In 2009, Catholic Healthcare International signed an agreement with the Casa in Italy to recreate the facility in the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan, under the guidance of Bishop Earl Boyea.
HOWELL, Michigan (LifeSiteNews) — At an event celebrating the feasts of Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina and Saint Francis of Assisi, the leadership of Catholic Healthcare International (CHI) announced an initiative to replicate Padre Pio’s Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza (Home for the Relief of Suffering) hospital and create the world’s most faithful pro-life and pro-family medical school in Howell, Michigan.