Description:
Join us for a free panel discussion on this increasingly pressing issue:
How will parishes respond with compassion and sensitivity to the growing
number of elderly Catholics struggling with dementia? We bring a pastor, a
bioethicist and an author of a recently published book on this subject
into conversation on a complex and often challenging aspect of our aging
congregations.
Sponsored by Novalis Publishing
Time:
Jun 2, 2021 04:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Michael Swan
Associate Editor @The Catholic Register
Michael Swan is an award-winning journalist and author of several books, including his most recent book published by Novalis, Here With Us: A Parish Guide to Serving People with Dementia. He has an MA in Journalism from New York University and a BA in English Literature from the University of Toronto. He is based in Toronto.
Fr. John Sullivan, SJ
Jesuit Fr. John Sullivan is pastor of the large, downtown Toronto parish of Our Lady of Lourdes. He has worked in pastoral ministry in Jamaica, the Philippines and on Manitoulin Island. He has spent his summers directing Camp Ekon for kids, two hours drive north of Toronto. Fr. John takes over as pastor at St. Pius X in St. John’s, Newfoundland this September.
Moira McQueen, PhD
Dr. Moira McQueen is well known in Canada as executive director of the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute and a member of the International Theological Commission, which advises the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican on emerging theological issues. She is author of the Novalis book, Bioethics Matters: A Guide for Concerned Catholics.