Hospital administrators, employees, volunteers and a group of students joined the bishop in the hospital chapel and later near the hospital main desk where the bishop blessed the Christmas tree and students sang for the group.
Bishop Malooly thanked all those who support the hospital.
“You are basically in service for the sake of the hospital,” he said. “This is a place that is lit up with God’s spirit and love.”
The event provides the opportunity to pray for loved ones, including those who have died in the last year.
Bishop Malooly and students from St. Anthony of Padua await the start of th “Lights of Love” program at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington.
Bishop Malooly blesses the tree during “Lights of Love” program at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Bishop Malooly blesses the tree during “Lights of Love” program at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Dan Sinnott, president and CEO of Saint Francis Healthcare, speaks to the gathering at “Lights of Love” Dec. 9. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Students from St. Anthony of Padua school.
Students from St. Anthony of Padua during 2019 “Lights of Love” program at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Students from St. Anthony of Padua during “Lights of Love” program at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens