{"id":300354,"date":"2026-10-05T21:08:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T21:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/300354\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T21:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T21:08:43","slug":"sister-margaret-ann-hardner-leaves-a-legacy-of-service-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/300354\/","title":{"rendered":"Sister Margaret Ann Hardner Leaves a Legacy of Service | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"sister margaret.png\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Sister Margaret Ann Hardner, a beloved leader in Erie, has passed away at 95. A member of the Sisters of St. Joseph since 1949, she served as CEO of St. Vincent Health Center for 22 of her 34 years there, leaving a legacy of growth and compassion.<\/p>\n<p>Sister Margaret Ann founded the Courage to Come Back program, now known as the SSJ Spirit of Courage, honoring those who overcame adversity. In 2007, the Hardner Building was named in her honor on the AHN Saint Vincent campus. She also made mission trips to India, supporting schools and hospitals through the Shankar Service Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders and colleagues describe her as kind, empathetic, and deeply dedicated to her faith and her community. Dr. Chris Clark of AHN Saint Vincent praised her impact on healthcare, while Sister Mary Drexler highlighted her care for patients, staff, and her fellow sisters.<\/p>\n<p>Her legacy of compassion and service will live on in Erie and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sister Margaret Ann Hardner, a beloved leader in Erie, has passed away at 95. A member of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[123741,136,138,137,123739,9663,123742,123740],"class_list":["post-300354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-courage-to-come-back","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-sister-margaret-ann-hardner","tag-sisters-of-st-joseph","tag-ssj-spirit-of-courage","tag-st-vincent-health-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}