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Little Company of Mary Hospital joins OSF HealthCare system

Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park became the 14th hospital in OSF HealthCare Ministry’s network Feb. 1, 2020. The merger was celebrated during a Mass at Little Company of Mary. The 90-year-old hospital, now OSF HealthCare Little Company of Mary Hospital, had been an independent institution operated by the Little Company of Mary Sisters.
Little Company of Mary Sister Sharon Ann Walsh takes part in the Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
A member of Little Company of Mary reads during Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
A Third Order of St. Francis Sister reads during Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father William Grogan, the archdiocese's vicar for health care, gives his homily. The Mass took place the day after the Super Bowl. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Grogan receives the gifts. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Grogan prays the eucharistic prayer. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Kathleen Kinsella, chief operating officer of OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center, holds up a monstrance during Mass. The hospitals presented the monstrance and holy oils during Mass as symbols of the hospitals healing ministries. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
(Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Little Company of Mary and Franciscan sisters pray during Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Grogan holds up candles used to bless throats. Mass took place on the feast of St. Blaise when the annual blessing of throats occurs. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
A choir of staff from both hospital sings. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Third Order of St. Francis Sister Judith Ann Duvall (left) and Little Company of Mary Sister Sharon Ann Walsh light a candle symbolizing the coming together of the two hospitals. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

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