CICIAMS Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2023

Read international Catholic Nurse news from around the world.  In this Fall 2023 edition read about From the International President's Desk - Dr. Rosemary Khosi Mthethwa, MPH, PhD, RN Preparing for the CICIAMS Africa Region Congress to be held on the 5 -9 August 2024 in Nairobi Kenya CICIAMS Testimony at the Annual Meeting with the Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements and New Communities June 22, 2023, Rome, Italy. A note from His Holiness Pope Francis to Catholic Nurses. Updates and pictures from Singapore Catholic Nurses Guild. [...]

CICIAMS Quarterly Newsletter Summer 2023

Read international Catholic Nurse news from around the world.  In this Summer 2023 edition read about From the International President's Desk CICIAMS at the United Nations-Dr. Patricia Sayers, DNP, RN Committee on the Family Submits Grant for Education in the Creighton Model Fertility Care System and NaproTechnology Save the Date – CICIAMS 7th African Regional Congress Election 2024 CICIAMS 7th African Regional Congress hosting General Council Meeting (GCM) CICIAMS and Nurses with Global Impact, Inc. Alliance 7th Annual International Nurses Day Celebration – May 12, 2023 2023 - CICIAMS Member [...]

Letter from His Holiness Pope Francis

Letter from His Holiness Pope Francis with greetings to CICIAMS Members (and thereby all NACN-USA Members)   Translation: Vatican 27 June 2023 Dear, I would like to thank you for your kind letter and for the expression of your spiritual closeness. I encourage all members of CICIAMS to continue this important service with love, generosity, and joy. Thank you for your witness and for the good you do throughout the world. Keep up the good work. May the Lord bless you and the Madonna keep you. Please [...]

Catholic Nurses Teach and Speak on Human Trafficking

Maria Arvonio, President Elect, recent guest-host of the Joe Velti, Holy Souls Ministry Radio Program, where she interviewed our member, Deb O'Hara Ruskowki, RN on the topic of human trafficking. We appreciate the opportunities coming from Joe Veltri to have Maria and the Catholic Nurse Voice on his program. Listen to the program from February 8, 2023. What does the Holy Father have to say about Human Trafficking? Read the message from Pope Francis here

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 [...]

Memorial of Saint Marianne Cope

January 23 marks the memorial of Saint Marianne Cope who lived from 1838-1918.  Saint Marianne cared for those with leprosy on the island of Oahu and subsequently on Molokai.  She cared for Saint Father Damian who ministered among the lepers. Born: January 23, 1838, Heppenheim, Germany Died: August 9, 1918, Kalaupapa, HI Parents: Barbara Witzenbacher, Peter Koob Place of burial: Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu, HI Feast: January 23 (Roman Catholic Church); April 15 (Episcopal Church (United States)) Beatified: May 14, 2005, Saint Peter's Basilica by Pope Benedict XVI Canonized: October 21, 2012, Vatican City by Pope [...]

CICIAMS Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2022

Read international Catholic Nurse news from around the world.  In this Fall 2022 edition read about: From the International President’s Desk – Dr. Rosemary Khosi Mthethwa, MPH, PhD, RN CICIAMS XXI World Congress was held at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, The United States of America (USA) and hosted by the National Association of Catholic Nurses, U.S.A. (NACN-USA). Keynote Address – Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson Nursing: When & Where Science Meets the Supernatural – Day #1 Integration of Catholic Teaching: Individual, Family and Community – [...]

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