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The best care possible.

At FMOL Health, healthcare isn’t just something we provide. It’s something we live out, every day, in every community we are privileged to serve. Across Louisiana and Mississippi, we deliver the best care possible, where clinical excellence meets genuine compassion and every person is welcomed.

We are a unified, nonprofit Catholic health system rooted in Franciscan values and driven by people, not profit. Our connected network of hospitals, clinics and specialty centers brings together expert clinicians, advanced technology and a shared commitment to care that is both clinically advanced and deeply human.

Your health, our calling.

Guided by faith and shaped by more than a century of service, we are called to make a meaningful difference, improving access, advancing medicine and meeting people where they are, especially those most in need.

For us, healthcare is an action rooted in faith, strengthened by connection and defined by compassion. Our uniquely Franciscan approach shapes every patient experience, from community outreach and pastoral care to education, research and innovation.

One system. Many ministries. One shared purpose.

FMOL Health serves communities across the Gulf South, with care spanning Acadiana to Baton Rouge, the Northshore to Northeast Louisiana, and Jackson, Mississippi. Our family of ministries — FMOL Health | Our Lady of the Lake, FMOL Health | Our Lady of Lourdes, FMOL Health | St. Dominic and FMOL Health | St. Francis — are united by a single calling: to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ through compassionate, expert care for all.

Following in the footsteps of the Franciscan Sisters, we continue to go where we are called, responding to the needs of today while building a healthier future for generations to come.

The Reach of Our Healthcare Ministry

Map of regional hospital coverage
  • FMOL Health | Our Lady of the Lake in Greater Baton Rouge and the Northshore
  • FMOL Health | Our Lady of Lourdes in Acadiana
  • FMOL Health | St. Dominic in Greater Jackson
  • FMOL Health | St. Francis in Northeast Louisiana

On Straight from the Source, FMOL Health President & CEO E.J. Kuiper discussed the system’s transition to FMOL Health, a new chapter for the leading Catholic health system in the Gulf South, and why it’s far more than a name change.