Sunday, January 27, 2008

Shaquille and Haiti

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Shaquille O'Neal is the center for the Miami Heat. Almost everyone knows that. Shaq lives 90 minutes by air from the man and his son pic...
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Saturday, January 26, 2008

It Really Doesn't Have To Be This Way...by Tonya Sneed

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On 1/26/08, Tonya Sneed wrote: January 26 is forever etched into my mind. Today is the anniversary of my cousin's death. I still rem...
Friday, January 25, 2008

State of Denial

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See comments at the bottom of Mud Pies in Soleil . See article below from the Miami Herald. Posted on Tue, Jan. 29, 2008 Poor Haitians resor...

Haitians, Pregnancy, and HIV...What can be Done? Alot.

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Please see the article below. This article is not addressing the pregnant patient with obvious HIV. This article is about ACUTE HIV in pregn...
Thursday, January 24, 2008

Culture of Death

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Was Henry Hyde debating the Partial-Birth Abortion Act or discussing the treatment of Haitians? "Partially-born" human beings and ...
Friday, January 18, 2008

The Tormented

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"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented....

Haitians Equal Courage

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Jhiny is 13 years old and was born with heart disease. Jhiny, her mom, and brothers and sisters (all eight of them) live in a tiny one room ...
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Sunday, January 13, 2008

Should Saint Francis Medical Center Remain Catholic? Part VI

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Directive Number 6 of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services: "A Catholic health care organization shou...
Friday, January 11, 2008

Haiti's Debt

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See this link for an excellent review of Haiti's financial problems.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Should Saint Francis Medical Center Remain Catholic? Part V

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The Bishop's Synod of 1971 summed up the reason for the church's intense concern for matters of social justice: "Action on beha...
Monday, January 07, 2008

Should Saint Francis Medical Center Remain Catholic?--Part IV

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In the last 15 years the Catholic Diocese of Peoria has been faced with circumstances that have been truly difficult for them. OSF-SFMC pus...

Should Saint Francis Medical Center Remain Catholic?--Part III

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The preamble to the Ethical and Religious Directives states: The Directives “are concerned primarily with institutionally based Catholic hea...
Friday, January 04, 2008

Should Saint Francis Medical Center Remain Catholic?--Part II

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The Order of Saint Francis (OSF) advertises their Mission statements in the secular press and repeats these statements at many retreats and ...

Should Saint Francis Medical Center Remain Catholic?

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Should Saint Francis Medical Center (SFMC) remain Catholic? What distinguishes Saint Francis as a Catholic medical center? I went to mass ye...
Monday, December 31, 2007

Wise Men in Soleil

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A couple of weeks ago, before Christmas, my father-in-law and I spent some time working in Cite Soleil. One day we were at a medical clinic/...

Will OSF Let Katina Die?

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Two Haitian Hearts Patients

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The last two Haitian Hearts patients for 2007 arrived in the United States for heart surgery two weeks ago. Pictured above is Jhiny holding ...

OSF, the Media, and the Carroll Family

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The media in Peoria make sure that OSF looks good. The Peoria Journal Star supports OSF and their 500 million dollar Milestone project. This...
Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Maxime's Anniversary

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One year ago Maxime was fighting for his life. Maxime now rests over the Illinois River from his vantage point that watches OSF's new 50...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

People in the Pictures

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A photoessay of Port-au-Prince is in the works on this web log. But will it do any good or is it just some evidence of "what I did on m...
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