Urged on by Christ: Catholic Health Care in Service to the Human Person

September 26-27, 2008

Each Fall The National Catholic Bioethics Center presents a series of two-day seminars in various cities across the United States to address current topics in bioethics. These seminars are intended to benefit health care workers, clergy, those involved in research in the life sciences, members of ethics committees, and others who provide spiritual support and counsel to patients and their families. Those simply interested in the Church's moral tradition in health care will also find them accessible and informative.

The organizing framework for the curriculum is the application of The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Service to critical issues raised in medicine and the life sciences. The seminars are structured to equip participants with the awareness to present, analyze, and resolve complex bioethical dilemmas encountered in clinical education and research from an interdisciplinary perspective. The Callifornia Catholic Women's Forum is proud to announce that they will provide continuing education for this special 2-day conference.

Topics covered include:

Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Prenatal and Neonatal Complications
Stem Cell Research and Cloning
Ordinary and Extraordinary Means
Determination of Death and Organ Transplantatio
Issues of Cooperation between Catholic and Non-Catholic Institutions

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San Jose, CA

For further information and to register for the conference go to: http://www.ncbcenter.org/annual_seminars.asp

This forum is sponsored by the California Catholic Women's Forum, a Provider Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 15002 for 11.5 contact hours.

External Articles & Links:

California Catholic Women's Forum presents full year schedule on the Dignity and Vocation of Women. (pdf:79k) Includes continuing education opportunities for nurses.

USCCB Pro-Life Activities: Assisted Reproductive technologies are Anti-Woman, by Marie Anderson, MD and Joan Bruchalski, MD

California Catholic Women’s Forum plans April 21 conference on family
March 2007 , The Valley Catholic, the Good News in the Diocese of San José

California Catholic Women’s Forum to explore cultural issues of women in society
October 2005, The Valley Catholic, the Good News in the Diocese of San José

Married Love and the Gift of Life, United States Council of Catholic Bishops booklet
In this thoughtful statement the bishops of the United States reflect on God's wonderful plan for marriage-the ability of a man and woman to form a lasting bond of love and life. In an engaging question and answer format, the bishops explain Church teachings on conjugal love and responsible parenthood and the methods of Natural Family Planning which support those teachings.

In Depth
MULIERIS DIGNITATEM Of Pope John Paul II On the Dignity and Vocation of Women On the Occasion of the Marian Year On the Vatican's website.