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15 02, 2022

Vaccination – A Catholic Perspective
Vaccination – A Catholic Perspective

Vaccination – A Catholic Perspective

Janet Munday2022-02-15T17:55:33-05:00February 15, 2022|COVID Resources, Educational Programs, In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, Our Events|

NACN-USA TASK FORCE ON MANDATES & RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE Welcomes you to join us in a discussion with Author Pamela Acker on VACCINATION: A CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE Description of Live Web Event Pamela Acker is a devout Catholic with a master’s degree in Biology from the Catholic University of America. Pamela worked in the field of vaccine development, specifically with viral vector vaccines, and is very familiar with the controversy regarding the use of the HEK-293 cell line in the development of vaccines. Ms. Acker proposes that the ongoing justification of [...]

13 02, 2022

Spanish Language Flyer for World Congress
Spanish Language Flyer for World Congress

Spanish Language Flyer for World Congress

Janet Munday2022-03-29T12:16:27-04:00February 13, 2022|Educational Programs, In The News, Our Events, Spiritual Nourishment, World Congress|

Share our Spanish language flyer for the World Congress in August 2022. Download Flyer

2 02, 2022

Alabama Event for Catholic Nurses

Janet Munday2022-02-03T09:33:38-05:00February 2, 2022|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, Spiritual Nourishment|

Catholic Nurses in the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama invite you to: Holy Sacrifice of the Mass For the intention of the victims of the pandemic and a worldwide return to health. With the patroness for our time, Blessed Hanna Chrzanowska, RN 11 February 2022 | 6 p.m. St. Joseph Catholic Church 2300 Beasley Avenue Huntsville, AL 35816 Questions? Contact Diana Ruzicka BhamCatholicNurses@gmail.com Read the event flyer

26 01, 2022

Catholic Nurses File Comments with HHS
Catholic Nurses File Comments with HHS

Catholic Nurses File Comments with HHS

Janet Munday2022-01-26T14:11:40-05:00January 26, 2022|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, Patient Advocacy|

Filed today, January 26, 2022, with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health & Human Services Subj: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023, File Code CMS-9911-P, RIN 0938-AU65 Dear Sir or Madam: On behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Christian Legal Society, National Association of Evangelicals, National Association of Catholic Nurses, U.S.A., The National Catholic Bioethics Center, and Thomas More Society, we respectfully submit the following comments on the proposed rule, published in 87 Fed. [...]

7 11, 2021

November is for Saints
November is for Saints

November is for Saints

Janet Munday2022-06-10T16:49:16-04:00November 7, 2021|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, Spiritual Nourishment|

"We believe in the communion of all the faithful of Christ, those who are pilgrims on earth, the dead who are attaining their purification, and the blessed in heaven, all together forming one Church; and we believe that in this communion the merciful love of God and His saints is ever listening to our prayers, as Jesus told us: Ask and you will receive.(40) Thus it is with faith and in hope that we look forward to the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come." [...]

7 11, 2021

Covid Vaccine Taskforce
Covid Vaccine Taskforce

Covid Vaccine Taskforce

Janet Munday2021-11-18T12:20:43-05:00November 7, 2021|COVID Resources, Educational Programs, In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health|

The National Association of Catholic Nurses, U.S.A. (NACN-USA) Taskforce met to assist Catholic nurses in formulating their conscience and religious exemption application against the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Our taskforce developed the following to assist nurses in their thought processes and examination of their personal conscience and religious beliefs: Table of Contents 1. Catholic Magisterium Teaching with notes on conscience, Dignity of Life, Fetal Cells, Right to Life, Aborted Human Foetuses, Mandating Vaccines and Moral Conscience of Human Beings. 3 2. Points to Consider – “Right of Conscience” and “Free [...]

22 10, 2021

Launch of Nurse to Nurse Mentor Program
Launch of Nurse to Nurse Mentor Program

Launch of Nurse to Nurse Mentor Program

Janet Munday2021-10-22T14:43:30-04:00October 22, 2021|Educational Programs, In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, Spiritual Nourishment|

Currently accepting applications for the Nurse to Nurse Mentor program. As you know, Nursing is a wonderful profession that requires every virtue and blessing to manage the long hours and difficult work. NACN-USA recognizes this and wants to be supportive in your career and life with a new experience through our Nurse to Nurse Mentor Program. The Nurse to Nurse Mentor Program is an ongoing opportunity where you'll get to walk with another Nurse. It will help you discover and deepen your relationship with God and discuss how faith and [...]

15 09, 2021

Painting of Blessed Hanna in the Woods
Painting of Blessed Hanna in the Woods

Painting of Blessed Hanna in the Woods

Janet Munday2021-09-15T22:42:38-04:00September 15, 2021|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, Spiritual Nourishment|

A painting by Barbara A. Brown, a parishioner of Saint Joseph Catholic Parish in Wapakoneta, Ohio, depicts Blessed Hanna Chrzanowska, RN pushing a person in a wheelchair down a wooded path toward a cross tipped church. In her biography of Blessed Hanna Chrzanowska, RN, A Nurse of Mercy, Gosia Brykczynska describes Hanna's drive and desire to develop Parish Nursing. Her passion is recounted in bringing the hope and healing of Christ to the chronically sick and housebound amidst the prying Communist authorities in post World War II, Polish People's Republic. [...]

29 08, 2021

Vaccine Mandate Statement from NCBC
Vaccine Mandate Statement from NCBC

Vaccine Mandate Statement from NCBC

Janet Munday2021-08-29T10:28:50-04:00August 29, 2021|COVID Resources, Educational Programs, In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, Patient Advocacy|

As resources and new evidence continues to be developed, the NACN-USA strives to share those with our members. If you have a Catholic Nurse in your life, consider sharing our website with them and encourage membership. We are stronger together as Catholic Nurses in living out the mission Christ has called us to. If you are not a Catholic Nurse but would like to support our association consider becoming an Associate Member or make a donation. The following is an excerpt from an updated statement from the National Catholic Bioethics [...]

13 08, 2021

A Guide to Home-Based COVID Treatment
A Guide to Home-Based COVID Treatment

A Guide to Home-Based COVID Treatment

Janet Munday2021-08-17T22:31:16-04:00August 13, 2021|COVID Resources, Educational Programs, In The News, Patient Advocacy|

Step-By-Step Doctors’ Plan That Could Save Your Life. An educational resource from The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPSonline.org) The NACN-USA does not prescribe specific treatment regimens. Please discuss any treatment choices with your health care provider. A Guide to Home-Based COVID Treatment is built on the rapidly accumulating peer-reviewed published medical research, written by practicing physicians with decades of experience treating patients with all kinds of illnesses. We provide a step-by-step guide to medically sound early treatments that have a reasonable probability of success in this emergency [...]