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The newest edition of Villa Voices, which is the bi-annual newsletter of Light of Hearts Villa, highlights all that's been happening over the past several months. It includes an update about the Vincentian Pathways Project, which is dedicated to restoring the historic grounds and gardens surrounding the former Vincentian Sisters of Charity Motherhouse. The newsletter also spotlights a 95-year-old resident who brings laughter and love to her fellow residents, plus provides news updates and more.…

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The recent issue of The Journey, the biannual newsletter of Joseph & Mary’s Home, features a cover article about Dennis, a Marine veteran who came to Joseph & Mary’s Home after facing both cancer and housing loss. The newsletter also features the 2024 Outcomes Report, an update on the Joseph’s Home Relocation Project construction, donor and staff spotlights, news updates, and more.…

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The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton Board of Directors has announced $1,520,003 in grants for the first and second quarters of 2025. Grants were awarded in three strategic areas: Responsive Efforts with a commitment to respond to specific or short-term community needs; Strategic Collaborations with work alongside others to launch programs that build capacity and increase effectiveness in community services; and, Foundation-Led Initiatives, which are efforts to develop and hone programs focused on systemic change.…

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The new $22 million Women Religious Archives Collaborative (WRAC) Heritage Center in Cleveland is scheduled to break ground later in June near the St. Vincent Charity Health and Healing Hub. The Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine is one of the founding member congregations. Housing the archives of more than 75 congregations of women religious in a state-of-the art facility, WRAC will make them accessible for research in person and online. It will also present public exhibits and events, and interactive digital programs, that honor the unique contributions of women religious to their communities and the country.…

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Sister Marian Durkin from the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine recently joined a panel of fellow Northeast Ohio Catholics on the "Sound of Ideas" show on Ideastream Public Media to talk about the selection of Pope Leo as the new pope. They discussed how the choice is impacting the church and what it means to have a pope from the Midwest leading the global church.…

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The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina recently awarded grants to 93 nonprofit organizations working to reduce poverty in the state. Totaling $1,287,000, the grants support organizations that serve all 46 South Carolina counties. The funded nonprofits address a wide variety of issue areas, including affordable housing, healthcare access, food insecurity, legal representation, education and economic mobility.…

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The Sisters of Charity Health System joins Catholics around the globe in celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV — the first American pontiff in history. We offer our support and prayers to Pope Leo XIV as he embarks on his ministry as the new leader of the world's Catholics. We will look to the Holy Father to help guide our work in caring for those we have been called to serve.…

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A Father’s Place (AFP), which is a program of the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families, received a $95,000 grant in March from Power:Ed, the philanthropy of SC Student Loan Corporation. The grant supports AFP’s Reality Check Program, which actively engages both current and yet-to-be fathers in a conversation about making smart choices for their future.…

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The Index-Journal in Greenwood, South Carolina, recently highlighted the work of Healthy Learners as it serves students from K4 through 12th grade across the state, collaborating with school nurses, health care providers and families to assist children who lack adequate access to health care.…

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The Sisters of Charity Health System is pivoting from the traditional hospital model towards a comprehensive approach addressing root causes of poor health. By recognizing that physical health is intertwined with emotional, spiritual and social well-being, the health system can have greater long-term impact. Sr. Judith Ann Karam, CSA, congregational leader of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, and Michael Goar, president & CEO of the health system, recently wrote an op-ed about adapting to fill unmet needs.…

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Access to capital and financial advice can be a major challenge in Cleveland's Central neighborhood and beyond. A free Wealth Wellness Workshop Saturday, April 13, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. is working to change that. Attendees to the workshop at the Jerry Sue Thornton Center at 2500 East 22nd Street in Cleveland will receive free tax preparation services, credit counseling/debt management services, job opportunities, utility assistance, and more.…

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The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina recently released its 2024 annual report, highlighting its $2.87 million in grant investments and partnerships that provided impactful funding and collaboration to more than 200 nonprofit organizations across all 46 counties in South Carolina. Those organizations share in the foundation's mission to make the South Carolina a place where all can thrive.…

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Light of Hearts Villa has released its 2024 impact report, which details the ministry's financials, fundraising success, community outreach services, accomplishments and more. The report provides a statement of financial position and announces that hundreds of individual donors, foundations and businesses donated $480,242 in 2024.…

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The collective efforts, services and grantmaking of the Sisters of Charity Health System directly or indirectly benefitted 1.3 million people in 2024. Each day, thousands of people feel the loving touch of the caregivers of the health system and its ministries. The 2024 Ministry and Foundation Impact Report: “Sisters of Charity Health System by the Numbers” provides an overview of the impact of the health system's work.…

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The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton works to build community by supporting and enhancing the efforts of those who directly serve others. The foundation recently released its 2024 annual report, which highlights how it spent the past year as a resource, partner, convener and supporter for the heroes in the Canton community who deliver vital services to people in need. The foundation awarded $3,519,065 in grants in 2024 in three categories of need: foundation-led initiatives, strategic collaborations and responsive grants.…

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The South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families has a mission to provide the resources for fathers to become great dads, empowering fathers facing economic, social and personal challenges across all 46 counties of South Carolina. In 2024, the center served more than 3,000 fathers and has had two years of double-digit growth, which it highlights in its recently released 2024 impact report.…

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Dr. Ted Parran, co-medical director of Rosary Hall, and Ben Silver, administrative director, Rosary Hall, recently appeared on FOX-8 New Day Cleveland to talk about the drug and alcohol treatment programs offered at Rosary Hall, located at the St. Vincent Charity Health and Healing Hub. Intensive outpatient treatment and an outpatient addiction clinic are the hallmarks of Rosary Hall's treatment programs. …

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The Cleveland Central Promise Neighborhood, which is a program of the Sisters of Charity Health System, has hired Catondra Noye as its new program director. The Cleveland Central Promise Neighborhood works with multiple partners in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood to break the cycle of poverty and address social drivers of health by advancing family health, education, social capital, stability and economics. Noye brings 25 years of experience as a community-focused leader with organizations around the country.…

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The Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS) is partnering with The Centers and Cuyahoga County to create a new $28 million behavioral health crisis receiving center at a three-story medical building on the former St. Vincent Charity Medical Center campus.…

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The Sisters of Charity Health System was honored to host Governor Mike DeWine Thursday, February 6. Governor DeWine toured the outpatient addiction treatment program, Rosary Hall, which has provided care, treatment and hope to over 100,000 drug and alcohol dependent people since 1952. Rosary Hall has relocated into a modern space in the Sisters of Charity Health System Building, 2475 East 22nd Street.…

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Michael Goar, president and CEO of the Sisters of Charity Health System, has been named to The Center for Health Affairs Board of Directors. Goar joins Christine Alexander-Rager, MD, president & CEO, MetroHealth, as one of two new directors on the board.…

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EN-RICH-MENT in Canton provides free music and arts education, plus leadership and life skills classes for youth ages 5 to 18. The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton helped support the building of a new education center in Downtown Canton dedicated to the educational programs of EN-RICH-MENT, with the new facility opening in June. The foundation's board of directors held a recent meeting at the new building.…

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When the Sisters of Charity Health System was looking for a new CEO earlier this year, it wanted someone to "develop an innovative strategy to ensure that the health system is well-positioned to continue to serve the community and carry on the mission of the Sisters of Charity in perpetuity." That’s the objective Michael Goar has been focused on since he became CEO this summer. Goar outlined his vision for the future of the health system in a recent interview with Crain's Cleveland Business.…

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