Professional Catholic Nursing Organizations

• National Association of Catholic Nurses, U.S.A (NACN-USA). www.nacn-usa.org; catholicnurses@nacn-usa.org; NACN-USA traces its orgin to the St. Radegund Catholic Nurses Guild in Boston, MA founded in 1909, the first CNG in the USA.

• International Catholic Committee of Nurses and Medico Social Assistants (CICIAMS) traces its origin to 1928 when nurses from 10 countries met in Basil, Switzerland and formed a Study Committee. The 1st World Congress was held in Lourdes in 1933. www.ciciams.org; ciciamsinternational12@gmail.com; ***CICIAMS XXII World Congress, near Bangkok, Thailand, November 11-13, 2026 with excursion November 14, 2026. Early Registration to January 31, 2026. ciciams2026.org***

Abortion

• Abortion Pill Reversal Hotline – 24/7 Helpline: 877-558-0333; If you’ve started a chemical abortion but now regret it, IT MAY NOT BE TOO LATE TO SAVE YOUR PREGNANCY. Abortion Pill Reversal* is a safe and effective process that gives your baby a second chance at life. https://www.abortionpillreversal.com/

• Rachel’s Vineyard Retreats – For Hope and Healing after Abortion. Find a retreat: https://www.rachelsvineyard.org/

• Hope & Healing after Abortion – Support from the Sisters of Life – 866-575-0075;

E-mail: hopeandhealing@sistersoflife.org with the Sisters of Life

• Abortion and Breast Cancer Risk – American College of Pediatricians report the Induced Abortion, Delayed Childbearing and not breastfeeding are major risk factors for the dramatic increase in breast cancer. https://acpeds.org/reproductive-choices-of-young-women-affecting-future-breast-cancer-risk/

Addiction

• Comunita Cenacolo – Established by Mother Elvira in Italy, Comunita Cenacolo – America provides community life and healing for those recovering from addiction https://www.hopereborn.org/to-enter/

Care for the Caregiver

• Nourish for Caregivers Ministry provides a proven curriculum and resources for churches to support caregivers’ practical, emotional and spiritual needs so that they can experience the many blessings that come from caregiving. https://nourishforcaregivers.com/; info@nourishforcaregivers.com

Care for the Health Caregiver

• The Curatio Apostolate of Catholic Health Care Professionals was founded for all those who care for the sick: doctors, nurses, nursing home, hospice and clinic professionals, with a mission to promote, support and sustain the “Gospel of life,” and to see Christ in our patients and co-workers. 2025: Curatio helps healthcare workers to grow in holiness through the grace of the sacraments, to live out our Catholic faith in healthcare. Curatio Apostolate, 3317 Edward Street, St Anthony MN 55418.

Chastity

• Chastity Project – Help spread the good news of chastity around the world! As a Missionary of Chastity, you’ll equip men and women of all ages with the resources they need to embrace chastity. https://missionariesofchastity.com/

• Teen STAR – Sexuality Teaching in the context of Adult Responsibility

Teacher Training Workshop, Contact Sr. Hanna Klaus, M.D., hannaklaus@earthlink.net

Phone: 301-897-9323 https://www.teenstar.org/

• Universal Chastity Education (UCE) is dedicated to promoting to the youth a lifestyle of respect for sexuality and saving sex only for a faithful marriage. UCE is also committed to helping other countries achieve the same success by applying the Uganda AB (Abstinence, Be faithful) model in youth education in a manner sensitive to their unique culture. Chastity is an inexpensive prevention for the worldwide HIV/AIDS/STD pandemic. https://www.uceglobal.org/

• Economics of Sex by the Austin Institute – the secular effects of “The Pill” [https://youtu.be/cO1ifNaNABY?si=M_L3RhNgQwY1XbWE]

Children

• American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) source of truth in caring for the health of our nations children. https://acpeds.org/acpeds-papers/

Contraception (See Natural Family Planning for healthy and moral ways to space children)

• Letter from a member to ANA regarding Margaret Sanger [read]

• Economics of Sex by the Austin Institute – the secular effects of “The Pill” [https://youtu.be/cO1ifNaNABY?si=M_L3RhNgQwY1XbWE]

• Reproductive Choices of Young Women affecting Future Breast Cancer Risk https://acpeds.org/reproductive-choices-of-young-women-affecting-future-breast-

• Emergency Contraception Not Best for Adolescents https://acpeds.org/emergency-contraception-not-the-best-for-adolescents/

• Open Letter to Melinda Gates from Obianuju Ekeocha – What Africa Really Needs – Not Ideological Colonization with Abortion and Contraception. [Read].

