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SLI Events in Arizona, Texas Highlight New Opportunities

Visits in the southwestern US established new connections for partnerships, and included a fundraiser that garnered nearly $17,000 in pledges to support the organization’s new Partners in Healing Society.

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SLI Celebrates Catholic Sisters Week

As Saint Luke Institute envisions its future, we remain deeply committed to the healing, care, and support of our Religious Sisters.

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SLI Launches ‘Partners in Healing Society’ for Recurring Donors

Sustaining donors provide predictable and thoughtful gifts throughout the year, allowing us to plan treatment and prevention programs with security. We can more easily respond quickly when a priest or sister is in need, and ensure that no one is ever turned away for financial reasons.

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Lent: The Challenge and Peace of Spiritual Springtime

A video reflection for Ash Wednesday from our President & CEO, Rev. Patrick J. McDevitt, CM, PhD.

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Fr. Ken Phillips, TOR, MS, Remembered for a ‘Life of Healing’; SLI Charitable Fund Named In His Memory

SLI President & CEO Fr. Patrick McDevitt, CM, PhD stated, “This fund will continue Fr. Ken’s legacy and ensure that financial hardship never prevents priests, deacons, or women and men religious from receiving behavioral health and spiritual care support at SLI.”

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Memorial Mass Livestream for Fr. Ken Phillips, TOR, MS

View the recording of the Memorial Mass from the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land.

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Board Evolution Reflects Strategic Vision as Saint Luke Institute Approaches 50th Anniversary

At its meeting on January 27, 2026, the SLI Board elected a new chair, the first sister to hold the role, recognized its departing chair, and welcomed four new members to serve, with five members continuing their terms. They also thanked three members concluding their terms of service.

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Reflection for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Dr. King’s words: “I have a dream,” have endured because they represent hope. And that kind of hope matters right now, as we confront dehumanization and injustice in our public life.

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Statement from SLI President & CEO on the Passing of Fr. Ken Phillips, TOR, MS

Fr. Ken leaves us a lasting legacy of love, care, and steadfast commitment to the well-being of clergy and religious.

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Christmas Message from our President & CEO

The mystery of Christmas tells us something astonishing: God did not remain distant. God did not bypass humanity. God became human. And in doing so, God declared that our lives are gifts—sacred, holy, and filled with depth, meaning, and infinite possibility.

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