St Joseph Hospital School of Nursing - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Dear Parents, We the students of Saint joseph's School of Nursing, are proud to dedicate this 1968 edition of the RETROSPECT to you, our parents. I realize that without your helping hand, trust, and your love for me this year could not have been completed. From the time I was a small child, you be- gan to mold my character by explaining and helping me experience life. I-Iow can I thank you for the guidance you have given me? I have thought and thought as to how I can repay you but my thoughts are only small in compari- son to what you have done. I only hope that in the years to follow, you can be proud I am your child as I am proud you are my parents. Your Loving Child BECAUSE YOU CA RE Because you care, each task will be much lighter, Each bmden so much easier to bear, And each new morning's outlook better, brighter, And each new day more blest, because you care. Because you care, each joy will seem completer, I Each treasure doubly dear and true and rare, And in my heart I'll always find it sweeter To want the higher things, because you care. I Frank Crane

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History of St. Joseph's Hospital In 1868, Fort Wayne was still without a hospital although it was a city of 25,000 inhabitants. With this factor in mind, Bishop Luers, aided by ' x others in the community, purchased the Rockhill House, a hotel on the corner of Broadway and Main Streets. The Bishop then invited Sisters of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ from Germany to oper- ate the facility. In 1869, St. Joseph's opened its doors to the Fort Wayne community as its first hospital, Through the years additions have been added until today it stands a 410 bed general hospital. Throughout its almost one hundred years of service to the community, it -has endeavored to serve the sick. With God's help and our efforts, it will continue to perform this function for which it was founded.