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View ArticleSister Catherine standing next to cross being placed on top of St. Charles Bend
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The next level

St. Charles 1969-1985

December 17, 2017
View ArticleSt. Charles Hospital on Hospital Hill in Bend, OR
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Austere beginnings

Today a hotel stands on the rocky knoll across from St. Francis Catholic Church in Bend.

December 17, 2017
View ArticlePilot Butte Inn
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Part of the Community

Crowded, outdated and struggling, St. Charles Hospital had appealed to the community for help.

December 15, 2017
View ArticleFather Sheehan walking through garden
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Father lends a helping hand

Hospitals care for the sick. Churches care for the soul. But in hard times, the two can clasp hands to catch those tumbling through the g...

December 7, 2017
View ArticleA look at the lab in the early days of health care
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The sisters' first test

Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 pushed hospital to the limits

December 7, 2017
View ArticleThree people standing in front of first hospital in Bend, OR
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Hospital traces to humble beginnings

The square clapboard house at 81 Oregon Street fit only a few patients. Surgery was done in the kitchen. Its only nurse lived in half the...

December 7, 2017
View Articlepremature baby with blue cap
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Miraculous birth by today's standards

Early on, Neil’s fragile grip on life was touch-and-go.

December 7, 2017
View ArticleHorse drawn carriage
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House calls on horseback

Dr. Coe brings modern medicine to Bend

December 7, 2017
View Articlechicken eggs in hands
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Trading firewood for deliveries

OB-GYN remembers health care in a small-town Bend

December 7, 2017
View Articlemen standing on log chopping
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The Pioneers 1905-1918

Though settlement of Oregon’s high desert had begun more than 50 years earlier, the region St. Charles now serves was raw when the firs...

December 7, 2017
View ArticleSister Blanche Ress
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Blanche's lessons

Sister Blanche Ress was able to get the community to help build a new St. Charles Memorial Hospital.

December 7, 2017
View ArticleBlack and white photo of five nuns standing outside in the sun
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The sisters come to Bend

Five Catholic Sisters leave all that's familiar to bring help where it's needed.

December 7, 2017