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MHF Board Member Lyubov Slashcheva wins Prestigious EMU Young Alumni Award
Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship (MHF) is please to celebrate with Board Member Lyubov Slashcheva on her receipt of EMU's Young Alumni award. Slashcheva has served with MHF as past Board President and now as Board Member. She also holds leadership positions with...
View Recording of Paul Leichty’s Retirement Celebration
If you missed Paul's ZOOM Retirement Celebration, join us in Celebrating by Watching Here! USE PASSCODE: 2S&$%*8h Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship has been deeply enriched by Paul Leichty's service and ministry. We are so grateful for the years...
NEW EPISODE! Meet Cate Desjardins, new Executive Director
Episode 11: Introducing Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship’s new executive director, Cate Desjardins, MDiv, MPH. Chaplaincy during Covid19, Miracles, Surrogate Decision-Making and More.
MHF VIRTUAL GATHERING July 15th: MCC Health Programs – Changing Paradigms and Stories from Haiti
Join Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship for the launch of our VIRTUAL CONVERSATIONS on July 15th at 7 pm Eastern Time. Join the Conversation as we learn together from Paul Fast, Global Health Coordinator for Mennonite Central Committee, about changing paradigms in Global Health through stories from his time in Haiti and beyond. We will hear from Paul and have an open forum for discussion and reflection, as well as a chance to pray together for MCC and MHF’s Global Health programs.
Racial Justice is Integral to Health & Shalom
MHF is a collective of healthcare providers committed to Mennonite principles of non-violence, justice, and service. As such, we publicly condemn the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and all instances of state-perpetuated violence. These...
Mennonite Faith & Healthcare Vocations: Reflections from Cate
I came to the Mennonite church days before I turned 21. That was 10 years ago. In some ways that seems like a lifetime ago, and in many other ways I know I am (and perhaps forever will be) a “Menno-Baby.”
From day one at Madison Mennonite Church, it was so clear to me that Mennonites are a people who serve…
New Executive Director Appointed
The Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship (MHF) Board of Directors is very pleased to present Cate Michelle Desjardins, MDiv, MPH, as the new Executive Director of MHF starting in May 2020. Cate is passionate about integrating spirituality and healthcare…
Annual Gathering postponed
The MHF Board has made the difficult decision to postpone the Annual Gathering currently being planned until September 2021.
Virtual Gatherings 2020
Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship is organizing a Virtual Gathering Series with a number of online events spread out over the spring and summer of 2020.
Episode 8: Front line providers
MennoHealth Cast, Episode 8: Front line providers. Two nurses who have been redeployed during the pandemic discuss some of the challenges of redeployment and working at the front line of the pandemic.