Each year, the more than 10,000 employees, over 1,800 physicians and hundreds of volunteers across all Provena Health ministries join together to celebrate “Mission Week” during the week that includes December 1st, the health system’s founding anniversary day. The celebration marks a time of reflection on the organization’s Mission, Vision and Values and its identity as a Catholic health care ministry.

“At Provena Health, it takes all of our diverse gifts to fulfill the promise of our Mission, which is to build communities of healing and hope by compassionately responding to human need in the spirit of Jesus Christ,” says Tom Nehring, System Senior Vice President, Mission Services. “Our Mission has always been more than a saying we hang on the wall. It’s reflected in the loving guidance from our sponsoring religious congregations, the quality and expertise of our care givers, the tireless commitment of our support teams and the selfless service of our volunteers - all of whom we consider to be ‘powerful people’.”

Provena Health’s theme this Mission Week will celebrate these special “powerful people” - those who are as passionate about bringing healing and hope to those served within the walls of its ministries as they are about making our world a better place.

Please visit our Provena Health YouTube channel to view a special Mission Week video presentation spotlighting some of the many “powerful people” of Provena.