April 9, 2025

Portugal’s Ministry of Health honors the Institute of the Sisters Hospitallers Portugal

Warning: Trying to access array offset on false in /home/lamachic/hospitalarias.org/wp-content/plugins/pro-elements/modules/dynamic-tags/tags/post-featured-image.php on line 39

As part of the World Health Day celebrations, the Sisters Hospitallers Institute has been awarded the Gold Grade Distinguished Service Medal, presented by the Portugal Ministry of Health. The ceremony took place at the INFARMED Auditorium and was attended by Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, Minister of Health Ana Paula Martins, Director General of Health Rita Sá Machado, and representatives from several leading institutions in the healthcare sector.

This decoration—the highest honor awarded by the Ministry of Health—serves as a public and national recognition of the work we have been carrying out for over 130 years, in service of people, especially the most vulnerable, promoting health with science, with humanity, and with heart.

This medal is a symbol. It represents the dedication of our teams, the trust of those we care for, and the fidelity to a mission that is renewed each day: to provide integral care, by listening, welcoming, and respecting the uniqueness of every life.

We receive it with gratitude and humility, knowing that the true merit lies in every daily act of care, in every life touched by hospitality.

To all those who are part of this mission: this distinction is yours. We celebrate with you. We move forward, together.

Click here to relive the World Health Day Commemorative Ceremony.

More News

June 7, 2026

Hospitality Without Borders: Many Cultures. One Hospitality.

Hospitality knows no borders, languages, or cultures. Wherever the Hospitaller Sisters are present, we find the same way of seeing each person: with respect, compassion, and commitment.

May 31, 2026

Message from Sister Idilia for the celebration of the 145th anniversary of the founding of the Congregation

Sister Idilia Maria Carneiro, Superior General, shares a message on the occasion of the 145th anniversary of the founding of the Congregation, inviting the entire hospitaller community to celebrate with gratitude the legacy of our founders, Hospitality, and the renewed commitment to continue living the mission through faith, fraternity, and service to our most vulnerable brothers and sisters.

May 28, 2026

Portugal and Latin America experience the Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the spirit of Hospitality

The communities of the Hospitaller Sisters in Portugal and Latin America are joyfully and fraternally experiencing the congregational novena dedicated to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a time of encounter, prayer, and shared renewal that brings together the different realities of the Congregation.