Special Closing Mass of Celebration for Mercy Medical Center centennial

Attendees filled the pews at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre on March 23 for a special Closing Mass of Celebration to mark the end of the 100th Anniversary of Mercy Medical Center.

Established on the Feast of St. Patrick on March 17, 1913, in a 13-bed former sanitarium in Hempstead by the Congregation of the Infant Jesus, the Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor, Mercy has grown over the decades into one of Nassau County’s leading medical institutions. Most recently, the Joint Commission recognized Mercy as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measure, Mercy was ranked one of “100 Great Community Hospitals” by Becker’s Hospital Review, and was ranked among the top hospitals in New York State in the 2012 ratings of Best Hospitals by U.S. News and World Report.

The mass was celebrated by the Most Reverend William Murphy, Bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre. It gave thanks for the century of compassionate care made possible at Mercy by the hard work and dedication of not only the hospital’s physicians, nurses and support staff, but also The Friends of Mercy and the Council of Leagues auxiliary organizations, community residents and the continuing inspiration provided by the members of the founding Congregation.