Virtual 16th Annual Divine Mercy Medicine, Bioethics, and Spirituality Conference

November 6-7, 2020

Extended Viewing For Continuing Education Credit Until November 16! Healthcare professionals and those desiring to learn how to integrate their faith in their practice: Please join us *virtually* for the 16th Annual Divine Mercy Medicine, Bioethics, and Spirituality Conference, sponsored by Healthcare Professionals for Divine Mercy, an apostolate of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception.

Extended Viewing For Continuing Education Credit
Until November 16!

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic to make it easier for healthcare professionals and other participants, we are happy to offer an extension on the Conference video viewing times. Continuing Education credit for program participation will be available until November 16, 2020 to give everyone time to finish viewing the full program.
Please invite all your friends and have a wonderful time with our program!
Enrollments may also be until November 16!


We are happy to announce that we are not allowing COVID-19 to stop our annual Healthcare Conference. The Healthcare Professionals for Divine Mercy are combining the Worcester and Cleveland conferences to bring you an incredible line-up of speakers.

Please join us for two days, virtually, and attend the same high-quality conference you have attended in the past. You will be able to earn CEU/CME credits as long as you login with our digital sign in!

Your digital sign-in will designate the number of CEUs or CMEs granted each day. NOTE: You must register for the conference.

Friday, Nov. 6, TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

ALL TIMES ARE LISTED IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME

7:30-8:15 a.m.
Registration ON LINE “WALK IN” LAST MINUTE REGISTRATION

8:15-8:55 a.m.
Holy Mass Pre-Recorded

8:55-9 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Prayer

9:00-9:45 a.m.
Bryan Thatcher, MD, Intl. Director, Doctors for Divine Mercy; Founder, Eucharistic Apostles of The Divine Mercy.
Journey of a Soul: A look at Sts. Teresa of Avila and Faustina and Patient Care

9:45-10:45 a.m.
Sr. Gaudia Skass, OLM, Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy
More Than Healing The Body & Saving Lives: Total Engagement in Helping Patients

10:45-11:30 a.m.
Hannah Fortin, BSN, RN, CCRN; Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, New Hampshire. ICU nurse and member of the COVID-19 Rapid Response Team Frontline Hospital Care.
A Nurse’s Witness to the COVID-19 Pandemic

11:30-12:00 p.m.
Fr. Joseph Roesch, MIC, Vicar General. Rome, Italy
Reflections on the Beginning of the Pandemic in Italy

12:00-12:30 p.m.
Lunch Break

12:30-1:15 p.m.
Most Rev. Bishop Robert McManus, MA, STD
Catholic and Religious Directives

1:15-2:00 p.m.
Christopher Klofft, Associate Professor of Theology, Assumption College
People Are People: The Foundations of Christian Anthropology

2:00-2:45 p.m.
Ron Sobecks, MD, Professor, Dept. of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Healthcare Provider Burnout

2:45-3:00 p.m.
Break and Divine Mercy Chaplet.

3:00-4:00 p.m.
Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, MIC, PhB, STL, SEOL, Theologian, Author, former Vice-Postulator for Cause of St. Faustina
The Word of God for Healing Your Patients

4:00-4:45 p.m.
Marie Romagnano, MSN, RN, CCM; Founder, Healthcare Professionals for Divine Mercy.
Urgent Spiritual Care: Spiritual Action for Healthcare Providers

4:45-5:45 p.m.
Very Rev. Fr. Kazimierz Chwalek, MIC, BA, STB, STL (Cand.), Provincial Superior, Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception.
The Works of Mercy: Embodiment of Nursing and Medicine

5:45 p.m.
Closing prayers and Announcements

Saturday, Nov. 7, TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

7:30-8:15 a.m.
Registration. ON LINE “WALK IN” LAST MINUTE REGISTRATION

8:15-8:55 a.m.
Holy Mass Pre-Recorded

8:55-9 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Prayer

9-9:45 a.m.
Bryan Thatcher, MD
Journey of a Soul — When the Soul Faces the Struggles and Disappointments of Life

9:45-10:45 a.m.
Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, Director of the Association of Marian Helpers, Author
Church Teachings On the End-Of-Life Issues

10:45-11:30 a.m.
Reverend Joseph M. Koopman, STD, Assistant Professor of Moral Theology
Meaning of Sexuality and Medical Interventions Involving Procreation:
A Critical Moral Analysis

11:30-12:15 p.m.
Michael Parker, MD, OB/GYN Specialist, President of the National Catholic
Medical Association
Why Do We Need Catholic Healthcare

12:15-1 p.m.
Lunch Break

1-1:45 p.m.
Brian B. Burkey, M.D., M.Ed., F.A.C.S., Head & Neck Surgery and
Oncology Cleveland Clinic
Difficult Conversations: Delivering Bad News to Patients About Their Condition

1:45-2:45 p.m.
George Delgado, M.D., F.A.A.F.P., Board Certified Family Medicine Hospice
and Palliative Medicine
Abortion Pill Reversal

2:45-3:30 p.m.
Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, MIC, PhB, STL, SEOL
Healing in the Rays of The Divine Mercy: Placing Patients in the
Healing Rays of Divine Mercy

3:30-3:45 p.m.
Break and Divine Mercy Chaplet

3:45-4:30 p.m.
Alan Taege, M.D., Infectious Disease Specialist, Cleveland Clinic
The Reality of an Unexpected Pandemic – An Infectious Disease Perspective

4 – 4:45 p.m.
Very Rev. Fr. Kazimierz Chwalek, MIC, BA, STB, STL (Cand.)
The Works of Mercy: Embodiment of Nursing and Medicine

4:45-5:30 p.m.
Marie Romagnano, MSN, RN, CCM
Living With the Nightmare of a Rare Disease: Case Study Giant Cell Arteritis

5:30 p.m.
Closing Prayers and CONCLUSION OF VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

Conference videos will be available for one week after the conference to help with your busy medical appointment schedules!

https://www.marian.org/events/event.php?id=1632&page=tdm_virtual