San José Clinic's Relocating in 2010
 Building the future

When Monsignor Walsh saw parishioner infants dying at alarming rates, he dreamed of children who would survive and survive well. With the help of the National Council of Catholic Women, that dream became a concrete goal. Since that time, San José Clinic has embraced several moves that allowed the Clinic to increase services. The Clinic moved from Franklin Street to Canal Street and, then, to Hamilton Street, with the hope of offering additional medical services to a greater number of those in need in the Houston area. Each move saw a new dream become reality. 

Now, San José Clinic is transforming again, relocating to a Midtown block where it will offer not only premier medical and dental services but share a home and collaboration with other organizations to provide a continuum of health and social services in one location. A partnership with CHRISTUS Foundation for Healthcare, who purchased the land bound by Fannin, San Jacinto, Dennis, and McGowan streets, made this future relocation possible. This new, improved and expanded Clinic will have the potential of tripling services to those without insurance. 

Board member Brian Stevens will lead the newly seated building committee and shepherd the building process. The committee will work with Morris Architects, selected to move the San José Clinic forward in the design phase between concept and construction.  Construction on the new building is expected to be completed in the year 2010 or 2011.
 
Timeline: 
  •  Demolition, spring 2007
  •  Ground blessing, September 2007
  •  Ground-breaking, fall 2008
  •  Construction, beginning 2008-2009
  •  Clinic relocation, 2010

 
Building gallery:

Fu Kim made way for
San José Clinic's goal to be operating a single, highly visible, multi-level building where healthcare services are provided in partnership with others. 

 

The vision is clear to San José Clinic even when all that can be seen is rubble.  
 

 

With the land level,
tall dreams begin.

On September 5, Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza blesses the ground of San José Clinic's relocation site.

 

Approximately 100 persons attend the blessing, held across the street from the building site at Fannin, San Jacinto, Dennis, and McGowan streets.

 

For many, there is not much to see at the new building site. But it warms our spirit to see the sign proclaiming the "Future Site of San José Clinic." 

When completed, San José Clinic will enter a new chapter in breaking down barriers to healthcare access to uninsured persons in Harris County and surrounding counties. The building also will house many social service programs offered by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and other organizations. This will provide patients and clients with a continuum of health and social services in one location.