St Joseph's Hospital

Description

For over 120 years our hospital has played a vital role in the health of the people in Chippewa County and surrounding area Inspired by the Franciscan tradition of our founders the services we offer are dictated not by the prospect of financial gain but instead the opportunity to care help and heal In that spirit we offer leading edge medical services And something extra the benefit of sincere caring

St Josephs Hospital is a licensed 193bed hospital located in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin The facilities technology and staff support a broad range of medical specialties The hospitals ongoing capital improvement program assures that our facilities are modern appealing and designed to support the best practices available for patient care

The Mission of St Josephs Hospital is to deliver compassionate health care services to people in need

Reflecting our high regard for one another as inspired by our Franciscan tradition the Vision of St Josephs Hospital is to be the preferred choice of health care and hospital services in Chippewa County and the surrounding area

The primary mission of the Hospital Sisters Health System is to provide a structure and the means whereby the Hospital Sisters of St Francis continue their healing mission in the Roman Catholic Church Hospitals and other institutionallybased programs are the primary means of responding to those in need Service is regarded as a ministry of healing which exemplifies the Gospel values of compassion justice and reverence for life throughout its continuum

History

OUR HISTORY
The Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis came to Chippewa Falls on June28 1885 at the invitation of Father Charles Goldsmith the first and only pastor in Chippewa Falls at the time

By November the Rutledge home became the site of St Josephs Hospital The sale of hospital tickets to loggers a 5 ticket insured the holder for one year in case of sickness including medicine funded builiding additions

In the 1970s the Hospital Sisters began a major capital campaign to raise funds for a larger facility The acircnew St Josephs was formally opened on September 21 1975 on County Highway I In 1976 the first lay administrator was appointed

Fifteen Sisters have served as administrator and many worked in the hospital Educational offerings and retreats for staff preserve the Sisters mission to provide care in the Franciscan spirit and continue our Catholic healing ministry