Current and retired health care professionals from around the diocese gathered Oct. 8 in the Sacred Heart Chapel of St. Benedict’s Monastery in St. Joseph for a special Mass and blessing with Bishop Donald Kettler. The Mass was held to acknowledge the caring outreach practiced by health care professionals.
Retired nurses Ethel Backes, left, and Joan Patton greet people as they enter the Sacred Heart Chapel for the Mass. (Photo by Paul Middlestaedt / For The Visitor)
