NACN-USA Newsletter November 2024
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A BIG Congratulations goes out to these outstanding NACN-USA members!
On August 9, 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya, two members of NACN-USA were elected by the International Catholic Committee of Nurses and Medico-social Assistants (CICIAMS) General Council to represent Catholic Nursing on the global healthcare stage. Elevated to international leadership were Dr. Anne T. Reeser, DNP, MSN, APRN-BC and Iveth Mavarez de Tarantino MS(c), RN, DNP Student / Multilingual Physician (Trained Overseas). Their talents, skills, hard work, and professionalism are positioned to impact religious liberty and right of conscience world-wide. As they share our Catholic faith and values with healthcare [...]
Hot off the Press…New NACN-USA Bylaws Passed by our membership!
Message from the NACN-USA President Dr. Patricia Sayers Click to view the 2024 NACN-USA Bylaws
Catholic Nurses at National Eucharistic Congress 2024
MAKING HISTORY Join us for the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianpolis, Indiana July 17-July 21, 2024 NACN-USA is a sponsor and will have a table at the event! Please stop by our table in the exhibit hall to meet some of the NACN-USA Team! This is a pivotal moment in American history, the legacy of the Catholic Church and Catholic Nurses across the nation. We are expecting tens of thousands of pilgrims—but space is limited. Jesus Christ will be there. Will you?
2024 Eula Sforza Scholarship
The 2024 Eula Sforza Scholarship for student nurses is now open for applicants. We are thankful to the Sforza family for their generous donations in memory of Eula Sforza. Eula was one of the original founders of NACN-USA and was elected our first president. $2000 NACN-USA Scholarship Award The application deadline is July 31, 2024 Submit the letter of intent and read about the required supporting documents HERE! Kathryn "Katie" Grauerholz, MSN, ANP-BC, Awards & Scholarship Committee Chair
Happy Nurses Week 2024!
We at the National Association of Catholic Nurses - USA want to wish ALL nurses everywhere a Blessed Nurses Week - May 6 to May 12, 2024 "We are He, in that we are His members, in that we are His Body, in that He is our Head, in that whole Christ is both Head and Body." - St. Augustine of Hippo
The Moral Uncertainty of “Brain Death”
Article from Homiletic & Pastoral Review posted here for our members. Read and reviewed by the NACN-USA Ethics Committee. 1968 was a year of upheaval, perhaps best remembered by Americans for the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy, and by Catholics for the promulgation of Humanae vitae. But the unobtrusive coining of a new definition should be included with these momentous events, for it changed medical practice by shifting the boundary between life and death. In 1968 the Harvard Medical School Ad Hoc Committee introduced the oxymoronic definition “irreversible coma [...]
2024 Nominations
The Membership and Elections Committee is seeking NACN-USA Members interested in serving in leadership positions on the Board of Directors for the 2024-2026 term. (July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026). President Elect (assumes Presidency 2026-2028) Corresponding Secretary Regional Directors: Region 2 (NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, DC) Region 4 (AL, NC, SC, TN, GA, FL, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico) Region 6 (TX, OK, AR, LA, MS) Region 8 (NV,UT, CO, AZ, NM) WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Members in good standing who have been a General Member of the NACN-USA for [...]
Chemical Abortion and Nationwide Invitation to Prayer
The USCCB's president and the chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities announced a nationwide invitation to prayer. On March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that could impact the widespread accessibility of chemical abortion (abortion pills). Chemical abortions are now the most common form of abortion in the United States. WHEN Beginning Monday, March 25 and continuing through June, when a decision is expected. HOW TO PARTICIPATE Offer this Prayer to St. Joseph, Defender of Life daily for the end of [...]