Saint Rose Hospital

Directions to Saint Rose

St. Rose Hospital is located at 27200 Calaroga Avenue in Hayward on the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay in Southern Alameda County. The hospital is located off I-880 at the Tennyson Road exit in Hayward. Free parking is available for all patients and visitors.

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From San Jose

Take I-880 North to the Tennyson Road (West) exit. Make a right at the first light (Calaroga Avenue). The hospital is located at the second driveway on the right.

From San Francisco

Take the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge towards Oakland to I-880 South towards San Jose. Take the Tennyson Road (West) exit in Hayward. Make a right at the first light (Calaroga Avenue). The hospital is located at the second driveway on the right.

From Oakland

From I-580: Take I-580 East to I-238 South (San Jose) to I-880 South. Take the Tennyson Road (West) exit in Hayward. Make a right at the first light (Calaroga Avenue). The hospital is located at the second driveway on the right.

From I-880: Take I-880 South towards San Jose. Take the Tennyson Road (West) exit in Hayward. Make a right at the first light (Calaroga Avenue). The hospital is located at the second driveway on the right.

From Livermore

Take I-580 West (towards Hayward) to I-238 South (San Jose) to I-880 South. Take the Tennyson Road (West) exit in Hayward. Make a right at the first light (Calaroga Avenue). The hospital is located at the second driveway on the right.

From Concord

Take 680 South (San Jose) to I-580 West (towards Hayward) to I-238 South (San Jose) to I-880 South. Take the Tennyson Road (West) exit in Hayward. Make a right at the first light (Calaroga Avenue). The hospital is located at the second driveway on the right.

From San Mateo

Take the San Mateo Bridge (I-92 East) to I-880 South (San Jose). Take the Tennyson Road (West) exit in Hayward. Make a right at the first light (Calaroga Avenue). The hospital is located at the second driveway on the right.

The History of St. Rose

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Wichita originated in the mid-century French city of LePuy. War, both civil, foreign, hunger, famine oppressive taxation, and street violence were just a few conditions in which Jean Pierre Medaille and six women began to meet needs. Rooted in charity and humility, the apostolic spirituality of the Daughters of St. Joseph found expression in the works of mercy in serving the sick poor.

Through the eighteenth century, the congregation spread throughout south central France until the French Revolution in 1789 forced the Sisters out of their convents and into hiding. Some of them were guillotined for their faith and works of charity. Among the congregations of St. Joseph established after the revolution was that of Lyons, France, by Mother St. John Fontbonne. In 1836 at the request of Bishop Rosati of St. Louis, she sent six missionary sisters who settled at Carondelet, near St. Louis, Missouri.

Most American congregations of Sisters of St. Joseph stemmed from this foundation in St. Louis. As the country moved westward and as new waves of immigrants filled the eastern seacoast, new dioceses were formed and new foundations grew to meet the corporal and spiritual needs of the expanding country and population. Although the Sisters of St. Joseph of Wichita trace their origins to the foundation at Carondelet, their more immediate roots come through the Rochester, New York and Concordia, Kansas congregations. Mother Stanislaus Leary of Rochester founded the Concordia congregation. Joining her from Erie, Pennsylvania, was Sister Bernard Sheridan. In 1888, as a result of the formation of new dioceses in Kansas, she became Mother Bernard Sheridan, the founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph who eventually moved to Wichita in 1900.

Although the first ministry of the congregation was education, the healthcare ministry of the Sisters has always been a vital expression of their charity. Beginning in 1903 with the building of Mt. Carmel Center in Pittsburg, Kansas, the ministry spread throughout Kansas into the states of Colorado, Oklahoma and California. Today, that ministry sponsors medical centers, hospitals, and senior citizen facilities under the aegis of the Via Christi Health System.

St. Rose Hospital is a significant part of the history of healthcare ministry. In 1953 a group of Hayward citizens formed a committee to study the health needs of southern Alameda County. Initially, the Dominican Sisters from Everett, Washington agreed to sponsor the proposed hospital but before it became operational, the Dominican Sisters had to withdraw. Their legacy to the hospital endures in its name, St. Rose, a saint of their order and in the name of the street, Calaroga. St. Dominic who founded the order was from Calaroga, Spain. Following withdrawal of the Dominican Sisters, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Wichita accepted responsibility for the ownership, construction, and operation of the new facility that opened October 22, 1962.

Today, St. Rose Hospital is an acute, general, not-for-profit, 175-bed facility serving the needs of the diverse cultural and ethnic population of southern Alameda County and its environs. St. Rose Hospital provides primary and secondary medical/surgical services and skilled nursing care while networking with others to ensure continuity for tertiary care and other needs.

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