Speakers from Uganda, India, Ecuador, South Korea, Kenya, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Mexico, and Zambia come together on Zoom to address some of the most pressing issues facing Catholic health care providers around the world in this 12th World Catholicism Week conference.
The Catholic Church is perhaps the largest provider of health care in the world. From sophisticated Catholic hospital systems to small rural clinics, the Church continues the legacy of healing begun by Jesus. Today, however, the gap between technologically advanced medicine and the needs of the desperately poor continues to widen.
Topics covered in this conference include
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Barbra Mann Wall, PhD, RN, FAAN
Thomas A. Saunders III Professor of Nursing, University of Virginia
~ Keynote topic: "Catholic Sisters in Health Care: Conflict, Entanglements, and Crossovers in Medicine, Nursing, and Religion"
David Cayley
Award-winning journalist & former host of CBC Radio One's "Ideas"
~ Keynote topic: "Medical Nemesis, Remembered"
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For a full list of all speakers, their bios, and descriptions of their topics, please visit the 2021 Speakers page of the conference website.
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Dial-In Information
Everyone who registers on the Eventbrite site will receive an e-mail with the Zoom link, passcode, etc., a couple of days before the event.
Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 9:00am to 4:30pm
Virtual EventDiversity, International/Cultural Activities, University-wide Events, Workshops & Conferences, Speaker/Presenters, Religious, Spiritual, Students, Faculty, Staff
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Catholic Studies, Centers and Institutes, Center for World Catholicism & Intercultural Theology (CWCIT)
Free of charge; registration required
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