MATERCARE INTERNATIONAL’S 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
THE DIGNITY OF MOTHERS AND OBSTETRICIANS - WHO ON EARTH CARES!
Date: August 31st - September 4th, 2011
Place:Istituto Maria SS Bambina, Rome
Language:English
Organisation:Matercare International
Sponsors:World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FIAMC)
Under the Patronage of:
The Pontifical Academy for Life
The Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care
"Quodcumque dixerit vobis, facite"
(DO WHAT EVER HE TELLS YOU)
MOTHERHOOD. To appreciate the importance of motherhood in our contemporary world at least four complementary approaches must be envisaged by those in whose professional expertise this responsibilitylies.
FIRSTLY, the Catholic Obstetrician must be medically COMPETENT, skilled in all that concerns matters obstetrical and gynecological. This not only involves being informed professionally in all the skills associated in helping mothers medically. Legal, and social aspects are a fundamental part of the doctor's remit.
SECONDLY, the Catholic doctor must have the CONVICTION that Catholic teaching on ethics, magisterially guided, is not only true but totally beneficial for the patients requiring medical assistance within the scope of his or her competency.
THIRDLY, this involves the doctor's appreciation of the nature of society at large and of each particular local COMMUNITY within it. Motherhood is foundational for the flourishing of every society, and for every individual community which is a constituent part of that society.
FOURTHLY, the doctor must appreciate that motherhood is so fundamental to human existence that profound COMPASSION is necessary. This involves compassion for all mothers and families, believers or not, who suffer to beget and bring up their children.
Day 1 Wednesday August 31st
9:00 am MaterCare International Retreat
Theme “Let Us Pray about Our Lives and Professions"
Directed by Fr. Richard Taylor
MaterCare International’s Spiritual Advisor
1:00 pmLunch
3:00 pmMaterCare International Board Meeting
All welcome
5:00 pmRegistration
6:30 pm“Welcome Reception ”
Dr. Bogdan Chazan (Poland)
Chairman, MaterCare International
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
CEO and Medical Director, Holy Family Hospital Warsaw
Dr. Jose Maria Simon de Castellvi (Spain)
President,
FIAMC (World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations)
Professor Vincenzo Sarraceni (Italy)
President, Italian Catholic Medical Association
Professor Robert Walley
Founder and Executive Director, MaterCare International
7:30 pm Dinner on your own
9:00 pm“Get Acquainted” gathering on the roof of the Bambina.
Day 2 Thursday September 1st
8:30 amHoly Mass
Celebrant and Homilist
Archbishop/Doctor Ignacio Carrasco de Paulo
President Pontifical Academy for Life
9:30 amOpening Address
Archbishop/MD Ignacio Carrasco de Paula
President of the Academy for Life
Our Lady and Her Divine Motherhood and the Dignity of all Mothers
10.15 am Introduction of Conference Themes
Rev. Richard Taylor
MaterCare International’s Spiritual Advisor (United Kingdom)
SESSION 1CONVICTION
10:35 amBreak
11:10 amThe Witness of the Catholic Obstetrician; A Sign of Contradiction in the World of the Culture of Death
TBA
11:50 amThe Sacredness of Conscience, and legislative attacks on the Right to Practice according to Conscience.
Senator Ronan Mullen (Ireland)
12:30 am Questions and Discussion
1:00 pmLunch
SESSION 2CONVICTION
3:00 pmFaith and Reason. The Obstetrical Implications of Fides et Ratio
Professor Stratford Caldecott (United Kingdom)
Oxford University
3:40 pmEvangelisation and Training of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: the Role of the Magisterium.
Rt Rev Msgr Suaudeau MD
Official, Pontifical Academy for Life
4:20 pmDignitas Personae Explained
Rev Maurizio P. Faggioni MD
Ecclesiastical Assistant FIAMC
5:00 pmMotherhood and the New Feminism
Dr Leonie Caldecott (United Kingdom
5:40 pm Questions and Discussion
6:20pmClose
8:00pmDinner
Day 3 Friday September 2nd
8:30 amHoly Mass and Homily
H.E. Zigmunt Zimowski
President, Pontifical Council for Health and Pastoral Care.
