77th Annual Educational Conference

THEOLOGY OF THE BODY

Modern Challenges to Health, Conscience, and Human Dignity

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Wednesday, 8 October

7:00-9:00 p.m. Evening of Reflection

Thursday, 9 October

7:00-7:30 a.m. Confession and Rosary

7:30-8:15 a.m. Mass Eucharistic Exposition begins after Mass

8:15-8:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast Please visit our exhibitors

8:45-8:55 a.m. Welcome & Invocation: Cardinal William Henry Keeler, S.T.L., J.C.D., Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore

8:55-9:15 a.m. Introductory Remarks and Overview of Conference Goals: Kathleen M. Raviele M.D., F.A.C.O.G., Louis Breschi M.D., F.A.C.S., and Marie-Alberte Boursiquot, M.D., F.A.C.P.

9:15-11:15 a.m. Panel Session I : “Conscience and Modern Medicine: What are the Challenges in Serving Patients?”

Rev. Basil Cole, OP, STD
Topic: “Forming Conscience in the Post-Vatican II Era”

John Brehany, Ph.D.
Topic: “Integrating Conscience in the Healthcare Arena”

Nikolas T. Nikas, Esq.
Topic: “The Law and Healthcare Rights of Conscience”

Audience Q&A

11:15-11:30 a.m. Coffee Please visit with our exhibitors

11:30-12:25 p.m. Special Cultural Presentation: “Medical Miracles: Baltimore and Beyond”

Introduction: Marie-Alberte Boursiquot, M.D.

Topic: “A Miraculous Baltimore Cure of Father Pytel and the Canonization of Sister Faustina” by Nicholas J. Fortuin, M.D.; Rev. Lawrence J. Gesy, M.Div., M.S.

Topic: “The Amazing Medical Miracles of Lourdes” Jacek L. Mostwin, M.D., D.Phil.

12:30-1:30 p.m. Luncheon

1:30-1:45 p.m. Break Please visit our exhibitors

1:45-2:45 p.m.          Special Presentation: “Theology of the Body: From John Paul II to Benedict XVI” by Mr.George Weigel, Author of Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II


2:45-3:00 p.m.          Break Please visit our exhibitors

3:00-5:00 p.m. Panel Session II: “Created in God’s Image: Can Theology of the Body Help Us Understand One Another?”

Rev. Roger J. Landry
Topic: “Interpersonal Relations in the Theology of the Body”

John M. Travaline, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Topic: “Understanding Patient-Physician Relationships in View of Communio
Personarum”

Tara L. Seyfer, M.T.S.
Topic: “The Language of the Body, Human Dignity, and the Patient-Healer Relationship”

Audience Q&A

5:30-7:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception, Entertainment by Peabody Musicians

7:00 p.m. Dinner on Your Own

FRIDAY, 10 October

7:00-7:30 a.m. Confession/Rosary

7:30-8:15 a.m.           Mass

8:15-8:50 a.m.           Continental Breakfast

8:50-9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks: Louis C. Breschi, M.D., President-Elect, CMA

9:00-11:00 a.m. Panel Session III: “Can Theology of the Body Guide Us in Raising and Treating Children?”

Joseph R. Zanga, M.D., F.A.A.P., F.C.P.
Topic: “Adolescent Brain Development: Legal and Societal Issues”

Emmet M. Kenney, Jr., M.D.
Topic: “What is the Primary Role of Parents in Sexual Education?”

Ms. Mercedes Arzú Wilson,
Topic: “When Parental Rights and the Law Collide”

Audience Q&A

11:00-11:15 a.m. Coffee Please visit with our exhibitors

11:15-12:00 p.m. Special Cultural Presentation: “Baltimore: A City of Saints”

Sr. Reginald Gerdes, O.S.P.
Topic: “Mother Mary Lange: Foundress of First Religious Order for African American Women”

Sr. Betty Ann McNeil, D.C.
Topic: “Elizabeth Ann Seton: First native-born Saint of the United States”

12:00-12:15 p.m. Coffee Please visit with our exhibitors

12:15-1:45 p.m. Luncheon

Keynote Address: Rev. Michael Roach
Topic: “Faith and Healing in Catholic Baltimore”

1:45-2:00 p.m. Break Please visit with our exhibitors

2:00-3:30 p.m. Panel Session IV: “How Does the Theology of the Body Provide Spiritual and Emotional Healing?”

Frank J. Moncher, Ph.D.
Topic: “Recovering from Sexual Addictions and the Healing Process”

Emmet M. Kenney, Jr., M.D.
Topic: “How do people heal from sexual trauma?”

Audience Q&A

3:30-5:30 p.m. National CMA Annual Business Meeting

3:30-5:30 p.m. Special Session for Medical Students: “Contemporary Ethical Challenges to Medical Students”

TBD
Proposed Topic: “Facing a Dilemma of Conscience: Who You Gonna Call?”

Faith Daggs, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Topic: “Succeeding as a Catholic OBYN Physician in a Secular World”

7:00-9:30 p.m. Entertainment (click here for more info)

SATURDAY, 11 October

7:00-7:30 a.m. Confession/Rosary

7:30-8:15 a.m.              Mass

8:15-8:50 a.m.               Continental Breakfast

8:50-9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks: Louis C. Breschi, M.D.

9:00-11:10 a.m. Panel Session V: “How Do We Accept the Limitations of Health and Reproduction?”

G. Thomas Grace, M.D.
Topic: “Recognizing the Beauty of the Aging Body”

Rev. J. Daniel Mindling, O.F.M., Cap. S.T.D.
Topic: “Accepting the Limitations of Fertility?”

Philip J. Scrofani, Ph.D.
Topic: "Taking the ‘Crisis” out of Midlife”

Audience Q&A

11:00-11:15 a.m. Coffee Please visit our exhibitors

11:15-11:45 a.m. Special Cultural Presentation: “A Saintly Physician: The Life of Gianna Molla”

Mr. Thomas McKenna

11:45-1:15 a.m. Luncheon

1:30-3:30 p.m. Panel Session VI: “Seniors and Aging: How Do We Interpret the Theology of the Body in the Golden Years?”

Sister Constance Carolyn Veit, lsp
Topic: “The Vocations of seniors: Finding meaning in the Later Years”

James P. Richardson, M.D., M.P.H.
Topic: “What Physicians Should Know about Sexuality in Older Adults: Beliefs and Practices.”

Rev. Leo Patalinghug, S.T.L.
Topic: “The Reality and Theology of Suffering for Married Seniors”

Audience Q&A

4:00 p.m. Bus Departs for Tour of The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

5:30 p.m. Mass at the Basilica of the Assumption
Celebrant: Most Reverend Edwin O’Brien, D.D., 15th Archbishop of Baltimore

7:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception Entertainment by Peabody Musicians

7:30-9:00 p.m. Banquet

Introduction: Louis C. Breschi, M.D.
Invocation: Most Reverend Edwin Frederick O’Brien, D.D., Archbishop of Baltimore

Linacre Award Presentation
Introduction: Louis C. Breschi, M.D.

Keynote Address: Robert P. George, J.D., D.Phil.
Topic: “Embryo: A Defense of Human Life”

SUNDAY, 12 October

8:30-10:30 a.m. Farewell Mass

SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT: Friday, October 10, 2008, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
The Maryland Science Center at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
www.mdsci.org
The CMA invites you to attend a reception and tour of amazing exhibit on Baltimore’s Historic Waterfront. The United States Naval Academy choral group also has been invited to perform.

The Catholic Medical Association reserves the right to make substitutions or changes in this scheduled plan of events without prior notice to the participants.

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