ICHA Board Members 2024
Cacchione, Patrick
Executive Director, ICHA
Halstead, John L.
AMITA Health
Keen, Dr. Mary
Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital and Clinics
Kelsey-Davis, Debra
Nourish For Caregivers, Ltd.
Mayer, Dawn
Franciscan Ministries
McCormick, Br. Daniel
Sponsor, Ascension Health Ministries
Merdian, Msgr. Mark – chair
Diocese of Peoria
Paprocki, Bishop Thomas John
Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Roach, Steve
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Springfield
Rutherford, Theresa
St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur
Sehring, Robert
OSF Healthcare
Sifuentes, James
St. Anthony Hospital, Chicago
Trstensky, Sr. Jomary
Sponsor, Hospital Sisters Health System
Tylka, Bishop Louis
Diocese of Joliet
Chaplain Education Program
6 NACC CEUs
Catholic News
- Canadian bishops decry euthanasia on 10th anniversary of legalization (Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops)The Standing Committee for Family and Life of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement on June 10 marking the tenth anniversary of the legalization of assisted suicide in Canada. “Canada now has the world’s largest and fastest-growing euthanasia program,” the bishops wrote. “The percentage of ‘MAID’ [medical assistance in dying] deaths is […]
- Arson, vandalism at churches in Irish town (OIDAC Europe)Two churches in Drogheda, Ireland, have been attacked in recent weeks. First, a fire was set inside the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Tinure, which is part of Drogheda. Two weeks later, St. Augustine’s Priory in Drogheda was vandalized.
- President Trump welcomes consecration of United States to the Sacred Heart (White House)President Donald Trump issued a message welcoming the consecration of the United States to the Sacred Heart. President Trump characterized the consecration as “a powerful moment in our national story and a poignant reminder that America has always been guided by the loving hand of God” and described the Feast of the Sacred Heart as […]
- Vatican message for World Tourism Day focuses on AI (Vatican Press Office)Archbishop Rino Fisichella, one of the two pro-prefects of the Dicastery for Evangelization, issued a message for World Tourism Day entitled “Digital Agenda and Artificial Intelligence to Redesign Tourism.” “We are called to rediscover the profound meaning of travel: not as an escape from reality, but as a journey towards creation, towards others, and towards […]