Saint Michael's Medical Center

Saint Michael's Medical Center is a 358-bed hospital located at 111 Central Avenue in Newark, New Jersey. It was opened on May 13, 1867, by four members of the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor as Hospital of the Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis. The four nuns, Sr. Monica Voss (superior), Sr. Fortulana Menzen, Sr. Ewalda Mittler, and Sr. Masssea Keenan, and a postulant, Bridget McDonald, had been previously serving St. Mary's Hospital in Hoboken, NJ. It was incorporated as St. Michael's Hospital by the State of New Jersey on March 9, 1871. Under its charter, the Catholic Bishop of Newark was head of the Board of Directors, but in practice it continued to be managed by the Sisters. One of the three earliest voluntary hospitals in New Jersey, it was initially supported through public donations, but by 1875 it received some support from the diocese and the city.

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