History
Labouré College is a small, non-residential college located in Milton, Massachusetts. Labouré’s distinct focus is education for practice in the healthcare sector. Founded in 1892 as the Carney Hospital Training School for Nurses, the College merged with two other schools, St. John’s Hospital School of Nursing and St. Margaret’s Hospital School of Nursing, in 1951 to form Catherine Labouré School of Nursing. Catherine Labouré School of Nursing was the first independent, regional, three-year diploma program in New England.
In 1971, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts amended the charter of the School of Nursing to provide associate degree granting authority in Nursing and Allied Health. In 2008, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts amended the College’s charter to provide Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree-granting authority.
The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul sponsored the educational mission of the institution from 1892 to 1997. In 1997, the Daughters of Charity transferred control of the College to Caritas Christi, a network of non-profit Catholic healthcare entities sponsored by the Archdiocese of Boston. Labouré College joined Steward Health Care in 2010. In 2013, Labouré College disaffiliated from Steward Health Care and moved to a new campus at 303 Adams Street in Milton, Massachusetts. Through the various changes in the College’s corporate structure, Labouré College has maintained its independent, non-profit institutional status under the oversight of its own Board of Directors.