Integration Of Faith And Health

Comments to ANA – VSED

NACN-USA Comment on ANA Draft Position Statement on Artificial Nutrition & Hydration Read ANA Comments ANA Proposal on Nutrition & Hydration at the End of Life may Damage the Profession of Nursing and Patients If Adopted This proposal makes broad generalizations about the withholding of nutrition and hydration. Despite statistical reports about the overall benefit, or lack of benefit, of assisted nutrition and hydration in some cases at the end of life, all cases are case specific, and need to be assessed as such, to determine if assisted nutrition [...]

Janet Munday2016-11-01T00:00:00-04:00November 1, 2016|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Patient Advocacy, Resources|

Catholic Nurse Congress in Africa

6th Congress of the English Speaking Africa Region of CICIAMS Theme: Scaling up Africa Health Services, through Nurses, the Merciful Careers of Humanity" Catholic Diocese of Manzini, Swaziland, South Africa, 23-26 August 2016. Read the Draft Agenda with Registration in this PDF

Janet Munday2016-08-23T00:00:00-04:00August 23, 2016|Educational Programs, In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Resources, Spiritual Nourishment|

New Prefect – New Dicastery

Effective January 1, 2017, Pope Francis instituted the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development into which was merged the competences of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, and the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers. Within the Dicastery are: The Commission for Charity The Commission for Ecology The Commission for Health Care Workers Cardinal Peter Turkson, the President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, is the first prefect of [...]

Janet Munday2016-08-18T00:00:00-04:00August 18, 2016|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Resources|

Nurse Meehan Receives Vatican Recognition

Marylee Meehan, Vatican Swiss Guard, H.E. Monsignor Zygmunt Zimowski, President PCHCW & Dr. J.M. Simon, President World Federation of the Catholic Medical Associations Gratitude to Our Member and Past President from the Vatican Dear Ms Meehan, I am writing to you to express my personal gratitude and that of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers (for Health Pastoral Care) for the nearness and solidarity that you demonstrated to us on the occasion of the death of our President, Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski. He bore further valuable witness in [...]

Janet Munday2016-08-05T00:00:00-04:00August 5, 2016|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Resources|

Gender Identity in Federal Programs

2016-HUD Gender Identity in Community Planning and Development Programs Read the full article here. Read the Joint Letter to HUD from Leadership Organizations

Janet Munday2016-05-13T00:00:00-04:00May 13, 2016|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Patient Advocacy, Resources|

Judicial and Amicus Briefs

• Stormans v. Wiesman - 2016-Pharmacists' Conscience Rights [READ ARTICLE] • Priests for Life v. Department of Health & Human Services [READ MORE] --- [READ CASE] • Hobby Lobby Stores Incorporated v. Federal Govt. Contraceptive Mandate [READ MORE] • Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Surgical Health Services, et al., v. Attorney General Gregory Abbott, et al. [READ MORE] • Planned Parenthood v. Brnovich, Arizona - True Informed Consent [READ MORE] --- [READ CASE] • The School of the Ozarks, Inc v. Right Choice Managed Care, Inc. (Contraceptive Mandate) [READ CASE] [...]

Janet Munday2016-05-13T00:00:00-04:00May 13, 2016|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Patient Advocacy, Resources|

World Autism Awareness Day

Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Assistance of Health Care Workers Marylee Meehan, RNMember PCHCW The World Autism Awareness Day Message from the President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers (for Health Pastoral Care) on the Occasion of the World Autism Awareness Day - 2 April 2016. From Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski: Message on the Occasion of World Autism Awareness Day April 2, 2016

Janet Munday2016-04-03T00:00:00-04:00April 3, 2016|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Patient Advocacy, Resources|

Letters to Congress

LETTERS TO CONGRESS • SUBJECT: Conscience Protection Act of 2016 [READ ARTICLE] --- [READ LETTER] • SUBJECT: Abortion Non-Discrimination Act (ANDA) [READ LETTER] • SUBJECT: Repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) [READ MORE]

Janet Munday2015-05-13T00:00:00-04:00May 13, 2015|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Patient Advocacy, Resources|

Comments to ISSCR – Stem Cell Science

Comments on the ISSCR-2015 Guidelines for Stem Cell Science and Clinical Translation Read Article with Results Read Comments

Janet Munday2015-05-13T00:00:00-04:00May 13, 2015|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Patient Advocacy, Resources|

Catholic Nurse National Congress, Mexico 2015

MEAC National Congress, Mexico At the request of CICIAMS Pan American President Mendoza C., Dr. Patricia Sayers was privileged to meet and speak with Catholic Nurses in Mexico during the MEAC National Congress of Nurses en Cd Juarez, Mexico May 3, 2015. The delegation members were honored that she reached out to us regarding Population and Development goals being formulated at the UN‐NY. May God guide all of us in our walk as Catholic Nurses. (Rec. 5/5/2015)

Janet Munday2015-05-05T00:00:00-04:00May 5, 2015|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Resources|