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Brother Bonaventure Thelen founded the first Alexian foundation in the United States in Chicago in 1866. In 1869 he came to St. Louis and obtained permission from Archbishop Kenrick to build a hospital. Brother Bonaventure purchased the old Simons mansion located on five acres at Carondelet (Broadway) and Osage Streets. The hospital admitted its first patient on April 12, 1870. In 1997 the Alexian Brothers sold the hospital. However, the Alexian Brothers continue their presence in St. Louis through ministering to older adults in the metropolitan area.
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Alexian Brothers of Missouri is known for its innovation and entrepreneurship in developing mission centered, integrated programs and services for Older Adults throughout the Metropolitan St. Louis area focuses on providing quality services to support individual choices and preferences based on the Alexian Brothers Core Values:
• Compassion
• Dignity of Person
• Care of the Poor
• Holism
• Partnership
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