The Journey to Excellence Campaign

CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini is embarking on a capital campaign to enhance the health care and ministry that we have provided for the families of Central Louisiana for over a half century. This major philanthropic effort will positively impact the health delivery for future generations.

Invest in these Centers of Excellence:

The Cabrini Cancer Center –  CHRISTUS Cabrini Cancer Center is a comprehensive cancer center recognized by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. Affiliated, accredited and acknowledged as a leader in complete cancer care, the center is staffed and equipped to treat all types of cancer.  Whether treatment is needed for breast, prostate, lymphoma, colon, head, neck or lung cancers, all services are conveniently located within the center. 

Research protocols available to patients treated at our center give our physicians and patients access to new treatment portocols before they are available at other treatment centers. Through our valued relationships with M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Tulane University and various pharmaceutical companies, we provide cutting-edge protocols and clinical trials in both medical oncology and radiation therapy.

The Cabrini Heart Center – Cabrini Hospital has the distinction of performing the first open heart surgery in Central Louisiana. We want to continue that tradition of leadership in heart care. Through the Journey to Excellence we want to develop a One Stop center that offers the full range of cardiac services.

School – Based Health Centers -- CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital operates 17 school-based health centers throughout Central Louisiana. Though these programs are sponsored by the Louisiana Office of Public Health, the professional staffing of the center is a budget item of the hospital. Basic school health services are available to all students without charge. This forward thinking program improves access, for children and families, to quality medical and mental health care. The primary goal is to keep our children in school.

The Cabrini Chapel -- A new chapel will be constructed on the grounds of the hospital. As a Catholic health care institution, the Cabrini Chapel will be the spiritual center of CHRISTUS’ mission and ministry. The Chapel will be the spiritual oasis for those who are struggling with the emotional issues of life and death. Our new chapel will underscore our mission, “to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ”. If you would like to make a capital gift to the construction of the chapel, please contact the Foundation office at 318-448-6580.

Where the need is greatest -- These gifts are the much needed unrestricted gifts that allow hospital leadership to respond to any emergency situation. They may allocate resources to recruit a physician who has a national reputation or to assist in a community wide health project. These gifts add to the margin of excellence that is the goal of CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini.

The Cabrini Journey to Excellence Initiative is a major gift to sustain and enhance CHRISTUS clinical areas of excellence.