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Divine Mercy and Suicide - Pastoral Dimensions for Healthcare Professionals Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, Director of the Association of Marian Helpers, 'Fr. Joseph'

Healthcare Professionals for Divine Mercy Articles and Events

Feb
24
2020

The ‘Noble’ and ‘Precious’ Work

By Felix Carroll

As the Marian Fathers’ healthcare apostolate prepares for its 16th Annual Divine Mercy Medicine, Bioethics & Spirituality Conference this spring, they are doing so during a year of special significance. 

In honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, the World Health Organization (WHO) has designated 2020 as the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife.”

May
08
2019

15th Annual Divine Mercy Medicine, Bioethics, and Spirituality Conference - Day 2

By Anonymous (not verified)
Today is the second day of the 15th Annual Divine Mercy Medicine, Bioethics, and Spirituality Conference.

8:30 a.m. Doctor Ron Sobecks, MD, from the Taussig Cancer Institute at the Cleveland Clinic Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders began the day with a presentation entitled, "Conflicts of Interest in Healthcare."

See his full talk here:
May
07
2019

15th Annual Divine Mercy Medicine, Bioethics, and Spirituality Conference - Day 1

By Anonymous (not verified)

Today is the first day of the 15th Annual Divine Mercy Medicine, Bioethics, and Spirituality Conference.

8:30 a.m. Doctor Bryan Thatcher, MD, International Director of Doctors for Divine Mercy and Founder of the Eucharistic Apostles of Divine Mercy, opened the morning sharing about patient healing through the message of Divine Mercy.

See his full talk here:

Apr
02
2019

Potential Healthcare Policy Endangers Nurses

By Anonymous (not verified)
We all know the term "euthanasia." That's when a doctor is allowed by law to end a person's life by a painless means, with the approval of the patient and his or her family.

We all know the term "assisted suicide." That's when a doctor assists a patient to commit suicide, if they request it.

But a new name for suicide has arrived on the scene, and it could put nurses in moral danger.