From Shadows and Imagination Into Reality - Chewelah, WA
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N 48° 16.690 W 117° 42.655
11U E 447254 N 5347462
This sculpture, of the Dominican Sisters of Spokane, is displayed in front of the main entrance of Providence St. Joseph's Hospital in Chewelah, WA
Waymark Code: WMK7MA
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2014
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The Dominican Sisters of Spokane founded Holy Family Hospital on the north side of the Spokane, which is now part of the Providence Health Care system, which operates this hospital. The Sisters taught at Spokane’s Assumption School. In 1930, the Sisters began this hospital, St. Joseph’s, in Chewelah, Washington.
Providence Health Services in Washington was born in 1856, with the arrival of five nuns, the Sisters of Providence, from Montreal at Fort Vancouver on the banks of the Columbia River. Beginning by housing orphans and the elderly, they soon began building and opening hospitals throughout Washington. Through the years their network of small hospitals expanded into what is now a five-state, not-for-profit health and services network with more than 60,000 employees. It has since taken over the operation of St. Joseph's.
This sculpture, of three of the hospital's founding Dominican Sisters, was done by David Govedare of Chewelah and mounted for display in August of 1994.
"FROM SHADOWS AND IMAGINATION INTO REALITY"
THE SISTERS' HEADS ARE LIFTED AND THEIR
EYES ARE FIRMLY FIXED UPON A VISION
INSPIRED BY THEIR FOUNDER, ST. DOMINIC.
SINCE 1925, WHEN THE FIRST SISTERS ARRIVED
IN THE NORTHWEST FROM GERMANY,
THE DOMINICAN SISTERS OF SPOKANE SERVED
WHEREVER THE NEED WAS GREATEST, PLANTING
AND NURTURING SEEDS OF MINISTRY WITH
OTHERS WHO SHARED THEIR MISSION.
DEDICATED IN LOVING GRATITUDE AUGUST, 1994
SCULPTURE BY DAVID GOVEDARE
Title of Piece: From Shadows and Imagination Into Reality
Artist: David Govedare
Material/Media: Bronze & Stone
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Providence St. Joseph's Hospital - Chewelah, WA
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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