Welcome to the Feb. 5, 2020 edition of Just 3 Things, the weekly social action newsletter of the Office of Human Life & Dignity. Here are a few of the important priorities, news and ideas of the week.
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Upcoming this weekend: "Catholic Medicine in a Secular Society," with hot topics to be presented including brain death and organ donation, spiritual warfare and emotional self-care for health-care professionals, plus much more. Speakers include noted Dominican bioethicist Father Nicanor Austriaco and Catholic psychiatrist Dr. Cynthia Hunt. Sponsors of the Converging Roads initiative of the St. John Paul II Foundation are Region XI of the Catholic Medical Association, St. Patrick's Seminary & University and the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
Crime survivors retreat for those who have experienced the death of a loved one in a homicide--also this weekend. The Restorative Justice Ministry offers a special retreat for family and friends suffering after the violent death of a loved one. Free retreat is this Saturday, Feb. 8, beginning at 8 a.m. For more info, contact Julio Escobar, Restorative Justice Ministry coordinator, at 415-614-5572.
Registration is now open for the upcoming March 7-8 Hope and Healing After Abortion Catholic Women's Retreat, led by Contemplative of St. Joseph Father Vito Perrone, with the Daughters of Carmel.