Father Tad Speaks at Franciscan University of Steubenville

This evening Father Tad offered a 90 minute presentation at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Steubenville, Ohio.

The event drew 185 students, staff and guests.

Father Tad presented on the topic: "Begotten, Not Made: The Ethical Concerns Around In Vitro Fertilization."

Father Tad dialogues with the audience.

The event was sponsored by Students for Life of America

Father Tad Presents at Christus St Francis Cabrini Hospital, Alexandria, LA

As part of the Converging Roads speaker series sponsored by the John Paul II Foundation of Houston, Fr. Tad presented today on Proportionate vs Disproportionate Means in End of Life Situations and Pain Management at CHRISTUS St Francis Cabrini Hospital, Alexandria, LA. Approximately 70 people attended the conference.

Other speakers included Thomas A. Cavanaugh, PhD on The Hippocratic Oath: Countering a Secularist Bioethics; Arland K. Nichols on the Dignity of the Patient; Jeffrey Berger, MD, FASAM on A Catholic Response to the Opioid Crisis; Natalie Rodden, MD on End of Life Decision Making and Advance Directives; Maricela P. Moffitt, MD, MPH, FACP on Physician Heal Thyself; and Susan Caldwell, MD, CFCMC; Rev. Brian Gunter; and Elizabeth Wilson, LCSW on Women's Healthcare.

Father Tad Presents at Our Lady of Hope Parish in Potomac Falls, Virginia

Father Tad offered two talks today on "Understanding Homosexuality and Gender Identity" 

He spoke to a full house in the parish hall of Our Lady of Hope Parish in Potomac Falls, Virginia

Rev. William P. Saunders, Pastor of the parish, led the opening prayer and introduced Father Tad

The NCBC Hosts Bishops' Workshop in Dallas

Cardinals, archbishops, and bishops from more than a dozen countries attended the Twenty Seventh Workshop for Bishops this week, sponsored by The National Catholic Bioethics Center in collaboration with the Knights of Columbus. The event held every two years is one of the largest gatherings of Catholic bishops outside of their own national conference meetings, and has been regularly held in Dallas for nearly 40 years.

This year's conference addressed foundational issues in health care reform, delivery, and the theology of Catholic health care. Additional presentations discussed the role of bishops in Catholic health care, as well as other key issues for Catholic identity and ethics in health care.

A number of distinguished scholars and speakers offered the presentations, and several staff members of the NCBC also addressed the gathered bishops, including NCBC President Dr. Joseph Meaney, and NCBC President Emeritus, Dr. John Haas.

Dr. John Haas speaks at the 2020 Bishops' Workshop in Dallas as Dr. Joseph Meaney looks on.

Father Tad Speaks to Deacon Candidates in Diocese of Fort Worth, TX

Fr. Tad spoke today to 25 deacon candidates and their wives in the Diocese of Fort Worth, sponsored by the John Paul II Foundation.

Fr. Tad addresses End of Life Decision Making

Dr. Roland Millare and Fr. Tad were the two conference presenters, on behalf the John Paul II Foundation initiative known as Shepherd’s Heart: Where Clergy Embrace Christ’s Heart for Life and Family

All the participants gathered for a conference picture afterwards.

Father Tad Speaks in Oklahoma City

Father Stephen Hamilton, Pastor of St. Monica's Parish, introduces Father Tad

Father Tad presented at 6:30 p.m. this evening at St. Monica's Parish in Edmond, OK, a suburb of Oklahoma City.

He addressed the topic of same-sex attraction and transgenderism.

More than 400 people attended the event.

Father Tad taking questions afterwards.

Fr. Tad Offers Opening Lecture at St. John's Seminary

Today the National Catholic Bioethics Center offered the first class of the semester at St. John's Seminary in Boston. The NCBC has proctored the bioethics class for more than 10 years, and this year 16 students from a number of dioceses are enrolled in the class. Father Tad presented the first lecture on the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, and offered a brief overview of the work and ministry of the NCBC. He will oversee the lectures during the remainder of the semester, with several invited lecturers also teaching the classes. 

Fr. Tad is shown with the students in the class, who come from a number of different dioceses in Massachusetts, New York, Maine and New Hampshire. Elizabeth Lee, who oversees the grading of the seminarian's exams for the NCBC, also attended the class and met the students.