Thank You
Your registration has been accepted for the Illinois Catholic Health Association’s short online course for chaplains on the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services. Within 5 days you will receive an email from The National Catholic Bioethics Center with the information you will need to access their website to download and complete the 6 learning modules.
Thank you for your participation in this program, and thank you for the service you render to those in our Catholic healthcare facilities in the Province of Illinois.
Patrick Cacchione
Executive Director
Catholic News
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- USCCB launches America 250 video series (USCCB)The United States Conference of Catholic launched a video series devoted to the 250th anniversary of the American founding. In the first episode, Dr. Michael Breidenbach, a history professor at Ave Maria University, discussed Catholics and the founding.
- Does a new survey show potential for a Confession revival? (OSV News)A survey conducted by the Vinea Research Group found that 67% of Catholics who have not been to Confession in the past year are open to going to Confession again. Father Josh Johnson, coauthor of the Pocket Guide to the Sacrament of Reconciliation, said: Anybody can do the Bible study. Anybody can facilitate a retreat. […]
- Technology should not replace the family, Vatican diplomat says at UN meeting (Holy See Mission)Addressing a UN meeting devoted to “Population, technology and research in the context of sustainable development,” a Vatican diplomat said that “particular vigilance is required to ensure that technology complements authentic human encounters rather than substituting them.” “Care, education and the transmission of values cannot be fully delegated to digital technology,” said Chargé d’Affaires of […]