Daughters of Charity-Seton Hospital ©2002 Ellen Silva
Designed/Painted by: Ellen Silva
Size: 52' x 12'
Date: June 2002
Location: Client: Seton Medical Center, Daly City, CA
Designed/Painted by: Ellen Silva
Size: 52' x 12'
Date: June 2002
Location: Client: Seton Medical Center, Daly City, CA
Description
In stunning colors, a mural depicting the history of the community-care activities of the Daughters of Charity sweeps across the west wall of Seton's cafeteria-dining room for 52 feet at a height of 12 feet.
The idea of the Heritage Wall came from the Seton Health Services Foundation, and a committee composed of Sister William Eileen Dunn, D.C., Sister Marjory Ann Baez, D.C., Bernadette Smith, and Frank Malifrando.
The mural was designed by Ellen Silva an independent artist hired by Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center.
After the design was completed, Ellen and her staff transferred an outline drawing of the mural on to the dining-room wall. Seton associates were invited to a 2 hour "paint-In" to fill in the colors. They came by the dozens, took up brushes dipped in bold pigments, and, guided by a small rendering of the finished design, brought to life the persons and events portrayed.
Ellen completed the mural-and corrected not-quite-even lines or borders applied by the enthusiastic, but not always accurate, Seton volunteers who, even as they painted, became part of the ongoing history portrayed in the mural.
The panorama left to right:
1633 - St. Vincent de Paul and Sister Louise de Marillac founded the Daughters of Charity in Paris, France
1809 - Saint Anne Seton founded the Daughters of Charity on the East Coast of North America
1810 - Daughters of Charity landed in San Francisco
1893 - Mary's Help Hospital founded in 1893 in San Francisco
1912- First graduating class of Mary's Help Hospital School of Nursing
1913 - First Free Clinic opened in San Francisco at Mary's Help Hospital
1965 - Mary's Help Hospital built in Daly City
1983 - Seton Medical Center Built in Daly City
June 2002 - Celebrating 150 Years in California
Current Day Activities shown are: Marie Mahony, R.N., who worked at Seton for 62 Years, teaching a class; doctors looking at X-Ray; Seton Medical Hospital; Sister Carmen Ptacnik, D.C., comforting a patient.
The idea of the Heritage Wall came from the Seton Health Services Foundation, and a committee composed of Sister William Eileen Dunn, D.C., Sister Marjory Ann Baez, D.C., Bernadette Smith, and Frank Malifrando.
The mural was designed by Ellen Silva an independent artist hired by Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center.
After the design was completed, Ellen and her staff transferred an outline drawing of the mural on to the dining-room wall. Seton associates were invited to a 2 hour "paint-In" to fill in the colors. They came by the dozens, took up brushes dipped in bold pigments, and, guided by a small rendering of the finished design, brought to life the persons and events portrayed.
Ellen completed the mural-and corrected not-quite-even lines or borders applied by the enthusiastic, but not always accurate, Seton volunteers who, even as they painted, became part of the ongoing history portrayed in the mural.
The panorama left to right:
1633 - St. Vincent de Paul and Sister Louise de Marillac founded the Daughters of Charity in Paris, France
1809 - Saint Anne Seton founded the Daughters of Charity on the East Coast of North America
1810 - Daughters of Charity landed in San Francisco
1893 - Mary's Help Hospital founded in 1893 in San Francisco
1912- First graduating class of Mary's Help Hospital School of Nursing
1913 - First Free Clinic opened in San Francisco at Mary's Help Hospital
1965 - Mary's Help Hospital built in Daly City
1983 - Seton Medical Center Built in Daly City
June 2002 - Celebrating 150 Years in California
Current Day Activities shown are: Marie Mahony, R.N., who worked at Seton for 62 Years, teaching a class; doctors looking at X-Ray; Seton Medical Hospital; Sister Carmen Ptacnik, D.C., comforting a patient.