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Partnership Aims to Transform How Catholic Health Care, …

WEBThe Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA), the Catholic bishops of California, Providence St. Joseph Health and Dignity Health have entered …

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Legal Forms and End of Life Directives

WEBThe POLST form is voluntary and is intended to be a valuable tool for initiating and guiding the decision-making process between physicians and patients with …

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A FAQ on POLST and Advance Directives

WEBWhat are the primary differences between an Advance Directive and a POLST form? Can I alter my POLST once it is completed? Do I also need an Advanced …

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Discern Moral, Medical Issues Ahead of Time

WEBThinking about our own mortality is not easy. It can be daunting as we consider the moral and medical discernments that often arise at the end of life.

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Hope and Healing

WEBPersons with mental illness often suffer in silence, hidden and unrecognized by others. Consider this stark contrast: a person with a medical illness, such as cancer, …

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Frequently Asked Questions About End-of-Life Care

WEBA feeding tube may be temporary if inserted through the nose to the stomach for medicines, hydration, and nutrition. Long term tube feedings requires a tube being surgically placed …

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CA Catholic Conference, Catholic Healthcare Ministries …

WEBIn the Gospel of Luke (5:17-26) the friends of a paralytic man bring him to Jesus for healing. The crowds are so great that they must dismantle the roof to lower their suffering friend …

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What You Need to Know about the CA Healthy Youth Act

WEBImplementation of comprehensive sexual health education in public schools, per the “California Healthy Youth Act” (“CHYA”) of 2015, is of concern to a growing …

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New Select Committee on Social Determinants of …

WEBThe California Senate has created a new Select Committee focused on the social determinants of health – the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work …

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Preferential Option for the Poor

WEBThe popular term “preferential option for the poor” is relatively new. Its first use in a Church document is in 1968 from a meeting of the Conference of Latin …

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World Day for the Sick

WEBWorld Day of the Sick is Feb. 11. World Day of the Sick is being observed today (Feb. 11), providing us with an opportunity to remember the ill and the dying, …

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The Right to Life and the Dignity of the Human Person

WEBIn 1998, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops published Living the Gospel of Life: A Challenge to American Catholics in which they said that “Roe effectively rendered …

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Auxiliary Bishop John Dolan co-edited book ‘Responding to Suicide’

WEBSan Diego Auxiliary Bishop John Dolan has co-edited a pastoral handbook, “Responding to Suicide,” to assist Catholic ministry leaders. Bishop Dolan’s own life …

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Samara Palko Joins CCC as Director of Education

WEBSamara Palko has joined the California Catholic Conference as the new Director of Education. A well-known advocate for children, Palko has been an …

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Mental Health and the Church Conference

WEBA sold-out live audience of 3,200 filled the Worship Center at Saddleback Church and an estimated audience of 30,000 watched online as Bishop Kevin Vann and …

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month

WEBMay is Mental Health Awareness Month. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an immense amount of stress globally over the last year, with increased anxiety …

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Raising Awareness of Hospice and Palliative Care

WEBAll too often, it is only when facing serious and life-threatening illness that people discuss their wishes. But, it’s at this time that a dizzying array of health care …

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Insights: New Charter for Health Care Workers, National Marriage …

WEBBlack History Month: Path to Sainthood. With February being Black History Month, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has recognized four individuals of …

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Social Encyclicals and Papal Letters Address the Issues of the Day

WEBA papal encyclical is an authoritative circular letter promulgated by the pope. They are ordinarily addressed to the whole Church or at times more broadly to ‘all …

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