***This conference, along with ALL SPRING 2020 DEPAUL EVENTS, is POSTPONED/CANCELED***
We hope to present this same conference, with as many of the same speakers as possible, in April of 2021, so please stay tuned for updates. Please keep well, everyone!
3/12/20--Per a
3/11/20 notice from DePaul University President Gabriel Esteban,
"In the interest of the health and safety of our community, DePaul has
decided to take proactive, immediate steps to encourage social
distancing—a practice that is encouraged by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention to limit the spread of COVID-19, or coronavirus."
As an immediate result, "[a]ll university-sponsored events, either on
or off campus, are postponed or canceled now until further notice."
Rise Up and Walk:
Catholicism and Health Care across the Globe
The Catholic Church is perhaps the largest provider of health care in the world. From sophisticated Catholic hospital systems to small rural clinics, the Church continues the legacy of healing begun by Jesus. Today, however, the gap between technologically advanced medicine and the needs of the desperately poor continues to widen.
This conference will address some of the most pressing issues facing Catholic health care providers around the globe and brings together speakers from Uganda, India, Ecuador, South Korea, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Mexico, and Zambia. Panels will discuss
- Catholic health care services and strategies
- biblical and theological narratives of health and healing
- the relationship between Western and non-Western traditions of medicine
- healing trauma and invisible wounds
- Catholic partnerships between the global South and global North
Keynote Speakers
Sr. Carol Keehan, DC
- Immediate Past President/CEO of the Catholic Health Association
- Member of the National Academy of Medicine
David Cayley
Award-winning journalist & host of CBC Radio One's "Ideas" (Toronto)
Author of Ideas on the Nature of Science
See the full line-up of speakers and their bios here.
More about the Conference
Organized by DePaul University's Center for World Catholicism & Intercultural Theology (CWCIT), World Catholicism Week is now in its 12th year; an annual event, it gathers scholars from around the world to explore a single topic. CWCIT is grateful to its conference cosponsors here at DePaul: