“Bon Secours” means “good help” in French. The Sisters of Bon Secours was founded in Paris in 1824. After the French Revolution, they defied tradition by caring for the sick and dying at their own bedsides. Eventually these brave nuns won the approval of the Catholic Archbishop of Paris.

Bon Secours in America
In 1881, the Sisters of Bon Secours arrived in the United States where they continued their work of visiting the poor, the sick and the dying in their homes. Over time they built a multi-state network of hospitals, long-term care facilities and healthcare services. All preserved the Bon Secours Catholic tradition of providing quality care, especially to the poor and the sick.

Bon Secours in Richmond
Bon Secours opened its first hospital in Virginia — Saint Mary's in Richmond. Today the Catholic healthcare system is one of the area’s largest employers, nationally recognized by AARP and Working Mother magazine. In addition to four hospitals, Bon Secours Richmond operates a school of nursing, a school of medical imaging, and two family practice residency programs. And true to the sisters’ original mission of a healing ministry, Bon Secours Richmond is active in community outreach health programs and services.

The Mission of Bon Secours
To provide compassionate, quality healthcare services to those in need, including the poor and dying, for the purpose of alleviating human suffering and bringing people to wholeness in the midst of pain and loss.

Bon Secours Richmond Health System Annual Report
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