Company Profile
Christus Health
Company Overview
About CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital: Founded in 1869 by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital is a Catholic faith-based, non-profit health and wellness ministry dedicated to providing the highest quality medical care and services available.
Our Mission:
WHY WE EXIST.
To extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ.
Our Core Values:
WHAT WE BELIEVE IN.
DIGNITY Respect for the worth of every person, recognition and commitment to the value of diverse individuals and perspectives, and special concern for the poor and underserved.
INTEGRITY Honesty, justice, and consistency in all relationships.
EXCELLENCE High standards of service and performance.
COMPASSION Service in a spirit of empathy, love, and concern.
STEWARDSHIP Wise and just use of talents and resources
in a collaborative manner.
Our Vision:
WHAT WE ARE STRIVING TO DO.
CHRISTUS HEALTH, a Catholic health ministry, will be a leader, a partner and an advocate in the creation of innovative health and wellness solutions that improve the lives of individuals and communities so that all may experience God's healing presence and love.
Our Name and Symbol:
WHO WE ARE.
CHRISTUS is Latin for "Christ," and proclaims publicly the core of our mission.
OUR NAME choice also recognizes the heritage of our two congregational sponsors, the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in Houston and San Antonio. Jesus Christ is the Incarnate Word, the Word of God made flesh. It is, therefore, only fitting that it is in another form of His name that our health ministries are called together.
OUR SYMBOL
Reflects the healing ministry of Jesus Christ - a combination of a medical cross and a religious cross. The flowing banner on the cross is a common symbol of the risen Christ, while the royal purple signifies Christ. The flowing banner also conveys a sense of motion as we move forward into a new era of service to our communities.
Company History
In 1869 Sisters Overcome Distance Fire to Establish Santa Rosa Infirmary
The CHRISTUS Legacy
In March of 1869, Sisters Madeline Chollet, Pierre Cinquin, and Agnes Buisson left Galveston for San Antonio by stagecoach. They traveled more than 80 miles on roads that were essentially nothing more than wagon ruts. When they arrived, they learned that one building intended for their use had burned to the ground.
Undaunted by the tragedy and fortified by their faith, the Sisters set out to rebuild the burned structure. After eight moths of arduous effort, the hospital was finished and named Santa Rosa Infirmary.
On November 25, 1869, Sister Madeline submitted an announcement to The Weekly Express informing the public that San Antonio's first private hospital would be open to "all persons without distinction of nationally or creed." On December 3, the day of the hospital's opening, the nine-bed hospital admitted eight patients.
Santa Rosa Infirmary, has undergone many changes and additions since its inception. A clinical pathological laboratory was established in 1910. In 1918, Santa Rosa became the first hospital in Texas to devote a separate unit for the care of crippled children. In 1930, five years before it became the first Texas hospital to install air conditioning, the Santa Rosa Infirmary was renamed Santa Rosa Hospital.
Gradually, the concept of a complete system of health care began to emerge. In effect, the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word pioneered the idea of a total system of medical care that would offer the latest preventive, diagnostic and treatment facilities to care for the mind, body and spirit of all the inhabitants of San Antonio and South Texas. To this end, the Sisters opened a children's hospital in 1959. CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children's Hospital is dedicated to the treatment of children who suffer from chronic illnesses and cancer. With a solid base of acute hospitals for children and adults, specialty centers and technological advances began to rapidly increase.
Today, the people of CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care reach out to the people of San Antonio with new medical technology and high standards of excellence, a mission of caring is planted firmly in the efforts of the founding Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word.