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FOUR GENERATIONS OF CARING
Get me Sisters who will give everything and ask nothing in return and I will build your hospital. --Father Ludovic Enaut
What began as a dream of a retired priest in northeast Louisiana has developed into the largest, most comprehensive healthcare facility in the region. At the turn of the century, Father Enaut promised to provide the money to build a sanitarium in Monroe if Sisters could be found that would give everything to the mission and ask for nothing in return. |
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| A search was conducted throughout Europe until, on November 14, 1911, six Sisters from the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady arrived in Monroe to begin a health ministry that would literally touch the lives of thousands annually. Less than two years later, on July 14, 1913, St. Francis Sanitarium and Training School for Nurses received its first patients. Over the years the hospital has changed its name, as well as its appearance, but remains committed to the same principles on which it was built -- extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ to God's people, especially those most in need. |
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