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June 30, 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada – The vision of Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican hospitals for four neighborhood hospitals is a step closer to reality after the June 15, 2017, ribbon-cutting ceremony for the hospital in North Las Vegas. 

Sister Kathleen McGrail, OP, offers the blessing.

St. Rose Dominican, sponsored by the Adrian Dominican Sisters, broke ground for the 20,000-square-foot hospital in the spring of 2016. The hospital formally opens on June 30. During the remainder of 2017, the other three neighborhood hospitals will be opened: July 24, August 16, and early November.

Sister Kathleen McGrail, OP, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the neighborhood hospitals were planned to meet the needs of people who are underserved or unserved.  The hospitals are designed so each patient can be seen by a physician and two nurses.

For details, read the article in the Las Vegas Sun by Chris Kudialis and the article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal by Katelyn Newberg.

Feature photo (top): Taking part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the neighborhood hospital in North Las Vegas are, from left, Dr. Jason Jones, Medical Director; Leslie Kosak, Chief Nursing Officer; Sally Doebler, Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce; Sister Kathleen McGrail, OP, Vice President of Mission Integration; Angela Hunt, District Hospital Administrator; Laura Hennum, CEO of Nevada Market; John Lee, Mayor of North Las Vegas; Charles Guida, President of Health Foundation; Richard Cherchio, Councilman; and Eugene Bassett, Senior Vice President, Nevada Operations for Dignity Health.

June 29, 2017, Québec City, Québec, Canada – Scott Miller, of the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ Technology Department, received honorable mention as Video Producer/Videographer of the Year from the Catholic Press Association (CPA) for his production of the video series JOY. 

JOY was a series of videos produced as part of the Christmas fundraising effort of the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ Development Office. Each video highlighted a different type of ministry of the Congregation, showing how that ministry brought joy to the minister and those who were served. 

The series included A Special Message of JOY; Bringing Joy through Music – Sister Magdalena Ezoe; Bringing JOY through Ministry – St. Luke’s N.E.W. Life Center; Bringing JOY through Education – Dominican Literacy Center; and Bringing JOY through Art – the Rosa Parks Peace Program. The series, filmed and edited by Scott, was a collaborative effort of the Communications, Development, and Technology Departments.

“Thanks to Scott’s amazing work and the generosity of our donors, we had an 11 percent increase in our annual appeal over the year before,” said Amy Palmer, Director of Development.

The award was announced on June 23, the final day of the CPA’s Catholic Media Conference at Laval University, Québec City, Québec, Canada. This is the second year in a row that the Congregation has been recognized for its video production.

In this award category, Scott faced stiff competition. The first-, second-, and third-place winners were staff members of Catholic News Service, a news wire service with headquarters in Washington, offices in New York and Rome, and correspondents around the world. Also receiving honorable mention was The Georgia Bulletin, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.