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Helping with mental health

WEBHelping with mental health Wednesday, January 17, 2024 . Behavioral health refers to the emotions and behaviors that affect a person’s body, mind, spirit and …

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Defend life, promote access to health care for all, pope says

WEBVATICAN CITY -- The fear, sickness, death, mourning and economic impacts of COVID-19 should make people who are relatively well off and have access to …

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Catholic hospitals draw on spiritual roots to support staff, patients

WEBOn Jan. 12, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 7,380 people hospitalized with COVID-19, the most of any day so far. On Jan. 10, the U.S. …

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Catholic high schools focusing on students’ mental health

WEBThursday, May 4, 2023. A wall in St. Laurence High School where each student wrote why they matter. (Photo provided) Reports of anxiety, depression and other mental health …

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Health care is a universal right, not a luxury, Pope Francis says

WEBVATICAN CITY — Health care is not a luxury, it is a right that belongs to everyone, Pope Francis told health care workers. “A world that rejects the sick, that …

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Pope Francis: Protect your health, physically and spiritually

WEBOnly later does he tell the man to get up and walk. “Physical healing is a gift, physical health is a gift that we must safeguard,” the pope said. “But the Lord teaches …

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Getting the COVID-19 vaccine is a moral imperative

WEBThere is good news about how Catholics view the COVID-19 vaccines. According to new polling data from the Public Religion Research Institute, the …

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Healing the sick, healing relationships

WEBBut health care also should aim at caring for relationships, to offer those struggling with illness our love and compassion, so that they do not feel alone. Our local …

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In message for World Sick Day, Pope Francis calls for health care …

WEBhealth care worker comforts an eldery patient at a hospital in Blackburn, England, May 14, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In his message for the Feb. 11 …

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St. Joseph Hospital celebrates 150 years of care in Chicago

WEBThe Daughters of Charity withdrew from sponsorship after the hospital — which had already merged with Columbus Hospital in 1995 — became part of …

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The Catholic Church and the global HIV/AIDS crisis

WEBThe Catholic Health Association of the United States marked World AIDS Day Dec. 1 with a virtual discussion with Michael O’Loughlin, Chicago-based author of …

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Chicago will be headquarters for new Catholic health system

WEBA new Catholic health system will be headquartered in Chicago, although it does not have any health care facilities in Illinois. The new system will be created by the …

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Nurses dedicated to improving the health, wellness of priests

WEBNurses dedicated to improving the health, wellness of priests. Father Michael Trail, pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Hyde Park, prepares a dish …

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West Side community mental health center opens doors with help …

WEBIt will offer substance abuse and mental health services to the residents of the near West Side, East and West Garfield Park and North Lawndale. It was created …

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How faith can help with stress caused by pandemic

WEBCOVID-19 cases are now so numerous it makes little sense to wait for a numerical milestone. In the United States, the death toll is bound to pass 1 million. …

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Little Company of Mary Hospital joins OSF HealthCare system

WEBThe Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved the change of ownership exemption application between OSF and Little Company of Mary in mid …

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Helping to prevent suicide during stressful pandemic

WEBShoener now serves as the president of the Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers, an organization formed to help those in mental health ministry network …

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Statement of Cardinal Cupich on the Supreme Court’s decision in …

WEBJackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturns the court’s tragic 1973 decision that removed legal protection for unborn children. We welcome this …

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CDC: In-person learning can have low COVID-19 transmission risk

WEBOn Jan. 26, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a study that said schools that conducted in-person learning with safety measures in place have …

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Helping those grieving suicide

WEBThe program accomplishes this through support groups that are co-facilitated by survivors of suicide loss and mental health professionals, individual counseling, …

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Health, wholeness and holiness

WEBHealth, wholeness and holiness Saturday, August 29, 2009 . T he Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, followed a week later by the Feast of the …

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Sister Rosemary Connelly moving to new role at Misericordia Home

WEBMisericordia Home is celebrating Sister Rosemary’s 50 years of leadership. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic) After 52 years of at the helm of Misericordia Home, …

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