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¨ Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) ¨ Central Kansas Medical Center ¨ Sister Peggy Martin OP, JCL, Senior Vice President, Sponsorship and Governance, Catholic Health Initiatives (1) CHI Photo, and (2) 2001 Leadership Letter ¨ Sister Mary Ann Klein OP Endowment Video on the Nursing Shortage ¨ Sr Terry Wasinger OP, RN, Family Birthing Unit, Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas ¨ Sr Malachy Stockhemer OP Volunteer, Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas ¨ Mary Klinge OPA, Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas ¨ Sr Diane Traffas OP Catholic Health Initiatives, Minneapolis, Minn. (2000) |
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Diane Traffas OP Catholic Health Initiatives, Minneapolis, Minn. (2000) |
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Sitting as I often do with a cup of coffee in hand, a candle lit on the table, listening to the gentle trickle of water cascading down the crevices of my water fountain while smoke from the incense burner migrates upward, my heart sometimes begins to bubble up with gratitude for Catholic Health Initiatives. In my musings, I tell myself how fortunate I am to walk daily with so many outstanding healing ministers in telling the greatest story ever told—how Jesus went about the countryside healing—and how, through our promise to “heal as Jesus healed,” we try to act in our lives as Jesus acted in his. We, too, touch people’s lives in their most vulnerable state, forgive hurts that we both experience and inflict, help one another to come to wholeness and see meaning in the chaos of our lives. We joyfully proclaim, even in the midst of darkness, “God is here.” I think about the outstanding people in Catholic Health Initiatives’ market-based organizations. I am often humbled as I travel from town to town discovering what it means to groups and individuals to be healers in the 21st century. I am never disappointed. While external forces jar one facility after the other, the internal reserves of faith and courage reflected in leaders, boards and staff members continue to squarely face the future with great wisdom. There is a hymn titled “Walking on Holy Ground.” I often feel that, as an organization, Catholic Health Initiatives is walking on holy ground. Wherever I go, I see God, and along with the song writer believe that “Where God is, is holy.” |
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“I am often humbled as I travel from town to town discovering what it means to groups and individuals to be healers in the 21st century.” |
