Keynote Address: St. Francis Humanitarian Award Ceremony

In this address given at St. Joseph Hospital and Healthcare Center in Tacoma, WA, Archbishop Murphy praises the role Catholic healthcare facilities play in fulfilling the mission of Jesus Christ – to affirm the goodness and holiness of human life. He describes Catholic hospitals as different in that they embrace a respect for life shared with us by Jesus Christ. The archbishop elaborated by saying, “In a Catholic hospital, there is that tangible reality called the presence of the Lord which gives all that occurs here a new meaning and significance.”