The Senate failed to move forward last week with several bills that would have provided a pathway to citizenship for approximately 1.8 million young immigrants, including those currently participating in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival's (DACA) program expiring next month. Please ask Congress to keep working to provide a bipartisan solution to protect young immigrants now. [More]

On behalf of the Catholic Health Association of the United States, we are pleased to share a reflection for the first week of Lent. [More]

Steven E. Ochs, M.D., a urologist at Urology One and chair of Mercy Medical Center’s Department of Surgery, performed Ohio’s first UroLift® System implant in 2015 at Mercy Medical Center. Representatives from NeoTract, Inc. recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at his office to announce that Dr. Ochs is Ohio’s first to earn designation as a UroLift Center of Excellence. [More]

Cleveland.com's weekly health and fitness column 'Stretching Out' recently explored the challenges people-of-size face when embarking on a journey to lose weight. The publication sought the expertise of Dr. Anita Maximin, clinical psychologist in the Center for Bariatric Surgery at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center. [More]

Mark Cotleur has joined the Sisters of Charity Health System as senior vice president for fund development. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing fundraising on behalf of St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland, Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Regina Health Center in Richfield, Light of Hearts Villa in Bedford, and six outreach ministries in Ohio and South Carolina. [More]

On behalf of the Catholic Health Association of the United States, we are pleased to share the following reflection and prayer for Ash Wednesday. [More]

National Catholic Sisters Week runs from March 8-14 and the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland is helping celebrate through involvement with the “Celebrate Catholic Sisters: Turning to Each Other” event March 10 at Magnificat High School in Rocky River. The intercongregational, intergenerational event is open the public and will celebrate the contributions of women religious in the community and explore news ways for Catholic sisters and lay partners to be companions to one another. [More]

Amid one of the worst flu seasons in nearly a decade, Dr. Carla O’Day, medical director of St. Vincent Charity Medical Center’s Emergency Department, provides clarity on these questions based on her decades of experience treating thousands of flu patients throughout her career. Patients’ best protection against serious complications from the flu is knowing what symptoms to watch for, who is most at-risk and when to seek emergency medical help. [More]

Grantmaking organizations and community partners, including the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland, sat down recently at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA) to discuss the ongoing success of Housing First and reflect on the benefits of collaboration. [More]

The St. Vincent Charity Medical Center Pastoral Care team assists patients and their families with emotional and spiritual care during their stay, regardless of religious affiliation. The St. Vincent Charity Clinical Pastoral Education Program is educating and fostering a new generation of hospital chaplains to tend to the spiritual needs of patients throughout the region. The hospital’s blog, radiant, published an article about the pastoral education program. [More]