St. Joseph Hospital - Port Charlotte
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Originally from Pittsburgh, Bishop Coleman Carroll of Miami asked Felician Sisters to staff and manage a new hospital in Port Charlotte, FL. Headed by administrator Sister Mary Virginia Stasiulewicz, the new 50-bed hospital opened in 1962. The Felician Sisters assumed ownership and expanded the hospital, constructing a new nursing home, the St. Joseph Life Enrichment Center, in 1987. After 37 years of service, the Felician Sisters ended their ministry in Port Charlotte.
Originally from Pittsburgh, Bishop Coleman Carroll of Miami asked Felician Sisters to staff and manage a new hospital in Port Charlotte, FL. Headed by administrator Sister Mary Virginia Stasiulewicz, the new 50-bed hospital opened in 1962. The Felician Sisters assumed ownership and expanded the hospital, constructing a new nursing home, the St. Joseph Life Enrichment Center, in 1987. After 37 years of service, the Felician Sisters ended their ministry in Port Charlotte.
The front entrance section of St. Joseph Hospital in Port Charlotte, Florida, opened by Felician Sisters in June, 1962. A few years later, the sisters assumed ownership of the 50-bed hospital.
A 1969 rendering of the proposed St. Joseph Life Enrichment Center that was intended to be built opposite the St. Joseph Hospital in Port Charlotte, Florida. Felician Sisters constructed the nursing home in 1987 to support the growing elderly population in the Fort Myers area of Florida.
Nurse Sister Mary Bernice Fiedor with a patient at St. Joseph Hospital in Port Charlotte, FL. Sister Bernice ministered at St. Joseph for ten years, serving in five-year periods as a nurse, then as vice president of admissions.
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Date1962 - 1999
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Content TopicOur Lady of the Sacred Heart Province - Coraopolis