SESSION 3COMMUNITY
9:30 amThe Current Political Climate and the Rights of Mothers.
Congressman Christopher Smith (N. J. USA)
10:10 amThe Hope of Motherhood for Africa
Dr. Henrietta Williams (Nigeria)
10:40 am Break
11:00 amMaternal Mortality and the 5th Millennium Development Goal
Dr. Donna Harrison (USA)
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
11:40 amThe New International Abortion First Policy
Dr. Susan Yoshihara (USA)
Executive Vice – President
Catholic Family and Human Rights Foundation
12:20 pmQuestions and Discussion
1:00 pmLunch
SESSION 4COMMUNITY (CONTINUED)
3:00 pmThe International Pro-life Movement
Mrs. Marie Smith (USA)
3:40 pmDemographic Decline and Policies that Promote Families
Nikolas T. Nikas (USA)
3:55 pmLaw, Policy & Medical Screening to Protect Mothers from Abortion Coercion
Dorinda C. Bordlee (USA)
4:10 pm Global Contraception – Global devastation
Dr Rudolf Ehmann (Switzerland)
4:50 pmThe Complications of Induced Abortion
Dr Elvis Seman (Australia)
Consultant Obstetrician
5:30 pmThe Trouble with IVF
Dr Bogdan Chazan (Poland)
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Chairman of the Council of MaterCare International
Director of the Holy Family Hospital, Warsaw \
6:10 pmQuestions and Discussion
6:30 pmClose
8:00 pmDinner
Day 4 Saturday September 3rd
8:30 amHoly Mass and Homily
His. Eminence. Elio Cardinal Sgreccia
President Emeritus
Pontifical Academy for Life
SESSION 5COMPETANCE AND COMPASSION
9:30 amRunning a Natural Family Planning unit in a Catholic Hospital
TBA (Italy)
10:10 am Training programmes in Naprotechnology
Dr Phil Boyle (Ireland)
Naprotechnology Will it Work in Africa?
Dr. Eileen Reilly (Scotland)
10:50 am Break
11:10 amManagement of Severe Prematurity
Professor Giuseppe Noia (Italy)
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Gemelli Hospital
11:50 amPerinatal Palliative Care as an alternative to Eugenic Abortion
Dr. Sylvie de Kermadec (France)
12:30 pmQuestions and Discussion
1:00 pmLunch
SESSION 6COMPASSION
3:00 pmMaterCare International’s Model of Rural Obstetrics.
Dr. Robert Walley (Canada)
Executive Director MaterCare International
Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
3:40 pmExperience with Obstetric Fistulae
Dr. Yayoi Takei (Japan)
Obstetrician and Gyaecologist
4:00 pm Experience in Haiti
4:20 pm Dr Piotr Klimas (Poland)
Resident in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
4:40 pm Use and Abuse of Psychiatric Drugs in Pregnancy
Dr. Barry Duncan/Marcia Barbacki (USA)
5:00 pm Maternal Health Care. A “Maternal Marshall Plan” – A “New Deal” for Mothers.
Round table Discussion
5:40 pm Questions and Discussion
6:00 pmClose
8:00 pmDinner
Day 5 Sunday September 4th
8:30 amClosing Mass and Homily
Rt Rev. Anthony Ireri Mukobo
Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Isiolo, Kenya
Depart
Papal audience requested.
Social events;
Informal gathering on the roof of the Bambina each evening
Private visit to the Vatican museums requested.
Movies to be shown each evening
Love is a Choice - The Life of St/Dr Gianna Beretta Molla
The Demographic
Eggsploitation – The Infertility Industry has a Dirty Secret
Baby Steps Live from the Womb - 16 Stages of Pre-Birth Development
Videos on the development of MaterCare’s Project Isiolo