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Day 1: Friday, May 13, 2022
Day 2: Saturday, May 14, 2022
Day 3: Sunday, May 15, 2022

Marie Romagnano, MSN, RN, CCM; Founder, Healthcare Professionals for Divine Mercy
Welcome Video

Very Rev. Fr. Kazimierz Chwalek, MIC, BA, STB, STL (Cand.), Provincial Superior, Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Homily from the Holy Mass, February 11, 2022

ALL TIMES ARE LISTED IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME

Day 1: Friday, May 13, 2022

9:00-10:00 a.m.
Livestream - Holy Mass from the National Shrine of Divine Mercy

10:00-10:45 a.m.
Bryan Thatcher, MD, Intl. Director, Doctors for Divine Mercy; Founder, Eucharistic Apostles of The Divine Mercy.
Using the 12 Step Model as a Tool in Healthcare to Cope with the COVID Crisis

KEYNOTE
10:45-11:45 a.m.
Most Rev. Bishop Robert McManus, MA, STD
Eucharistic Consistency of Catholic Health Workers and Catholic Legislators in Light of Samaritanus Bonus

11:45-12:30 p.m.
Fr. Joseph Roesch, MIC, Vicar General, Rome, Italy
Making Room for God in Patient Care: Lessons From the 350 Year History of the Congregation of Marians

12:30-1:15 p.m.
Ruth Lourdes R. Lagman, MD MPH MBA FACP FAAHPM, Assistant Professor of Medicine, The Harry R. Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine Cleveland Clinic
The COVID 19 Pandemic: What Value Did Palliative Care Bring?

1:15-2:00 p.m.
Dr. Christopher Klofft, Associate Professor of Theology, Assumption College
Moral Distress Experienced by Healthcare Professionals

2:00-2:45 p.m.
Dr. Ron Sobecks, Professor, Dept. of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Definitive Healing in Medicine

2:45 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Ashley K. Fernandes, MD, PhD, FAAP, MD, PhD, FAAP, Assoc. Director Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities; Assoc. Professor of Pediatrics OSU Nationwide Children’s Hospital
The Enduring Significance of the Hippocratic Oath in a Secularist Culture

3:30-3:25 p.m.
Break with The Divine Mercy Chaplet to be prayed privately.

3:45-4:30 p.m.
Marie Romagnano, MSN, RN, CCM; Founder, Healthcare Professionals for Divine Mercy
The 10 Virtues of Our Lady: Application in a Healthcare Professionals Life

4:30-5:30 p.m.
Very Rev. Fr. Kazimierz Chwalek, MIC, BA, STB, STL (Cand.), Provincial Superior, Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Significance of Hope in Patient Care

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Day 2: Saturday, May 14, 2022

9:00-10:00 a.m.
Livestream - Holy Mass from the National Shrine of Divine Mercy

10:00-10:45 a.m.
Bryan Thatcher, MD
Community, EADM, and Living Mercy in the Healthcare Workplace and Home

10:45-11:15 a.m.
Sr. Nazareta Maleta, OLM
Forming the Spirit of Mercy in the Service of Our Sick

11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, Director of the Association of Marian Helpers, Author
The Healing Power of the Eucharist for the Sick

12:15-1:00 p.m.
Janice G. Murphy, FACHE, President and CEO, St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
The Healing Ministry of Christ at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center during the Pandemic of 2020
Powerpoint Presentation in PDF format

1:00-1:45 p.m.
Scot Bateman, MD, Division Chief of Pediatric Critical Care, UMMC, Worcester, Mass.
Letting a Child Go

KEYNOTE
1:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Ashley K. Fernandes, MD, PhD, FAAP, MD, PhD, FAAP, Assoc. Director Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities; Assoc. Professor of Pediatrics OSU Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Bioethics

2:45-3:30 p.m.
Dr. Ron Sobecks, Professor, Dept. of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic
The Ministry of Mercy in Clinical Practice

3:30-3:45 p.m.
Break with private prayer of The Divine Mercy Chaplet.

3:45-4:30 p.m.
Kathleen Scoble, EdD, MEd, MA, RN, Professor of Nursing, Dean Emeritus, Elms School of Nursing, College of Our Lady of the Elms
Spirituality in Nursing

4:30-5:15 p.m.
Dr. Christopher Klofft, Associate Professor of Theology, Assumption College
Mental Health, Anthropology, and Culture

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Day 3: Sunday, May 15, 2022

9:00-10:00 a.m.
Livestream - Holy Mass from the National Shrine of Divine Mercy

10:00-10:45 a.m.
George Delgado, M.D., F.A.A.F.P., Board Certified Family Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
The Abortion Pill and Its Reversal

10:45-11:30 p.m.
Dana Angelini, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
Spiritual Reflections from the Viewpoint of a Hematologist

KEYNOTE
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Christina M. Puchalski, MD, MS, OCDS, FACP, FAAHPM, Founder and Executive Director, George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health
Interprofessional Spiritual Care: An Essential Aspect of Healthcare
The ©FICA Spiritual History Tool

12:30-1:15 p.m.
Rev. Kenneth M. Dos Santos, MIC, Provincial Secretary for Marian Fathers, Author of Hagia Sophia: The Wisdom of God as Offered to the Modern World
Hope and Divine Mercy

1:15-2:00 p.m.
Kathleen Scoble, EdD, MEd, MA, RN, Professor of Nursing, Dean Emeritus, Elms School of Nursing, College of Our Lady of the Elms
Influence of Faith in Nursing

2:00-3:00 p.m.
Marie Romagnano, MSN, RN, CCM
The Emergency Spiritual Assessment: Plan, Implementation and The Joint Commission

3:00-3:15 p.m.
Break with private prayer of The Divine Mercy Chaplet.

3:15-4:15 p.m.
Very Rev. Fr. Kazimierz Chwalek, MIC, BA, STB, STL (Cand.)
Emergency Sacraments and Preparing Patients for Death vs Medical Aid in Dying (MAID)

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