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From Southern Illinois to Ukraine: A Faith Response by HSHS

Thursday, November 7

6 to 7:30 p.m.

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Location
St. Clare Church 1411 Cross Street | O'Fallon
Join us on Thursday, Nov. 7, 6-7:30 p.m., for “From Southern Illinois to Ukraine: A Faith Response by HSHS,” to learn about how HSHS hospitals in the southern Illinois area are helping provide critical resources to health care facilities around the world, including Ukraine. The event will be held at St. Clare Church, located at 1411 Cross St., O’Fallon, Ill.

Amid war in Ukraine, Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach – a global health affiliate of HSHS – has shipped five 40’ containers of requested medical supplies and equipment to Ukrainian hospitals. HSHS hospitals in southern Illinois, including St. Elizabeth’s Hospital-O’Fallon, St. Joseph’s Hospital-Breese, St. Joseph’s Hospital-Highland and Holy Family Hospital-Greenville, contributed to the effort to support Ukrainian hospitals in both rural and urban areas who are delivering health care to their communities, even with an influx of internal refugees and both civilians and soldiers wounded by war.

“From Southern Illinois to Ukraine: A Faith Response by HSHS” will be presented by Erica Smith, Executive Director of Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach. In April 2024, Smith joined Vatican representatives to travel to Ukraine and learn about the impact of donations. She will talk about her experiences meeting with Ukrainian physicians, health care administrators, and community leaders throughout the country and also describe how Mission Outreach continues to support recovery and rebuild efforts in Ukraine, even as the war continues.

To attend “From Southern Illinois to Ukraine: A Faith Response by HSHS,” please RSVP here. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served at the event. 
 
Event is at capacity. Registration is closed at this time.