This week’s III Young Catholic Doctors International Meeting, held during the World Youth Days 2023 in Lisbon, was a great succes!

The Symposium, on Wednesday, August 2nd in the afternoon had as theme: “Stand Up and Go” (Luke 17:19) and welcomed medical students, young doctors, other young health care workers and enthusiasts, but also high school students wanting to enroll in medical school.

The meeting was fully booked and there is still people outside: more than over than 200 people.

Objectives
– Introduce participants to the F.I.A.M.C. and to Societas Lucae
– Share experiences about the challenges of being a Catholic medical student or a young catholic doctor around the world.

Program
Opening session:
– Prof. Dr. José Diogo Ferreira Martins (President of the Portuguese Catholic Doctors Association)
– Pe. Miguel Cabral (Spiritual advisor of the Portuguese Catholic Doctors Association)
– Prof. Dr. Pedro Pimenta de Mello Spineti (President of the Brazilian Catholic Doctors Association)
– Prof. Dr. António Médina de Almeida (Dean of the Medicine Faculty of the Catholic University of Lisbon)
Societas Lucae: “Stand Up and Go”
– Dr. Thomas W. McGovern (Catholic Medical Association – United States of America)
– Benedita Pacheco de Carvalho (medical student from the Portuguese Catholic Doctors Association)
Interval
– Testimonies, small group discussion and sharing of experiences
– Plenary session
– Closing session

Special thanks to Prof. Dr. Pedro Pimenta de Mello Spineti (President of the Brazilian Catholic Doctors Association), who was the main organizer of the event.

An new generation of young faithful catholic doctors is standing up, ready to go out, on their mission, bringing healing to the world, both medically and as missionaries of Christus Medicus!