In keeping with this core belief, the medical staff, employees and volunteers of St. John’s Mercy support and commit to the following beliefs as a basis for decision-making and service provision:

1. We exist to respond to the health needs of individuals and families in our communities to the fullest extent that human and material resources will allow.
2. We are called as advocate and provider, where possible, to assist the materially poor and others in need of obtaining health services.
3. We recognize that every person is created in God’s image and enjoys special dignity and equal worth. Recognition of this dignity demands that acceptance, compassion, and respect characterizes relationships among those who serve and with those served.
4. We reflect the excellence of professional standards and sound business practice and evidence personalized care and warm hospitality in the quality and breadth of service.
5. We promote networking among care providers with a similar mission and pursue this in ways that will strengthen our collective service response.
6. We give public testimony to the reality of God, the healing redemptive presence of Christ and respect for human life. We uphold that service to the sick and dying is an opportunity for all involved to come to a deeper understanding of the true meaning and gift of life.