sister Maureen O’Connor, Superior, and Sister Pacis Bao, OSF.
The USCCA extends its thanks to the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis for this invitation to celebrate the anniversary of their mission.
To learn more about the history of the Church in China, we invite you to join us for our 30th International Conference, to be held in Houston, Texas, on July 31–August 2, 2026. To learn about how you can support our mission of dialogue and mutual understanding, we invite you to donate via our Annual Appeal.
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