Avera, quality health care nearby home – Look no further.

Avera, the health ministry of the Benedictine and Presentation Sisters, is a regional partnership of health professionals who share support services to maintain excellent care at more than 229 locations in eastern South Dakota and surrounding states.

From Gospel times to the present, care of the sick has been seen as a special calling and privilege. Avera's sponsors, the Benedictine Sisters and the Presentation Sisters, encourage all Avera caregivers to understand their work as a healing ministry and to demonstrate, by their words and actions, God's love for all people.

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Today's Scripture & Reflection

Read today's scripture with a reflection and prayer written by a colleague of Avera.