17th Annual Virtual Healthcare Professionals for Divine Mercy Medicine, Bioethics, & Spirituality Conference

Fr. Chris Alar, MIC: The Healing Power of the Eucharist for the Sick
Dana Angelini, MD: Spiritual Reflections from the Viewpoint of a Hematologist
Scot Bateman, MD: Letting a Child Go
Very Rev. Fr. Kazimierz Chwalek, MIC: The Significance of Hope in Patient Care and Emergency Sacraments and Preparing Patients for Death vs Medical Aid in Dying (MAID)
George Delgado, M.D., F.A.A.F.P.: The Abortion Pill and Its Reversal
Fr. Kenneth M. Dos Santos, MIC: Hope and Divine Mercy
Ashley K. Fernandes, MD: The Enduring Significance of the Hippocratic Oath in a Secularist Culture and Pediatric Bioethics
Dr. Christopher Klofft: Moral Distress Experienced by Healthcare Professionals and Mental Health, Anthropology, and Culture
Ruth Lourdes R. Lagman, MD: The COVID 19 Pandemic: What Value Did Palliative Care Bring?
Sr. Nazareta Maleta, OLM: Forming the Spirit of Mercy in the Service of Our Sick
Most Rev. Bishop Robert McManus, MA, STD: Eucharistic Consistency of Catholic Health Workers and Catholic Legislators in Light of Samaritanus Bonus
Janice G. Murphy: The Healing Ministry of Christ at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center during the Pandemic of 2020
Christina M. Puchalski, MD: Interprofessional Spiritual Care: An Essential Aspect of Healthcare
Fr. Joseph Roesch, MIC: Making Room for God in Patient Care: Lessons From the 350 Year History of the Congregation of Marians
Marie Romagnano, MSN, RN, CCM: The 10 Virtues of Our Lady: Application in a Healthcare Professionals Life and The Emergency Spiritual Assessment: Plan, Implementation and The Joint Commission
Kathleen Scoble: Spirituality in Nursing and Influence of Faith in Nursing
Dr. Ron Sobecks: Definitive Healing in Medicine and The Ministry of Mercy in Clinical Practice
Bryan Thatcher, MD: Using the 12 Step Model as a Tool in Healthcare to Cope with the COVID Crisis and Community, EADM, and Living Mercy in the Healthcare Workplace and Home


Fr. Chris Alar, MIC

Director of the Association of Marian Helpers, Author

The Healing Power of the Eucharist for the Sick


Dana Angelini, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic

Spiritual Reflections from the Viewpoint of a Hematologist


Scot Bateman, MD

Division Chief of Pediatric Critical Care, UMMC, Worcester, Mass.

Letting a Child Go


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

Emergency Sacraments and Preparing Patients for Death vs Medical Aid in Dying (MAID)


George Delgado, M.D., F.A.A.F.P.

Board Certified Family Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine

The Abortion Pill and Its Reversal


Fr. 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


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

Pediatric Bioethics


Dr. Christopher Klofft

Associate Professor of Theology, Assumption College

Moral Distress Experienced by Healthcare Professionals

Mental Health, Anthropology, and Culture


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?


Sr. Nazareta Maleta, OLM

Forming the Spirit of Mercy in the Service of Our Sick


Most Rev. Bishop Robert McManus, MA, STD

Eucharistic Consistency of Catholic Health Workers and Catholic Legislators in Light of Samaritanus Bonus


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


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


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


Marie Romagnano, MSN, RN, CCM

Founder, Healthcare Professionals for Divine Mercy

The 10 Virtues of Our Lady: Application in a Healthcare Professionals Life

The Emergency Spiritual Assessment: Plan, Implementation and The Joint Commission


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

Influence of Faith in Nursing


Dr. Ron Sobecks

Professor, Dept. of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic

Definitive Healing in Medicine

The Ministry of Mercy in Clinical Practice


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

Community, EADM, and Living Mercy in the Healthcare Workplace and Home