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Foundation Grateful for Monsignor
Hendricks’ Labor of Love
“It was like a homecoming for me joining the board in
2005,” says Monsignor Joseph Hendricks, who this year
is completing 12 years as a member of the Mount Carmel
Foundation Board of Trustees. orthopedic patient care tower was completed four years ago
transforming Mount Carmel St. Ann’s into a regional medical
center that serves patients and their families throughout
central Ohio.
Monsignor Hendricks first came to Mount Carmel West
46 years ago as a deacon intern. Supervised by hospital
chaplain Monsignor Bennett Applegate, he enjoyed
chaplaincy ministry, but the diocese had other plans for the
young priest, who early on displayed a gift for administration
that has served to further its mission. Most recently, he has provided significant input to raise
funds for the new, $355 million, 210-bed hospital in Grove
City, which is slated to open in 2018.
“Over four and half decades, I have seen great changes
at Mount Carmel, and it’s always been a special place with
the wonderful mission of providing Catholic healthcare to
anyone who needs it,” he recalls. “Mount Carmel’s mission
for the poor and underprivileged particularly resonates
with me.”
Appointed to the Mount Carmel Foundation Board as a
delegate for Bishop Fredrick Campbell, Msgr. Hendricks
was instrumental in the success of Project Grace, the 2011
campaign to raise $5 million in philanthropic support for the
$110 million historic expansion and renovation of the Mount
Carmel St. Ann’s campus. As general chair for Project Grace,
Msgr. Hendricks oversaw fund raising for the campaign,
which achieved milestone success. The new cardiac and
Monsignor
Joseph
Hendricks
Through
the Years
“I am very excited about the new hospital and want everyone
to understand how important Mount Carmel is in Columbus
and in the region,” he says. “To me, the ‘Because of You’
slogan is more than just words. I’m gratified to know that
the West campus — where I first encountered the spirit and
compassion of Mount Carmel — will remain a very central
part of the health system, providing emergency, outpatient,
primary care and nursing education to the people of
Franklinton and Columbus for years to come.”
“I will miss serving on this board and will miss working so
closely with the other trustees, especially Sister Barbara
Hahl, whose Sisters of the Holy Cross initiated and have
sustained the mission all these years,” he says. “My service
to Mount Carmel has been a labor of love, and I am grateful
for the opportunity to have made a difference.”
Ordained in Columbus at St. Joseph Cathedral on May 27, 1972, Msgr. Hendricks’ gifts have
been employed to administer at several institutions over the years, starting with parish
schools and Bishop Hartley High School in Columbus before moving to Seattle. At Saint
Thomas Seminary in Seattle he set up and directed a high school formation program for
young men considering the priesthood. He was recruited back to the Columbus Diocesan
priesthood in 1979 and appointed to the Pontifical College Josephinum, where Msgr.
Hendricks served in a number of capacities, including teacher and spiritual director. In 1982,
he was appointed Diocesan vice chancellor, serving Bishop James Griffin in administrative
roles for nearly 22 years until he left as vicar general to concentrate on pastoral duties while
continuing to serve the bishop as a staff advisor. Since 1997, Msgr. Hendricks has been pastor
of Saint Brigid of Kildare in Dublin, where he lives.
He grew up in Columbus with his twin brother, who lives in Chicago, and his sister, who lives
in Delaware with their mother. He attended Corpus Christi School, Columbus Aquinas High
School and St. Charles College (Columbus) before completing his priestly formation at The
Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He later earned a master’s degree at the
University of Seattle.
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