Cardinal Dolan blessing an elderly patient’s rosaries at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, October 3, 2024. Photo by Chris Marksbury.
BRONX, NY, October 4, 2024 — His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, celebrated a Mass at Calvary Hospital on October 3rd, dedicated to palliative care and hospice patients and their families throughout the diocese, commemorating Calvary’s 125 years of compassionate care across New York.
“We honor each person’s entire journey, from first breath to last. Calvary’s dignified, loving care comforts and elevates all of us,” said Cardinal Dolan.
Cardinal Dolan ministered at bedside to patients and families, blessing rosaries and Calvary medals while providing words of solace. During the mass, he addressed the significance of palliative and hospice healthcare professionals and emphasizing Calvary’s century-long role in alleviating suffering and enhancing the quality of life for New Yorkers facing serious illnesses.
“This Mass is a beautiful way to bring our care-community together and provide spiritual nourishment to patients and families and their doctors, nurses, social workers, counsellors and pastoralists,” said Scott LaRue, President and CEO of ArchCare, the healthcare ministry of the Archdiocese of New York, under which Calvary operates.
“We believe that every person – of all faiths – deserves to experience compassion, peace, and dignity at the end of life,” said Mr. La Rue.
Calvary is a world leader in providing expert medical care for people living with palliative care needs or requiring end-of-life care. The model and benchmark for this special type of care the US, Calvary was established in lower Manhattan in 1899 by a small community of widows known as The Women of Calvary, who opened their home and hearts to eight women stricken by cancer. Today, Bronx-based Calvary Hospital and Calvary Hospice provide unmatched loving, compassionate, care that relieves suffering and improves the quality of life of approximately 6000 mostly terminally ill patients, and their families, annually through a wide range of medical interventions and support services offered in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, Westchester, and Rockland. Visit calvaryhospital.org or call 718-518-2000.
About ArchCare
ArchCare is the Continuing Care Community of the Archdiocese of New York, and one of the nation’s largest and most dynamic Catholic healthcare systems. ArchCare provides quality care to thousands of people of all faiths through its home and community-based and residential care programs, including their Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) nursing home alternative, adult day care, long-term skilled nursing care, short-term rehabilitation, home care, assisted living, hospice, an acute care specialty hospital and services for people with Huntington’s disease, HIV/AIDS, developmental disabilities, and other specialized care needs. Visit archcare.org or call 851-951-2273.
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