Sister Mary Theophane, Administrator of Holy Family Hospital, has been promoted to a special assignment within the order it was announced this week by Rev. Mother Benedict, SCMM, Provincial of the American Province of Medical Mission Sisters.

Named administrator at Holy Family is Sister Mary Jacob, who has returned to this city where she previously held assignments including superior of the former Catholic clinic. She was most recently administrator at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Philadelphia.

In making the announcement, Mother Benedict lauded the work of Sister Theophane especially in Atlanta. She said: “The construction of Holy Family Hospital and the recent dedication and opening at its location on Fairburn Road stand out as a monument to the courage and hard work of Sister Theophane. A capable administrator, she has successfully concluded the tasks given her and now she moves on to a new assignment (to be announced later) and new adventures in the Apostolate of the sick and the suffering.

“I know that her many friends in Atlanta join me in wishing her Godspeed and prayerful best wishes. She shall be missed by Catholic and non-Catholic alike; for her work was to all irrespective of race or creed. The Lord’s vineyard is huge and the work of the Medical Mission Sisters has a special role. Sister Theophane’s new assignment will further this role, placing upon her new responsibilities and new challenges. I know she will meet them with prayerful resolution.”

“We hope that the people of Atlanta will take to their hearts the new administrator of Holy Family, Sister M. Jacob, and that the cooperation between the hospital and the community continues in the wonderful spirit of love and charity which has been the hallmark of our past relations.”

Sister Theophane is a Kentuckian and was educated in Kentucky schools, at Trinity College, Providence Hospital School of Nursing and at Catholic University of America. She entered the order in 1933 and took her perpetual vows in 1941.

Sister Jacob is from Detroit. Educated in Detroit, at Trinity College and Catholic University, she took her final vows in 1950. In addition to her previous assignment in Atlanta she has served as administrator of St. Vincent’s Hospital in Philadelphia.