Building
upon its heritage, St. Barnabas continues to reach out to those in need.
St. Barnabas lives out its mission through individual and institutional
services which help the health, education, and social needs of others.
St. Barnabas invites men and women to join its work in continuing Christian
caring, healing and teaching. St. Barnabas bears witness to its founder’s
reminder: “God is able.”
We, the people, who share the mission of St. Barnabas, dedicate ourselves
to furthering the quality of life through the provision of health care
and educational services. We are faithful to the Christian value of love.
This effort requires the dignity of the individual, identification with
the poor; compassionate concern for the healing of the total person, and
respect for the sacredness of the human being throughout life, from conception
through death and resurrection.
We accept the responsibility for prudent stewardship of our fiscal and
material resources and we work to design and implement cost-effective
methods for delivering health care and educational services. The intent
of our fiscal resource policy is to provide quality care to those we serve
and to maximize affordable service to those in need.
Both our fiscal commitment and our commitment to the publics we serve
direct us to work cooperatively with other community agencies and health
care organizations to enhance service to those in need.
We trust and respect all those who participate in the St. Barnabas mission.
This includes employees, volunteers, medical staff, members of boards,
and others who identify and support our work. Because all of God’s
people share a common humanity, an interdependence with one another; we
embrace those in need with prayerful concern, strongly advocating public
policies which further justice and peace. We view our organization as
a means to effect fundamental change in social policy and to demonstrate
leadership in the expression of Christian values.
We accept a leadership role in designing quality health care and financing
systems that assure access to needed health care services for all persons.
Among the health care needs given emphasis by our system are primary care
services, long-term care services for the economically poor with chronic
diseases or disabilities, residential services for the elderly, and home
care and companion services for the homebound.
Just as the love of Christ urged Brother Gouverneur P. Hance to devote
himself to the service of the poor, it impels us to continue service to
those in need and to take appropriate actions to assure the continuing
viability of our mission through a strong commitment to our programs and
associated services.
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