Today, I ran across this great artistic rendering of the Second Vatican Council.
(via) PrayTell Blog
This is a book I must read.
Check out the prologue here: ‘Henrietta Lacks’: A Donor’s Immortal Legacy : NPR
And a very favorable review in the NYTimes: A Woman’s Undying Gift to Science
Helping the poor is indeed the mission and the cause célèbre. Therein lies the dilemma.
Kenneth E. Raske, president of the Greater New York Hospitals Association as quoted in: Critical Care: The Fall of St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan - NYTimes.com
This was a difficult article to read. But, I kind of knew it was coming.
Project Haiti donations from community continue to pour in
Our sister hospital in Boise has been supporting a children’s hospital near Port-au-Prince for years through Project Haiti.
(via) Idaho Press-Tribune
Angola Hospice: a hospice where inmate volunteers provide end-of-life care for dying prisoners.
This is a touching photo essay illustrating very sacred work.
(via The Morning News)
What makes a Catholic institution, Catholic?
From Bishop Robert Vasa (Diocese of Baker, OR):
…an institution is identified as Catholic precisely because the bishop has given his consent for the use of that title. This giving of consent, however, is not only a one-time event. It is rather the establishment of an ongoing consensual relationship and persists only as long as the bishop continues to give his consent.
(via) Catholic Sentinel
This made me laugh out loud today: My good friend & colleague Lindhal, from my previous hospital, posed for a marketing photo the other day.
My fake ultrasound with my photoshopped baby. What a special moment it was.
We just remembered we still need to to add a wedding ring though…Catholic hospital here!
