Thomas D. Maddix, CSC, the director of mission services at the Alberta Catholic Hospitals Foundation, looks at the values which should be the backbone of any Christian health care ministry. He challenges us to live those values. If we do not, he says, a Catholic health ministry has no right to exist.
The more complex modern medicine becomes, the more complex are the issues facing staff in health care facilities. The bioethics education committee at St. Joseph's Health Centre in London developed a unique short course in practical ethics for staff from several institutions.
Rev. Ralph L. Kleiter, pastor of the parish of the Holy Spirit in Saskatoon, has 30 years of experience in both urban and rural parishes. He believes that the parish can work in partnership with other groups and health care delivery systems to provide a comprehensive ministry of care for all parishioners.
Yvon Bureau, president of the "Responsable jusqu'à la fin" foundation, spoke at the annual congress of the Quebec section of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. A social worker, Bureau spoke as if he were a doctor and asked some important questions as to what would be his relationship to his patient. His insights can be applied to anyone who works with those who are dying or terminally ill.
Rev. Gérard Gingras is the chaplain and Lise Savoy-Malenfant, a pastoral care worker at the Centre hospitalier Robert-Giffard in Beauport, Quebec. They provide some insight into the unique techniques needed to minister to those who have a psychiatric illness.
Thomas D. Maddix, CSC, the director of mission services for the Alberta Catholic Hospitals Foundation, comments on a report which clearly articulates in word and action our distinctive nature as denominational health care providers. If we wish to flourish in that role, we must show that difference in word and deed.
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