{"id":641,"date":"2023-02-15T07:37:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T07:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonsecours.org\/?page_id=641"},"modified":"2025-07-14T18:36:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T18:36:39","slug":"united-states","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bonsecours.org\/en\/united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-675_1\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade  soliloquy-theme-base\" style=\"max-width:1140px;max-height:581px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-675_1\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-676\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsecours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/slide1-1.jpg\" alt=\"slide1\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-2 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-677\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-2\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsecours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/slide2-1.jpg\" alt=\"slide2\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-3 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-679\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-3\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsecours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/slide4-1.jpg\" alt=\"slide4\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-4 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-929\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-4\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsecours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/slide5-1-new.jpg\" alt=\"slide5-1-new\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-5 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-681\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-5\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsecours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/slide6-1.jpg\" alt=\"slide6\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-6 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-682\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-6\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsecours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/slide7-1.jpg\" alt=\"slide7\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-7 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-683\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-7\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsecours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/slide8-1.jpg\" alt=\"slide8\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><noscript><style type=\"text\/css\">#soliloquy-container-675_1{opacity:1}<\/style><\/noscript>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading eyebrow_copy\" >Where We Serve<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\" >United States<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_custom_1676446675359\" >Welcome to the United States<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"headquarter\">\n<li>Founded 1881<\/li>\n<li>Headquartered in Marriottsville, Maryland<\/li>\n<li>Area leader: Sister Elaine Davia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Welcome to the Sisters of Bon Secours in the United States. Our sisters were invited by James Cardinal Gibbons of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland, in 1881 to cross the Atlantic Ocean and spread the healing ministry of Jesus to those in North America. We have been blessed to continue this successful mission today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonsecours.us\/\">Visit the website for the Sisters of Bon Secours USA.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-top vc_row-flex\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h6 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\" >History<\/h6>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>The Sisters of Bon Secours arrived in Baltimore in 1881, and by 1909, had established convents in Washington, D.C., and Detroit, Michigan. The Sisters of Bon Secours provided the world\u2019s first recorded formal home health care service and, in 1907, opened the first child day care facility in Baltimore to help working mothers whose only alternative was to place their children in orphanages. In 1916, the Sisters of Bon Secours opened St. Edmond\u2019s Home for Crippled Children in Darby, Pennsylvania. It was the first Catholic home for children with physical challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The Sisters of Bon Secours established their first hospital in Baltimore in 1919. By 1980, the sisters had established and\/or managed several Catholic hospitals, long-term care facilities and other health care services.<\/p>\n<p>The Bon Secours Health System was formed in 1983 to provide skilled, unified management and professional resources for all Bon Secours health care operations while preserving Jesus\u2019 healing mission and Bon Secours\u2019 tradition of providing quality care to all, especially those who are poor, sick and dying. In 2018, when Bon Secours Health System and Mercy Health of Cincinnati merged, the Sisters of Bon Secours became one of the sponsoring congregations of Bon Secours Mercy Health, which operates 60 hospitals across the United States and Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\" >Ministry Today<\/h6>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  door-list\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Today we live and focus our ministry in Maryland and Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The sisters serve the needs of these communities through a variety of ministries and in collaboration with other religious and non-profit organizations including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list\">\n<li><strong>Health care:<\/strong> Hospitals, clinics, elderly care, assisted living, home care and hospice, community outreach<\/li>\n<li><strong>Social needs:<\/strong> Affordable housing, education and training for disadvantaged populations, men and women seeking asylum in the United States, advocacy, care of the earth<\/li>\n<li><strong>Faith-based nursing:<\/strong> Community advocates for social justice and equity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1677137427105\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container  button_custom vc_btn3-inline vc_custom_1706092301131\" id=\"smallfont\" ><a style=\"background-color:#00b2a9; color:#ffffff;\" class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-lg vc_btn3-shape-square vc_btn3-style-custom\" href=\"\/living-your-faith-as-a-sister-of-bon-secours\/\" title=\"\">Learn More About Becoming a Sister<\/a><\/div><div class=\"vc_btn3-container  button_custom vc_btn3-inline vc_custom_1706092312201\" id=\"smallfont\" ><a style=\"background-color:#7c6992; color:#ffffff;\" class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-lg vc_btn3-shape-square vc_btn3-style-custom\" href=\"\/bon-secours-associates\/\" title=\"\">Learn More About Becoming an Associate<\/a><\/div><div class=\"vc_btn3-container  button_custom vc_btn3-inline vc_custom_1706092324090\" id=\"smallfont\" ><a style=\"background-color:#84bd00; color:#ffffff;\" class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-lg vc_btn3-shape-square vc_btn3-style-custom\" href=\"\/pray\/\" title=\"\">Pray With Us<\/a><\/div><div class=\"vc_btn3-container  button_custom vc_btn3-inline vc_custom_1706098679380\" id=\"smallfont\" ><a style=\"background-color:#009cde; color:#ffffff;\" class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-lg vc_btn3-shape-square vc_btn3-style-custom\" href=\"https:\/\/bonsecours.org\/en\/bon-secours-international-young-adults\/\" title=\"\">Learn More About Our Young Adults Ministry<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sidebar wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h6 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\" >Explore Our Other Areas<\/h6>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  door-list\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/france\/\">France<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/ireland\/\">Ireland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/great-britain\/\">Great Britain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/peru\/\">Peru<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo\/\">Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Where We ServeUnited StatesWelcome to the United States Founded 1881 Headquartered in Marriottsville, Maryland Area leader: Sister Elaine Davia Welcome to the Sisters of Bon Secours in the United States. 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