A gesture, a moment, a presence that transforms lives.
The hospital volunteer is distinguished by a spirit of free and compassionate welcome toward those in need and vulnerability, especially individuals with mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and other health conditions.
A story with deep roots
Volunteering within the Congregation of the Hospital Sisters has been present since its beginnings. Saint Benedict Menni, the founder, is its most notable example—first as a volunteer in Milan (Italy), tending to the wounded from the Battle of Magenta (1859), and later in Spain as a Red Cross volunteer during the Carlist Wars (1873–1876).
Volunteering within the Congregation of the Hospital Sisters has been present since its beginnings. Saint Benedict Menni, the founder, is its most notable example—first as a volunteer in Milan (Italy), tending to the wounded from the Battle of Magenta (1859), and later in Spain as a Red Cross volunteer during the Carlist Wars (1873–1876).
Volunteers are members of the hospital community who, freely, selflessly, and with shared responsibility, enrich hospital ministry with their own gifts.
In practice, their actions embody and convey a deep sensitivity toward the excluded, create a relational environment that contributes to humanizing care, and also humanize those who serve.
