NACN-USA Region 9 Book Club Invite
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
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 [...]
NACN-USA Educational Session-“Why Patients Declared Brain Dead Are Really Brain Injured.”
Please take some time to watch this video. NACN-USA offered this presentation to their membership in April 2023. Click the link below to view the presentation: https://youtu.be/eGWhmkOldHo
“Why Patients Declared Brain Dead are Really Brain Injured.”
Why Patients Declared Brain Dead are Really Brain Injured Join us in this special presentation by Mr. Michael Arthur Vacca, JD who will present why patients declared brain dead are really brain injured. Mr. Vacca is a Catholic Lawyer, Certified Catholic Bioethicist and Spiritual Director, Chairman of Healthcare Civil Rights Task Force at Christ Medicus Foundation. He will present on: The history of “brain death” and why it was invented by doctors at Harvard The medical, philosophical, and theological reasons why “brain death” is not the actual death of the [...]
Nurses Fight to Protect Freedom and Conscience
Catholic Nurses are fighting to protect religious freedom and conscience rights in providing care with a recent co-authored statement to the Biden Administration's Health and Human Services. Public Comment Opposed to Some of the Provisions in “Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes" [RIN 0945-AA18]1 Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals must be free to practice their professions in accordance with their professional judgment and ethical beliefs. Without religious freedom and conscience protections such as were provided for in the 2019 Final Rule, healthcare professionals throughout the [...]
Pope Speaks on Human Trafficking
February 8, 2023 marks the memorial of Saint Josephine Bakhita, patron saint of victims of human trafficking. Join Pope Francis in celebrating the Ninth International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking, on the theme “Journeying in Dignity”. Read the Pope's message.
Blessed Hanna of Poland Coloring Page
Enjoy this whimsical coloring page of Blessed Hanna of Poland as a gift to our local councils and members. This project was commissioned by NACN-USA with graphic designer and illustrator, Emma Cassani. Emma's work can be seen each month in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati monthly magazine Catholic Telegraph.
End of Life Doula on Sacred Heart Radio
Bonnie Blachly MSN, RN, Certified End of Life Doula, Catholic Nurse and Regional Director for Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands & American Samoa was interviewed on Dan Kennedy's Life Talk NW on Sacred Heart Radio. Bonnie shares her end-of-life class, Birthing Your Soul into Eternal Life, which she co-developed to train lay persons, parishioners, and healthcare professionals on preparation for death, dying, grief, mourning and bereavement. The class is just a portion of the ministry, Momento Mori which Bonnie also presented at the CICIAMS World Congress [...]