St. Cloud Hospital
In 1916, looking forward to the future expansion of the hospital, the sisters purchased 20 acres (81,000 m2) of the P.J. Fosse farm north of St. Cloud. No thought of building was considered until after World War I. In May 1926, the sisters broke ground for a hospital to accommodate 200 patients. Sr. Julitta Hoppe, one of the first nursing graduates, was administrator of St. Raphael's at the time and oversaw the construction. The formal dedication of the hospital, renamed St. Cloud Hospital, occurred on February 9, 1928.
With the financial crash in 1929, the sisters struggled with the $2 million debt on the St. Cloud Hospital. However, the sisters managed their resources, which included the small stipends of sisters teaching in area schools, to make interest payments on their debt.
In 1962, the sisters relinquished ownership of St. Cloud Hospital, separately incorporating it into a non-profit corporation. Since then, St. Cloud Hospital has remained a Catholic hospital with a faith-based mission to care for the sick as if to Christ himself. In 1975, the Diocese of St. Cloud joined with the sisters in helping to maintain the Catholic character of the hospital. Since 1995, St. Cloud Hospital has operated under the auspices of the local Catholic Church of St. Cloud.
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