FOURTH MATERCARE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
OF CATHOLIC OBSTETRICIANS AND
GYNAECOLOGISTS
THEME
THE DIGNITY OF MOTHERHOOD
AND THE PRACTICE OF OBSTETRICS - CHALLENGING
THE STATUS QUO
OBJECTIVES
To
consider the Dignity of Motherhood
To
Consider the Encyclical Deus Caritas Eat
To
consider Christian Values in the Practice of Obstetrics.
To
consider Ethics of some Current Issues
in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
To
Consider the United Nations Millennium Development Goals
To
Consider the Biology and Ethical Concerns of Current Stem Cells Research.
To Consider Abortion and Alternatives Services
To
Consider the Ethical Treatments for Infertility.
To
consider the Organization, Function and Current and Future MCI Activities.
To
provide an Opportunity to Raise and Discuss other Issues
To
provide an Opportunity to Make and Renew Friendships.
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
5:00 pm:
Registration
6:00 pm: “Welcome”
Robert
Walley
Emeritus
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Executive Director, MaterCare International
Jose
Maria Simon de Castellvi
President,
FIAMC
6.15 pm
Key
Note Address
H.
E. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan
President,
Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care
6.45 pm
“Get
acquainted" reception.
Please
note that Dinner will NOT be served tonight
Thursday, October 12th, 2006
8:30 am Holy Mass
TBA
9:30 am
Key
Note Address: Deus Caritas Est
Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes
President, Pontifical Council,
Cor Unum
10.30
am Coffee
Session I: The Dignity of Motherhood and the Obstetrician
11.00
am: Jesus and Healing - a
Scripture reflection
Rev Richard Taylor
Professor of Scripture,
Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, Rome
11.30
pm The Dignity of
Motherhood
Maria Srodon
Regional Executive Assistant,
MaterCare (Poland)
12:00
pm Discussion, Have your
say
1:00 pm
Lunch
Session II: The Practice of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
2:00 pm:
Key
Note Address; Human Rights and Political Correctness
TBA
2.00 pm
The
Gospel of Life and the Practice of Obstetrics
Bogdan Chazan
Professor of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology
Chairman MaterCare (Poland)
2.30
pm Courage and Obstetrical
practice
Msgr Maurizio Calipari
Spiritual Director MaterCare
International and Ecclesiastical Advisor to FIAMC
Pontifical Academy for Life
3.00
pm Conscientious Objection
in Medical Practice
Rev George Woodall
Professor of Moral Theology and
Bioethics,
Pontifical University, Regina
Apostolorum, Rome
3.30
pm Discrimination in
training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Dr. Imre Teglasy
National Director, Right to Life
Hungary
4.00
pm Have Your Say, Panel
Discussion, Questions, Comments
5.00
pm Close
8.00
pm Dinner/Informal
Discussions to follow
Friday, October 13th, 2006
8:30 am
Holy Mass
Celebrant and Homilist:
Msgr Maurizio Calliapri
Spiritual Director MaterCare
International and Ecclesiastical Advisor to FIAMC
Pontifical Academy for Life
Session III Abortion Again
9:30 am
Abortion
after 30 years
Jim Hughes
Chair, Campaign Life Coalition,
Canada
10.00
am Demographic Aspects of
Abortion
Ewa Fratczak
Professor, Institute of
Statistics and Demography,
Warsaw School of Economics
10.45
am Coffee
11.15
pm: Alternatives to
abortion Legal I
Nikolas Nikas President and
General Counsel,
Dorinda Bordlee, Executive
Director, and Senior Counsel
Bioethics Defence Fund, USA
12.15
pm Discussion, Have your
say
1:00 pm:
Lunch
Session IV
Abortion Yet Again
2.00 pm
Alternatives
to abortion Social II
Nikolas Nikas President and
General Counsel,
Dorinda Bordlee, Executive
Director, and Senior Counsel
Bioethics Defence Fund, USA
3.00 pm
Promotion of
Ethical Positions in a Multi-Cultural, Secular Society (Croatian Experience)
Marijo Zivkovic, Family Centre,
Zagreb
3.30 pm
Discussion
4.00 pm
The
Use RU 486 and Misoprostol, The Australian controversy.
Elvis Semen
Consultant, Obstetrician and
Gynaecologist
Flinders University, Adelaide,
Australia.
4.15 pm
Morning after
Pill
John Seeds
Chair,
MaterCare (USA)
Chair,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Virginia
Commonwealth University, USA
4.30 pm
The Use of
Manual Vacuum Aspiration in the treatment of Septic Abortion - IS there an Alternative Medical Treatment?
Robert Walley
Emeritus
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Executive Director, MaterCare International
4.45 pm
Discussion,
Have Your Say, Panel Discussion, Personal communications, Questions
5:30 pm
Close
8:00 pm
Dinner
Saturday, October 14t
8:30 am:
Holy
Mass
H. E. Cardinal Renato Martino
President, Pontifical Council
for Justice and Peace
9:30
am Key Note Address
The UN and the Millenium
Development Goals
H. E. Cardinal Renato Martino
President, Pontifical Council
for Justice and Peace
10.15
am Discussion
10.30
am Coffee
11.00
am MaterCare International
and its Programmes
Robert Walley,
Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Executive Director, MaterCare
International
Eamon O’Dwyer
Chairman, MaterCare
International
Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics
and Gynaecology
University of Galway, Ireland
12.00
am Questions
Session V Controversies
12.15
am “The
new global ethic and its hidden agenda”
Marguerite
A Peeters
Director, Institute for
Intercultural Dialogue, Brussels
1.00 pm Lunch
2.00 am Keynote Address
Human Rights and Gender Equality
Anna Zaborska
President,
Commission on the Rights of Women and Gender Equality
European Parliament
Session
VI Controversies/Infertility treatments
2.45 pm Embodied Being and Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Is There a Way Forward?
William
Hurlbutt
Professor of Bioethics, Standford
University, USA
Member of the President’s
Council on Bioethics
3.00 pm
Discussion
3.30 pm
Is
there an Ethical Alternative Reproductive Technology Worth Exploring?
Elvis Semen
Consultant, Obstetrician and
Gynaecologist
Flinders University, Adelaide,
Australia
4:00 pm
The
Billings Ovulation Method and the Achievement of Pregnancy,
A Retrospective Study
Dr Mary Martin
Consultant Obstetrician &
Gynaecologist
Oklahoma, USA
4:45 pm
Have
Your Say, Panel Discussion, Personal Communications, Questions,
5.30 pm
Close
8.00 pm
Dinner
Sunday, October 15th, 2006
8:30
am: Closing Holy Mass.
Bishop Elio Sgreccia, President
Pontifical Academy for Life
SOCIAL PROGRAMME
MOVIE PRESENTATIONS for your interest each evening at 9pm in
the meeting room
Thursday
“Love is a
Choice”,
52 Minutes
Account of the Life of St Gianna Baretta Molla’, Patron of MCI
Salt and Light
Television (Canada)
Friday
“Dying to Give
Birth”.
30 Minute
account of MaterCare International Activities
Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation
The Hidden
Tragedy
6 minute account
of Obstetric Fistula
MaterCare
International
Saturday
Abortion Breast
Cancer Link
30 minutes
Breast Cancer
Institute, New York
SOCIAL GATHERING
each evening at 9.pm - close
The
Roof of the Istituto Maria SS. Bambina, BYOB.
We provide the view of St Peter’s Basilica.
A UNIQUE WALKING TOUR OF ROME Saturday 9pm
Guide: Gian Luigi Gigli,
Past-President, World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations
Approximately 2 hours.
ROME CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM
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