Saturday, September 18, 2010
St. Joseph Mercy – Oakland
Pontiac , MI

Featuring – Fr. Tad Pacholczyk
Fr. Tad will address end of life issues and how they may be impacted by the recent health care reform law.  

Mary Mitsch, RN, MSN, PhDc will address how a “good death” can occur in a sudden death event.  

Check our website in July for further details about the conference.

Fr. Tad testifying before the Massachusetts Senate Committee on Science and Technology, during a joint legislative hearing on human cloning. Photo by Cory Silken, courtesy of The Pilot

Below is a list of our past conferences. We strive to offer timely topics and speakers who are experts in their field.

Past MNFL Conferences

October 2009
Byron Calhoun, MD - Perinatal Hospice, Ann Bellar, NP – Acute Pain Management  

October 2008
Dr. Vincent Rue – Impact of the Abortion Experience, Lubasik & Michelle Yax  

April 2008
Peg Nelson, NP – Pain Management – Palliative Care at the end of life,
Sharon Urso, BS – Solving the Mystery of Hospice  

September 2007
Fr. Tad Pacholczyk – Cloning & Human Embryos: Is there an ethical dilemma? Daniel Greene,MD - The New HPV Vaccine  

April 2006
Wesley Smith, Esq – Futile Care Theory….The Duty to Die, Charles Kleinbrook, Esq – Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care  

April 2005
Regina Chapman - STD's & Spring Break, Julie Hage – CPC Health Educator  

April 2004
Angela Lanfranchi, MD, - Abortion/Breast Cancer, Lorna Cvetkovich, MD - Morning After Pill  

April 2003
Wesley Smith, Esq – Culture of Death / Dr. Latkovic - Medical Ethics  

March 2002
John Diggs, MD – Abstinence – Just Do It, Leslee Unruh, Teresa Tomeo  

March 2001
Life's Beginnings….to be or not to be - Brenda Pratt Schafer – Partial Birth Abortion, Richard Doerflinger - Stem Cell Research – Prolife Response, Diane Trombley, RN – Legislation, James Penkala, Pharmacist