Photos from Mooresville blessing and dedication

Images from the St. Francis Hospital-Mooresville blessing and dedication on April 16 are available for media download and use.

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Robert J. Brody, president and chief executive officer of St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers, addresses the crowd during the dedication of a $42 million expansion of the Mooresville campus on April 16.

Entertainment was provided by the Mooresville High School Madrigals.

Ryan Goodwin, representing the Mooresville Town Council, reads a proclamation during the blessing and dedication ceremony April 16.

Monsignor Joseph F. Schaedel, Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, and Father John Mannion, (not pictured) director of Spiritual Care at St. Francis, blessed the expanded facility with holy water.

Sister Jane Marie Klein (left, foreground) and Sister Mediatrix Nies cut the ribbon to officially open St. Francis Hospital-Mooresville’s largest expansion in its history. Sister Jane Marie is chairperson of the Sisters of St. Francis, Inc., Board of Trustees. Sister Mediatrix, visiting from Germany, is general superior of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration. Looking on are Ryan Goodwin (second from left), representing the Mooresville Town Council, and several St. Francis officials.

Members of the business community, hospital employees and leadership of Sisters of St. Francis Health Services facilities and corporate offices attended the St. Francis-Mooresville blessing and dedication April 16. The $42 million expansion - which includes new orthopaedic and adult medical-surgical inpatient units, an Intensive Care Unit, six new operating rooms, a new laboratory and new main lobby gallery - is the largest in the hospital's history.

Sister Mediatrix Nies, general superior of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration, shares a story with colleagues during a tour of the hospital.