Events
We frequently meet the 3rd Tuesday of every month. During the Covid-19 pandemic, we will be meeting virtually. Once it is safe to meet in person, we will continue meeting near the medical center at 6:30 pm. Dates and times may change.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, June 15, 2021: Restorative Fertility: Ethical Alternatives to IVF led by Patrick Yeung, MD
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National Events
Catholic Medical Association Conference
The Joy of Medicine
Orlando, FL
October 7-9, 2021
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Previous Events
2021
Tuesday, May 4: Deficiencies in Scientific Evidence for Medical Management of Gender Dysphoria with Paul Hruz, M.D. Ph.D.
Tuesday, March 16: Internet Pornography Addiction – Can It Really Harm Your Brain?, Sr. Marysia Weber, DO Recording
2020
Tuesday, November 17: Caring for the Smallest Among Us: Perinatal Palliative Care by Tiffany McKee-Garrett, MD Recording
Saturday, October 17: White Mass and Keynote: Catholic Principles in the COVID Pandemic: Achieving the Greatest Good by Lt. Col. William P Mueller, MD
Tuesday, September 15: Medical Futility: Exploring the Concept and its Meaning within Catholic Bioethics by Claire Horner, JD MA Recording
Tuesday, August 18: Catholic Physicians – Are We a Contradiction? by
Sister Mary Diana Dreger, MD Recording
Tuesday, July 21: The Joy of Medicine, Bill Hogan, MD Recording
Tuesday, June 16: Catholic Perspective from the COVID Frontlines,
Tuesday, April 21: Art in Medicine, Sarah Cosgray and Carmen Sanchez-Romero Recording
Saturday, March 28: Converging Roads – Catholic Continuing Education Conference
Tuesday, February 18: Avoiding the 7 Deadly Sins in Medicine, Mary Caprio RN
Tuesday, January 21: Embryo Loss During Contraceptive Use, Cara Buskmiller MD
2019
Tuesday, November 19 : Spiritual Medicine – Anointing of the Sick, Fr. Richard Hinkley
Saturday, October 19: White Mass & Dinner Reception. Keynote speaker: Roy Heyne, MD: “A
Tuesday, June 18: Journal Club
2018
October: Annual White Mass and Reception with Dr. Michael Brescia “The Nature and Treatment of Human Suffering” Recording
September: 2018 Catholic Medical Association Conference
August:Student Meet and Greet
June: Cheap Sex: The Transformation of Men, Marriage, and Monogamy by Dr. Mark Regnerus
Recording| Slides
May: Annual Marian Pilgrimage
April: Converging Roads 2018
March: St. John Paul II and the Redemptive Power of Human Suffering, Rev. Joseph Pilsner – Recording
February: Journal Club – Female Mutilation and the Natural Law
January: Forgiving from the Heart, Fr. Francis Frankovich
2017
December: Retired Priests Dinner
November: Medical Marijuana: The Colorado Experience, Dr. Kenneth Finn – Download MP3
October: White Mass & Reception, “Seeking God in the Clinic or at the Bedside: Ignatian Spirituality for the Practicing Physician” by David De Marco, SJ, MD (Sponsored by CHI St. Luke’s)
September: A New Community: Mission in Guatemala by Rev. Linda McCarty
August: Journal Club on “Growing Pains: Problems with Puberty Supression in Treating Gender Dysphoria” from The New Atlantis
July: St. John Paul II on the Gospel of Life, John Hittinger, PhD
June: Presentation, Denice Foose, Director of Spiritual Care, CHI St. Luke’s Health
May: Marian Pilgrimage
April: Beginning Life Issues Medical Ethics Conference
March: Catholic Perspectives on End of Life Care: A 2017 Update
February: Where Human Trafficking and Medicine Overlap, Elise Griesmyer, JD – Download MP3
January: Reflections on Amoris Laetitia, Mr. Christopher Stravitsch
2016
December: Guadalupe Dinner for Retired Priests
November: Challeging Conversations: A Roundtable Discussion on Medical Apologetics
October: White Mass – Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart – Cardinal DiNardo, Celebrant
September: Authentic Freedom: Freedom For or Freedom From? By Mary Caprio, RN
August: Accompanying Patients Who Experience Same Sex Attraction, Fr. Philip Bochanski – Download MP3
July: Current Controversies in Organ and Tissue Donation, Denise Hunnell, MD
June: Marian Pilgrimage to Galveston
May: Converging Roads
April: Journal Club discussion of “Professing Faith, Professing Medicine” by Fr. Bochanski
February: Complimentary Nature of Men and Women, Msgr. Bill Young
January: A Severe Mercy: Role of Mercy in Christian Life, Mr. Roland Millare
2015
December: Liturgy of the Hours, Fr. Richard Hinkley
November: Hippocratic Oath Banquet, Conscience Protection in Medicine: A Personalist Defense, Ashley Fernandes, MD
October: White Mass and Reception
September: Physicians and the Unborn, Tony Joseph, Ph.D
August: Crash Course in Catholic Medical Ethics, Mr. Arland Nichols
July: Journal Club discussion of “The Catholic Physician in an Era of Secular Bioethics” by Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD
May: Marian Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Walsingham
April: Beyond the Limits of the Human Mind, Mr. Steve Bollman
March: Reflections on the Redemptive Meaning of Suffering, Mary Caprio, RN
February: The Order of Malta, Mr. Bob Signorelli
January: Abortion and the Law: Looking Back and Looking Ahead, Prof. Hadley Arkes
2014
December: Mass & Fellowship in Celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fr. Alvaro Interiano
November: The Holy Family as a Model of Families, Maritza C. Roman-Pavajeau, Ph.D.
October: White Mass and Reception
September: Hippocratic Oath Banquet, The Practice of Virtue in the Practice of Medicine, Sr. Mary Diana Dreger, OP, MD
July: Homosexuality and Hope, Group discussion
June: Dinner and Mass
May: In Celebration of Mary: The Miracle of Lourdes, Fr. Alvaro Interiano
April: Religious Liberty under Assault, Mr. R. Randall Rainey
March: Sex, Marriage and Family: Contraception and NFP, Mr. Chris Stravitch and Kathryn Karges, MD
February: Tour of San Jose Clinic
January: John Paul II on the Family in the Modern World, John Hittinger, Ph.D
2013
November: The Catholic Art of Medicine: Reflections on the Writings of our Recent Popes, Mr. Arland Nichols
October: A Catholic Approach to Promote Human Dignity in Medicine, John Brehany, Ph.D
