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February, 2010

TWO NEW TRUSTEES JOIN BOARD OF ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SERVICES

(January 26, 2010 - North Providence, RI) - St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island has announced the appointment of Rev. Robert H. Forcier, R.Ph., and Ellen Frances McCarty, Ph.D, R.N., PMHCNS-BC, to its Board of Trustees.

Rev. Forcier (of Cranston) is Associate Pastor at Holy Apostles Church in Cranston and also serves as the Human Life Guild Chaplain. He is a member of the Diocesan Pastoral Council and is a registered pharmacist with a B.A in pharmacy from the University of Rhode Island. Rev. Forcier received his Masters in Spirituality from Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.

Ellen McCarty (of Somerset, MA) is a professor of nursing at Salve Regina University and is a scholar and researcher in the areas of geropsychiatry and family care. She serves as Chairperson of the Salve Regina University Institutional Review Board. McCarty received her Ph.D. in Nursing from the Boston College School of Nursing and her M.S. in Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing from the Boston University School of Nursing.

"We are pleased to welcome Fr. Forcier and Ellen Frances McCarty to our Board of Trustees," said Rev. Monsignor Paul D. Theroux, JCL, Chairman of the St. Joseph Health Services Board. "Their perspectives in spiritual care, nursing, and education will prove helpful as St. Joseph Health Services strives to continually enhance the well-being of the community we serve."

An affiliate of CharterCARE Health Partners, St. Joseph Health Services of RI is the corporate parent of Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, St. Joseph Hospital for Specialty Care and the St. Joseph Living Center. The Catholic health system operates 270 beds, employees more than 1,900 employees and has annual revenues in excess of $170 million.

Ellen Frances McCarty, Ph.D, R.N., PMHCNS-BC	Rev. Robert H. Forcier, R.Ph.