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Erie bishop: Saint Vincent no longer a Catholic hospital
Erie Times News ^ | 7/8/2013 | DANA MASSING

Posted on 07/09/2013 3:43:37 AM PDT by markomalley

Erie Catholic Bishop Lawrence Persico said that Saint Vincent Health System can no longer be considered a Catholic hospital after its merger with Highmark Inc.

However, the bishop did say that Catholics could still use services provided by Saint Vincent.

In a statement released Sunday, Persico also thanked the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania for their 138 years of health-care ministry. The sisters founded the hospital in 1875 and will no longer be its sponsor after the merger, which was expected to take place early this month.

"With this change in ownership, there is no longer any guarantee that all aspects of the 'Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Healthcare Services,' published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, will be followed as they have been in the past," Persico said.

He was out of town Sunday and not available for comment beyond the six-paragraph statement sent by the Catholic Diocese of Erie, a spokeswoman said.

In the statement, Persico said, "The directives state that Catholic institutions and hospitals may not promote or condone contraceptive practices or direct sterilization of men or women. We do not have a guarantee that these procedures will not be condoned or performed.

(Excerpt) Read more at goerie.com ...


TOPICS: Catholic
KEYWORDS: healthcare; hospitals; medicine; seeya
Good for Bishop Persico! (Darned sight different than former Bishop Trautperson)
1 posted on 07/09/2013 3:43:37 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley
The Sisters of St. Joseph ... probably the picture of catholic nunnery.

Unless they've "gone modern", it's the sisters of St Joseph that LOOK like nuns.

(Someday I'll tell the story of sister eclair .. )

2 posted on 07/09/2013 3:54:12 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: markomalley

Let the killings (abortion), maimings (vasectomy, “sex changes”) and vivisections (organ transplants) begin.


3 posted on 07/09/2013 4:10:00 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: knarf
Unless they've "gone modern", it's the sisters of St Joseph that LOOK like nuns.

Sorry to inform you...

4 posted on 07/09/2013 4:12:24 AM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: knarf

The sisters of St. Joseph taught me in elementary school at St. Theresa’s in Coral Gables back in the late 40’s and 50’s. They were a mix of sternness and compassion and were darned scary to a little boy with those black habits which they wore at ALL times even outdoors in the blazing Florida sun.


5 posted on 07/09/2013 4:13:35 AM PDT by mc5cents (Pray for America)
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To: markomalley
Well here is what they looked like when I went to school.

The second from the right on top row looks like my 4th grade teacher.

6 posted on 07/09/2013 4:18:06 AM PDT by mc5cents (Pray for America)
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To: mc5cents
My experience as well ...
7 posted on 07/09/2013 4:40:53 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: markomalley

And they chucked the habits because ...... ?


8 posted on 07/09/2013 4:41:57 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

ping


9 posted on 07/09/2013 4:52:52 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: mc5cents
Nuns are the only type of people wearing headbags I trust.
10 posted on 07/09/2013 4:59:02 AM PDT by Bronzy
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To: markomalley
the bishop did say that Catholics could still use services provided by Saint Vincent.

Thank God for the Bishops permission. <sarcasm>

11 posted on 07/09/2013 6:24:47 AM PDT by chainsaw ("Two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by Obama")
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Well, I presume he wanted to proactively address the question as to whether the place had become an abortuary --- in which you wouldn't patronize it, even to get a flu shot.

So he signaled that it was OK, without dragging in unnecessary controversy.

12 posted on 07/09/2013 7:02:53 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("When you come to a fork in the road, take it." - Yogi Berra)
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To: don-o
I knew St. Vincent's well. Sad.

It sounds to me more like a sale than a merger. Apparently the SSJ's are out altogether. Again, sad.

13 posted on 07/09/2013 7:05:03 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." Matthew 19:17)
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To: knarf
And they chucked the habits because ...... ?

Because it was fashionable to do so in the 1970s ... and they bought in to the satanic lie that by ditching their distinctive garb, their uniform, they would be seen as "relevant" by the world, and their "message" (whatever it may be) would be more easily accepted.

Instead, they signed their organizational death warrant.

Uniforms matter.

It's not a difficult concept ... lots of folks understand it.

14 posted on 07/09/2013 7:15:23 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: knarf

Because — they thought the would concentrate on themselves rather than on Jesus.


15 posted on 07/09/2013 10:37:47 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation
the they would concentrate on themselves rather than on Jesus.
16 posted on 07/09/2013 10:39:16 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: ArrogantBustard

Indeed. Out little church school was run by three nuns from up North. In the early ‘60s, the sister superior confided in me that her order was thinking about discarding their habits, but that if they did, she would leave. Habits creates an esprit d’corps by subordinating physical appearances, One troop in a platoon looks more or less like another until you get up close. Habits also women from immodest glances if they happen to be pretty or regarded with disdain if they are homely. Even homely women tend to look better if one sees only their faces.


17 posted on 07/09/2013 11:49:41 AM PDT by RobbyS
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