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July 5, 1900
St. Bernard’s Hospital in Jonesboro (Craighead County) opened its doors. This hospital has continued to grow and remains one of the main ministries of the sisters of the Holy Angels Convent, a community of Olivetan Benedictine Sisters in Arkansas. Now known as St. Bernards Medical Center, the hospital employs more than 2,200 people in northeastern Arkansas.