CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare News
Our Mission Is To Treat Clients With Dignity
Breathing To Work, Working To Breathe
Nourishing Bodies and Spirits This Thanksgiving
Better Health Outcomes Through Counseling
Reflections of a Backline Worker
Patients’ Well-Being Is The Priority
Sisters Start The First School Of Nursing In Houston
Putting Her Best Face Forward
Student-Driven HANDs Project Raises Funds For CHRISTUS St. Mary’s Clinic
Sometimes Shoes And Socks Are Therapy Required
About CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare
Our Learners Are A Joy
The Mission of Our Daily Bread Means A Lot To Me
Providing Support for IMMTRAC Project
Time To Get Back On Track
Just A Phone Call Away
Keeping Patients Healthy For The Long Term
CHRISTUS Learning Center Students Stay On Task During COVID-19
CHRISTUS St. Mary’s Clinic Welcomes Dr. Maliha Beg
Long-Time Galveston Resident Provides Nourishment To Homeless During COVID-19
Bringing Smiles To Children’s Faces With CHRISTUS Operation San José
A New Path
16th Annual Spring Luncheon Canceled
The Tools To Succeed
CHRISTUS Healthy Living Mobile Clinics Partners with The Rose To Bring Well-Woman Exams to Remote Areas
That’s Where I Belong
CHRISTUS Healthy Living Mobile Clinics Provides Children’s Immunizations in East End
Partners in Health
St. Mary’s Clinic Rings In The New Year With Gratitude
A (Not So) Secret Santa Gifts A Learning Center Student
Routine Care at CHRISTUS St. Mary’s Clinic Offers Early Intervention
I Was A Stranger, and You Welcomed Me
Putting A Holiday Meal On The Table
My Journey with Diabetes
CHRISTUS Point of Light Clinic & Krist Samaritan: Partners In Physical & Mental Health
CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare Receives $3 Million Gift From CHRISTUS Health for St. Mary’s Clinic Construction
Serving Hope and Safety at CHRISTUS Our Daily Bread
Westwood Wealth Management Joins the Fight to Care for Galveston’s Homeless
CHRISTUS Learning Center Provides English and Cultural Sensitivity Education
CHRISTUS St. Mary’s Clinic Attention to Detail Puts You in a Different Frame of Mind
Medical Mission to Mexico Puts Focus on Restoring Hope
Hogg Foundation Awards Grants to Address Well-being
CHRISTUS Learning Center: Helping Juan’s Dream Come True
CHRISTUS Learning Center Helps a Mother of Two
Being the Good You Want to See in the World
TeleMedicine Bridges Child Health Care
Grateful to be of Service to the Community
Helping Clients with Prescriptions
CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare Hosts 15th Annual Spring Luncheon
UTMB Students Help CHRISTUS Our Daily Bread Clients Achieve Better Quality of Life
CHRISTUS School Based Clinics Awarded $15,000 by Charity Guild of Catholic Women
CHRISTUS School Clinic Provides Safe Harbor for St. Pius V 6th Grader
Everyday People: Richard Jesse Reece in His Own Words
Finding Her Voice, Supporting the Homeless
Worth the Weight…Loss
Dulce’s Light: The Mission of Helping a Seven Year Old Face the World with a Smile
USFHP Named Presenting Sponsor for the Nun Run
Nun Run Raises $83,000 for Underserved Children
Paying It Forward: The Steve Gonzalez Story
CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare Clinics Awarded for Excellence
St. Mary’s Clinic Makes a Difference
Flu Season is Here, Are you Prepared?
Breaking Bread with Cesarea Sandoval
Especially Blessed
A Triumphant Journey
One Client’s Daily Struggle
Working Parent Praises School Clinic
Aid for an Infection
I love, love, love Point of Light Clinic!
CHRISTUS Clinics Offers Reduce-Priced Vaccinations
UTMB Students Visit CHRISTUS Our Daily Bread
Bodies in Motion Wraps Up Another Successful Program
CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare Announces New President
CHRISTUS Healthy Living Mobile Clinic: Fulfilling the Mission
CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare Announces 14th Annual Nun Run
Operation San Jose: Dulce's Story
CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare hosts 14th annual spring luncheon
Valero donates $1,000,000 to help establish new community center
Our Patients Trust Us
An Everyday Miracle
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CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare Celebrates 13th Annual Nun Run
CHRISTUS Healthy Living Mobile Clinics receive Excellence Award for ZERO Deficiencies from Houston Health Department's Texas Vaccines for Children Program
Much Needed Medications for Mr. M
Hurricane Harvey Relief
We Survived the Storm!
CLOSED DUE TO HURRICANE HARVEY
Back-to-School Summer Bash provides close to 1,000 students with free backpacks and immunizations!
