Resurrection Health Care is a not-for-profit Catholic health care organization which operates six hospitals and many other health care facilities in the Chicago metropolitan area. The organization was incorporated in 1981, and is sponsored by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth

Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth

The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth are a Roman Catholic religious order which was founded in Rome in 1875 by Blessed Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd . The Sisters of the Holy Family are an apostolic, international congregation, located on four continents and in thirteen countries. There are...

 and the Sisters of the Resurrection

Sisters of the Resurrection

The Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection was founded in Rome in 1891 by a widow, Celine Borzecka, and her daughter, Hedwig Borzecka. The formation of the Congregation was the first time in the history of the Roman Catholic Church that a religious community of women was founded by a...

. It is headquartered in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

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Resurrection Health Care's six hospitals are Holy Family Medical Center (Des Plaines, Illinois

Des Plaines, Illinois

Des Plaines is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It has adopted the official nickname of "City of Destiny." As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,720. It is a suburb of Chicago, and is next to O'Hare International Airport...

), Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center (Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

), Resurrection Medical Center (Chicago), Saint Francis Hospital

Saint Francis Hospital of Evanston

Saint Francis Hospital of Evanston is a hospital in Evanston, Illinois. It is part of Resurrection Health Care. It Level 1 Trauma and Heart Center in North suburban Chicago.It has 550 general Acute care beds.-External links:...

 (Evanston, Illinois

Evanston, Illinois

Evanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan...

), Saint Joseph Hospital (Chicago), and Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center (Chicago). Resurrection formerly operated West Suburban Medical Center (Oak Park, Illinois

Oak Park, Illinois

Oak Park, Illinois is a suburb bordering the west side of the city of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is the twenty-fifth largest municipality in Illinois. Oak Park has easy access to downtown Chicago due to public transportation such as the Chicago 'L' Blue and Green lines,...

) and Westlake Hospital (Melrose Park, Illinois

Melrose Park, Illinois

Melrose Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a "near-in" suburb of Chicago. The population was 23,171 at the 2000 census. Melrose Park has long been home to a large Italian-American population, though now it is majority Mexican-American. It was the home of Kiddieland...

), but in November 2009, the organization announced that they would transfer ownership of the facilities to Vanguard Health Systems

Vanguard Health Systems

Vanguard Health Systems is an operator of hospitals and other medical facilities in five U.S. states: Arizona, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Texas. The company's headquarters are located in Nashville, Tennessee...

. In July 2011 Resurrection Healthcare announced they would merge with Provena Health.