Mercy Medical Center marked Heritage Week with a colleague barbeque and a cornhole tournament on July 18 – one day before the 175th birthday of Catherine Horan, who founded the Sisters of Providence of Holyoke and took the name Mother Mary of Providence.
Mercy Medical Center celebrates Heritage Week.
Heritage Week is an annual celebration that invites Mercy colleagues to pay tribute to members of the Sisters of Providence congregation for creating and sponsoring the health ministry.
In 1873, four Sisters of Providence from Canada established a mission in Holyoke, leaving behind their familiar surroundings for western Massachusetts. Within one week of arrival, they established the House of Providence and accepted the first orphan, planting the seeds for the congregation’s first ministry that later became known as Brightside for Families and Children.
“The Sisters of Providence are a great source of inspiration for their efforts to bring hope and healing to the local community, and it is our privilege to carry on their legacy of hope and healing,” said Michael Rogers, PhD, STL, Mission Leader, Hartford and Springfield Markets.
