Date: Tuesday, Sept. 1
Start time: 9 a.m.
End Time: 1 p.m.
Location: St. Peter, Mendota
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Minnesota Catholic Conference and Catholic Health Association of Minnesota
Join the bishops of Minnesota and healthcare leaders to reflect on the Church’s response to pain and suffering.
Pain and suffering are often treated solely with pharmacological approaches that presuppose that the human person is just a material being, and that the body is a kind of machine. The Catholic approach to pain and suffering does not, by contrast, rely solely on spiritual remedies, but follows an integrated vision of the human person as body and soul. In a culture that elevates avoiding pain and suffering as its highest value, sometimes at the expense of other goods, how can Catholic healthcare professionals, institutions, and ministers, promote true flourishing rooted in the nature and authentic dignity of the human person?
Speakers and panelists will reflect on how Catholic healthcare can best address mental health challenges, emotional pain, and physical suffering while rooting those reflections in the reality of the Catholic faith and the call to follow the suffering servant, Jesus Christ, to the foot of the Cross.
This study day is designed for healthcare professionals and those in Catholic healthcare ministry, but all are welcome to attend. There will be three speakers along with a mental health panel discussion. Lunch from Jimmy John’s and refreshments are included with ticket purchase.
