Effingham, IL — On Tuesday, June 13, the Feast Day of Saint Anthony, HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital held an unveiling and blessing of the second panel of the “Canticle of the Sun” artwork by Dr. Ruben Boyajian, artist, general surgeon and medical director of St. Anthony’s Women’s Wellness and Cancer Care Services. The artwork is expressed through mosaics and is inspired by the well-known prayer written by St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis. This is the second panel of a three-panel artwork display located in the hospital’s Heritage hallway that overlooks the Healing Garden. Following remarks by HSHS St. Anthony’s President and CEO Chad Markham and Dr. Boyajian, Father Adam Prichard, St. Anthony’s priest chaplain, blessed the artwork.
Photos (left to right) and attached:
- Left Photo/Photo #1: Ruben Boyajian and Chad Markham, HSHS St. Anthony’s president and CEO, unveil the mosaic artwork.
- Middle Photo/Photo #2: Second panel of the “Canticle of the Sun” artwork by Dr. Ruben Boyajian, artist, general surgeon and medical director of St. Anthony’s Women’s Wellness and Cancer Care Services.
- Right photo/Photo # 3: Ruben Boyajian with his wife, Emily, and son Jacob.
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Hospital Sisters Health System’s (HSHS) mission is to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through our high-quality Franciscan health care ministry. HSHS provides state-of-the-art health care to our patients and is dedicated to serving all people, especially the most vulnerable, at each of our physician practices and 15 local hospitals in two states – Illinois (Breese, Decatur, Effingham, Greenville, Highland, Litchfield, O’Fallon, Shelbyville and Springfield) and Wisconsin (Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Oconto Falls, Sheboygan and two in Green Bay). HSHS is sponsored by Hospital Sisters Ministries, and Hospital Sisters of St. Francis is the founding institute. For more information about HSHS, visit www.hshs.org. For more information about Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, visit www.hospitalsisters.org.