NACN-USA Newsletter Summer 2025
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Catholics Making a Difference! NACN-USA School-based Council Intercollegiate Panel Interview: Fr John Hollowell
Catholics Making a Difference! NACN-USA School-based Council Intercollegiate Panel Interview Join the NACN-USA Intercollegiate Student Nursing Panel as they interview Catholics Making A Difference! Special Guest: Fr John Hollowell Fr John Hollowell is being investigated as having the 71st Healing Miracle at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, Lourdes, France. He will share his journey while offering his illness as redemptive suffering in reparation for victims of clerical abuse and his recent healing. You are invited to register for the Zoom session soon. When: October 21, 2025 at [...]
Region 9 Invites you to their Fall Book Club: The Art of Dying: A New Annotated Translation
The National Association of Catholic Nurses NACN-USA Cordially invites members to watch a documentary highlighting the practice of “stealth euthanasia” which has become more common in the U.S. Featured by: The NACN-USA Ethics Committee Sponsored by: The NACN-USA Board of Directors Movie: “No Mercy: The Catholic Culture of Death” What: Please watch the movie on your own. The Link is Provided below as well as questions to help promote discussion. An one-hour discussion with Sister Deidre ‘Dede’ Byrne, a board-certified internist, general surgeon, Army Colonel, and the current Superior of Little Workers of the [...]
Region 9 Invites you to their Fall Book Club: The Art of Dying: A New Annotated Translation
Region 9 is delighted to invite all NACN members and friends to our online Fall 2025 Book Club, which focuses on the life of the soul of dying persons. We will read and discuss an influential fifteenth-century text, The Art of Dying: A New Annotated Translation by Father Columba Thomas, OP, MD, a physician who specializes in internal medicine and is a Dominican friar in the Eastern Province. This book is a resource for dying Catholics and their loved ones, addressing the temptations and inspirations associated with faith, despair, [...]
Catholics Making a Difference! NACN-USA School-based Council Intercollegiate Panel Interview: Dr. Pebsworth
Catholics Making a Difference! NACN-USA School-based Council Intercollegiate Panel Interview Join the NACN-USA Intercollegiate Student Nursing Panel as they interview Catholics Making A Difference! Special Guest: Vicky Pebsworth, OP, PhD, RN. RFK Jr (June, 2025) named Dr. Vicky Pebsworth as one of 7 members to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). She is the only nurse on the committee Dr. Pebsworth is a Health Policy Analyst, Research Scientist, and the Pacific Region Director of NACN-USA. You are invited to register now for the Zoom session. When: Sep [...]
Catholics Making a Difference! NACN-USA School-based Council Intercollegiate Panel Interviews
NACN-USA School-based Council Intercollegiate Panel Interview Join the NACN-USA Intercollegiate Student Nursing Panel as they interview Catholics Making A Difference! Each panel member represents their School of Nursing Council Membership including: Ave Maria University, Benedictine College, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Holy Family University, Madonna University, Molloy University, St. Martin’s University, and University of Mary. Special Guest: Vicky Pebsworth, OP, PhD, RN. In June, 2025 RFK Jr named Dr. Vicky Pebsworth as one of the 8 replacements to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). She is the only nurse on the committee Dr. Pebsworth is [...]
NACN-USA Newsletter Summer 2025
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President’s Message Summer 2025
August 2025 From the Desk of the President: Dear Members, Peace be to all of you. I am so grateful that you are a member of the National Association of Catholic Nurses. Each one of you brings your particular charism to this organization. I truly enjoy meeting and talking with our members. I learn so much about who you are and the challenges you face in the practice arena. It was with great disappointment that I was not able to attend are annual Conference at Madonna University in Michigan. But [...]
Congratulations to Brother Ignatius Perkins: Living Legend Award and Lifetime Achievement for Transformative Excellence Award!
Brother Ignatius Perkins, OP, PhD, RN, ANEF, FRSM, FNYAM, FNCBC, FAAN, Director of the St. Martin De Porres Center for Health and Human Dignity, Providence College, School of Nursing and Health Sciences has been recognized twice in the last few years for his over 60 year influential vocation in nursing. The National League for Nursing (NLN) honored Brother Ignatius Perkins with the Lifetime Achievement for Transformative Excellence Award last fall. This October, he is also being named a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing — the academy's [...]
2025 NACN-USA National Conference – Christine Niles from Forward Boldly podcast: Keynote Speaker
A message from Christine Niles (Forward Boldly podcast) "I recently gave a talk at the annual conference of the National Association of Catholic Nurses, a wonderful, faith-filled group doing amazing things to advance the Kingdom of God in different parts of the world, including in the U.S. government and over at the Vatican. The talk, titled 'Seeing the Face of Christ,' was held in Detroit, Michigan, my old stomping grounds, on July 11, 2025." - Christine Niles Click Here to watch the whole talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8i6N1uOQqc #catholic #forwardboldly #stellamarismedia [...]