St.Vincent is a member of Ascension Health, the nation's largest Catholic and largest nonprofit health system. Ascension Health is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to the missions of the four provinces of the Daughters of Charity; three provinces of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, and the congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth, Mich. Ascension Health, based in St. Louis, Mo., includes 67 acute care hospitals in 20 states and the District of Columbia. More than 100,000 associates are employed by Ascension Health.