St. Joseph’s Hospital: Celebrating 130 years of service - The Catholic Sun

St. Joseph’s Hospital: Celebrating 130 years of service - The Catholic Sun

Phoenix’s first Catholic hospital is gearing up for their 130th anniversary on March 19th, the Feast of St. Joseph. For well over a century, St. Joseph’s Hospital in downtown Phoenix has put into practice Christ’s mandate to welcome the poor and sick as Himself. The first St. Joseph’s sanitarium was founded in 1895 but the story of the hospital’s beginnings started three years prior. In 1892, Bishop Peter Bourgade invited the Sisters of Mercy to…