The medical center is located just south of the Bates College campus in Lewiston, Maine.

Separating the medical center from the campus is St. Mary's d'Youville Pavilion, a senior care facility also operated by Covenant Health.

The migration of the French Canadians, mostly from Quebec Province was huge, at times reaching to 100 to 150 arriving each day at the Grand Trunk Railroad Station on Lincoln Street.

This changed in June 1888 when the Sisters of Charity of St. Hyacinthe purchased a house on Sabattus Street along with 36 acres of land, all owned by Sarah J. Golder.

By 1898 the Medical Staff is organized with Dr. Alonzo Garcelon as its first president, the Society Dames Patronesses (Auxiliary) was formed along with the Men’s Hospital Association (Patrons).

The City of Lewiston responded to a small pox epidemic in 1899 by establishing a “Pest House” in which patients were quarantined.

[2] Since 1902 various renovations, expansions, and modernizations have expanded Saint Mary's to become a larger medical complex.

The young girls could stay at the “orphanage” until they were 18 years old with elementary schooling provided by the sisters right on site.

The astounding growth in the care of the sick, the elderly and the children through the work of the Sisters of Charity of Ste.