CLEMMONS — The Columbiettes at Bishop Greco Auxiliary of Holy Family Church recently awarded Samaritan Ministries in Winston-Salem a donation of $5,175.
Samaritan Ministries is a non-profit association offering emergency shelter and a daily soup kitchen for those in need in the community.
Pictured are (from left) recent chairpersons Jeanne McGaffigan and Mary Long presenting the check to Jan Kelly, Samaritan Ministries’ development director. Auxiliary President Jennifer Szescula (right) is also pictured.
— Maggie Herbstritt
BELMONT — The St. John Paul II Foundation, in collaboration with the Diocese of Charlotte and Belmont Abbey College, present the first “Converging Roads” health care ethics conference on Saturday, April 14.
The conference’s theme will focus on human dignity at the end of life, and continuing education credits for healthcare professionals will be offered.
Speakers include: Grattan T. Brown, S.T.D., associate professor and chair of theology at Belmont Abbey College; Michael J. Brescia, M.D., executive medical director of Calvary Hospital in Bronx, N.Y.; Natalie Rodden, M.D., palliative medicine physician at St. Anthony North Health Campus in Westminster, Colo., and more. The conference will take place from 8:45 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.
For details, go to www.convergingroads.com.