A Small Collection of Big Stories III
CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare announces new leadership as Kara T. Hill assumes role as President
Moody Foundation funds Mental HealthCare for CHRISTUS Point of Light Clinic
We love our Iris P. Webre Coach!
TPC Group Supports CHRISTUS School Clinics and Back to School Health Fair
Bank of America Supports more than 9,000 at Our Daily Bread in Galveston
A Small Collection of Big Stories II
Smart Financial Credit Union Supports CHRISTUS Healthy Living Mobile Clinics
Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza blesses New CHRISTUS Point of Light Clinic
A Small Collection of Big Stories
2016 CHRISTUS Spring Luncheon is a Grand Slam!
Gilbane Building Company’s Gilbane Cares Golf Tournament Supports CHRISTUS Healthy Living Mobile Clinics
Avoiding Emergency Rooms
Many Fronts in Fighting Obesity
Pay Gap Between Common Procedures
3rd Grader Celebrates Birthday and Holidays with Gift to Our Daily Bread
Houston Chronicle Profiles Sister Rosanne Popp
Fall 2014
Halliburton Charity Golf Tournament Supports Healthy Living Mobile Clinics
Roundtable Lunch with Matthew Minson, M.D.
Nun Run 2014 – Celebrating 10 Years!
Houston Chronicle Highlights St.Mary's as Care Resource
St. Mary’s Clinic Makes a Difference
Eight year old Sandra Lopez’s parents brought her to St. Mary’s Clinic to update her vaccines. Thankfully St. Mary’s Clinic made the difference.
Read MoreFlu Season is Here, Are you Prepared?
It is about that time of year again: Flu season. It is a time characterized by fever, muscle and body aches, headaches, running noses and more that has led to dire consequences, like death, without the first line of defense; the flu vaccine.
Read MoreBreaking Bread with Cesarea Sandoval
CHRISTUS Our Daily Bread’s Kitchen Manager and resident cook, Cesarea Sandoval aka Cissy, is the heart of the building, evoking memories and creating new ones with every meal prepped.
Read MoreCHRISTUS Clinics Offers Reduce-Priced Vaccinations
CHRISTUS Healthy Living Mobile Clinics offer all vaccinations for children two months to 18 years of age at zero-cost. Vaccinations are just as important for newly graduated high school seniors and new college students and college freshmen.
Read MoreUTMB Students Visit CHRISTUS Our Daily Bread
University of Texas Medical Branch Medical (UTMB) students enrolled in the School of Medicine and Masters of Public Health programs visited and toured the CHRISTUS Our Daily Bread facility, located at 2420 Winnie St. Galveston, Texas, as part of a 4-week long class called “Topics of Public Health.” The class was designed to introduce students…
Read MoreCHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare Announces New President
CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard R. Torres to the position of President and Executive Director, CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare. Torres will begin on Monday, June 11, 2018.
Read MoreCHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare Announces 14th Annual Nun Run
The Nun Run is a 40-mile, Blue Knights police-escorted motorcycle ride. The event that raises funds for 19 CHRISTUS School Clinics in Houston’s underserved communities.
Read MoreOur Mission Is To Treat Clients With Dignity
For almost 22 years, Lori Varela has been committed to serving Galveston’s homeless at CHRISTUS Our Daily Bread. Since 1986, CHRISTUS Our Daily Bread has provided two hot meals, much-needed medical assistance, access to psychological services, clothes and hygiene products. While the program services have remained consistent, the needs of the clients being served vary day-to-day.…
Read MoreBreathing To Work, Working To Breathe
For Jose, every breath he takes is work. A patient at CHRISTUS St. Mary’s Clinic, Jose has a history of asthma and was chronically short of breath, especially when working. His asthma medications were no longer helping, and he was finding his work as a pool repairman a struggle. About two years ago, Jose was…
Read MoreNourishing Bodies and Spirits This Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving provides us an opportunity to not only nourish the bodies of our clients and patients, but also their spirits. As in years past, the CHRISTUS Health Team throughout Houston and Galveston provided Thanksgiving food baskets to those in-need at our clinic and program locations. In lieu of complete Thanksgiving meals, 70 families received gift…
Read MoreBetter Health Outcomes Through Counseling
Mental health is just as important as medical care for underserved communities, and CHRISTUS St. Mary’s Clinic is seeing a greater demand for mental health services among its patients. “Mental health has not been a major focus previously in low-income communities,” said Richard Torres, CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare President. “COVID-19 has made it more of…
Read MoreReflections of a Backline Worker
By Sister Rosanne Popp, M.D. Medical Director, CHRISTUS St. Mary’s Clinic We hear in the news daily about the courage, endurance and dedication of front line health care workers who are battling daily to save patients’ lives during this pandemic. Indeed they are the heroes of the COVID war. What is it like to be…
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