Saint Mary's Home of Erie history

Nuns from the Roman Catholic religious order the Daughters of Wisdom began caring for the children in 1946 and managed the Home for many years.

On August 3, 1955, the Sisters of St Joseph broke ground for the 110 bed Saint Mary’s Geriatric Hospital which included 45 private rooms.

Through strong leadership and good business sense, the future of Saint Mary’s Home again became engraved within the Erie community when Saint Mary’s Home of Erie become a corporation in June of 1974.

In 1983 Saint Mary’s started publishing a bi-monthly newsletter called “The Mirror.” It was, and remains, a means for communicating the life within the walls of Saint Mary’s Home of Erie.

In 1987, Saint Mary’s offered a new service to the Erie community called Saint Mary’s Adult Day Care Center.

On October 2, 2001, a second Saint Mary’s campus was introduced to the Erie community.

In 2008, Saint Mary’s began a large-scale Replacement and Renovation Project at Saint Mary’s East that would add to the current nursing wings, but allow for 100 all private rooms.

In 2013, after more than six decades of helping children, St Mary’s began caring for adults over 21 as well with the opening of The Albero House.

In June of 2019, Allen L. Bonace, MSN/MBA, RN, NE-BC, NHA, former Vice President for Special Projects and Chief Operating Officer, was named successor to Sister Phyllis McCracken, SSJ, and currently serves as the President/CEO of Saint Mary's Home of Erie.