CHARLOTTE — The St. John Paul II Foundation, in collaboration with the Diocese of Charlotte and Belmont Abbey College, will present its “Converging Roads” health care ethics conference virtually this year.
Converging Roads is a regional conference series offering continuing education for health care professionals that equips them to practice the highest ethical and medical standards of their profession. Originally scheduled as an in-person conference, the third year of this conference is being held online.
The conference will take place online Saturday, May 9, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at a discounted rate. By joining the livestreamed conference, healthcare professionals can receive up to seven hours of continuing education credits.
For those unable to be present for the livestreamed conference, the presentations will be available for 72 hours afterwards.
“This conference is incredibly important for Catholics working in healthcare to attend so they can continuously be educated on where their faith and practice intersect,” said Jessica Grabowski, the Charlotte diocese's Respect Life program director. “The topics of the conference cover a wide variety of issues through both the lens of the Church and that of the medical practice.”
This year’s conference will focus on Catholic social teaching in medicine. Speakers will address topics such as “Care for the Sick and Dying: Rooted in Catholic Social Doctrine”; “The Secularist Attack on Religious Liberty of Medical Practitioners in the Literature and Law”; “Religious Freedom and Vaccines Compulsion: A View Through Catholic Social Teaching”; “A Catholic Response to the Opioid Crisis”; “Ethical Standards in the Pharmaceutical Industry”; “Hidden in Plain Sight: Human Trafficking in Our Midst”; and “Access to Healthcare for the Poor and Undocumented.”
For details and registration information, go to www.convergingroads.com.
— Kimberly Bender, online reporter
