Saint Michael's Medical Center is a 358-bed hospital located at 111 Central Avenue in Newark, New Jersey.[1] It was opened on May 13, 1867,[2] by four members of the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor as Hospital of the Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis.[3][4] 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.[5] It was incorporated as St. Michael's Hospital by the State of New Jersey on March 9, 1871.[6] 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.[2] 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.[2]
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- ^ "Chapter CXLI An Act to Incorporate St. Michael's Hospital". Acts of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey. Morristown, N.J.: Secretary of State. 1871. pp. 420–421.