Dementia

• Embracing Dementia – Practical help and resources FOR THOSE AFFECTED personally or professionally by Alzheimer’s and other dementia diseases written by Ellen Marie Edmonds sharing her firsthand experience navigating her husband’s vascular dementia, offering support and encouragement for those impacted by Alzheimer’s and related diseases. https://www.amazon.com/EMBRACING-DEMENTIA-Ellen-Marie-Edmonds/dp/0982198418; or https://archive.org/details/embracingdementi0000elle/page/242/mode/2up

Divorce

• Beginning Experience – Peer grief support for separated, divorced and widowed persons. Find a group at: https://beginningexperience.org/

• Surviving Divorce – Hope and Healing for the Catholic Family. Self-paced program online or on CD/DVD from Ascension Press. https://ascensionpress.com/collections/surviving-divorce

Eucharistic Miracle

• Pathology Report-Eucharistic Miracle, Buenos Aires. Dr. Frederick T. Zugibe, MD, PhD, PC Report (Select Here) – Forensic Pathology review of Eucharistic Miracle from Buenos Aires, 1996. The pathology report of Dr. Zugibe is contained as an annexure in Ron Tesoriero book, UNSEEN-New Evidence, the Origin of Life under the Microscope available at www.reasontobelieve.com.au. A synopsis of the reported Eucharistic miracle which occurred in 1996 in the diocese of Cardinal Jorge Maria Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, is here

Fertility Awareness / Fertility Health

• The Marquette Method of Natural Family Planning, College of Nursing, Marquette University. All training available online. Low cost effective method. https://www.marquette.edu/nursing/institute-natural-family-planning/index.php

• Creighton Model FertilityCare System and NaproTechnology, St. Paul VI Institute – Assist couples with infertility issues and with the spacing of children. Is a healthy, natural, moral method. https://saintpaulvi.com/

• FEMM- A Comprehensive Women’s Health Program: 1) Learn about your body; 2) Track your health, 3) Manage your fertility, 4) Find a Health Center; https://femmhealth.org/

Financial Assistance for those in Need

• Catholic Charities – In every diocese. https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/about-us/find-a-local-agency/

• Saint Vincent de Paul Society – In many diocese assists with bill, have food pantry and some thrift shop. Offers person-to-person service to those in need. Also operates thrift stores & food pantries. https://ssvpusa.org/; Search the internet for a society near you.

Gender ideology

• The Kelsey Coalition – The Kelsey Coalition is a non-partisan organization whose mission is to promote policies and laws that protect young people from medical and psychological harms. In collaboration with other organizations, they have produced a Gender Resource Guide: https://genderresourceguide.com/kelsey-coalition/

• Catholic Pastoral Canonical Responses to Transgenderism FAQ, NCBC, February 2017

• Gender Transitioning and Catholic Health Care, Dr. John DiCamillo, NCBC

• American College of Pediatrics Statement (Condensed): Gender Ideology Harms Children. [Read More]

• American College of Pediatrics Statement: Gender Dysphoria in Children (For Health Professionals). [Read More]

Health & Healing

• Our Lady of Lourdes Hospitality North American Volunteers – Serve as a nurse on an international flight accompanying the sick, suffering and those in need of special accommodations to Lourdes. https://lourdesvolunteers.org/

Homosexuality & Same Sex Attraction

• Courage International. An Roman Catholic apostolate for men and women who experience same-sex attraction (Courage) and relatives, spouses and friends fo persons with same-sex attraction (Encourage) https://couragerc.org/

• Making Marriage Meaningless by the Austin Institute – the effect of same sex unions [watch] https://youtu.be/1QNxVbE6Bvc?si=3Zb990BFOfz8eERE

Legal Resources

• Thomas More Society https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/about

• Becket Fund – Religious Liberty for All https://becketfund.org/

• First Liberty – First in the Fight for Your Religious Liberty https://firstliberty.org/

• Siri & Glimstad LLP – Aaron Siri for advice 888-SIRI-LAW Vaccine Injury: 509-VACCINE or 509-822-2463 https://www.sirillp.com/aaron-siri/ Law firm experienced with vaccine injury cases.

Marriage

• Engaged Encounter… A Marriage preparation experience. “A wedding is a day, a marriage is a lifetime” https://engagedencounter.com/

• Marriage Encounter … A weekend to bring a husband and wife closer together. https://wwme.org/

• Retrouvaille …a lifeline for Marriages. A time for healing for couples with marital problems. Hope for a better marriage: https://helpourmarriage.org/; To talk to someone now: 1-800-470-2230

• Beginning Experience – Peer grief support for separated, divorced and widowed persons. Find a group at: https://beginningexperience.org/

Mental Health – Catholic Resources

• Catholic Mental Health Resources: This website gathers together and freely shares Catholic resources that combine mental health and faith in ways that have helped us and other people we respect. https://catholicmentalhealthresources.com/

• A Lifeline for Mental Health Crisis Response for Veterans: Dial 988 then PRESS 1 or Text 838255. To Chat online: https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/

Natural Family Planning

• The Marquette Method of Natural Family Planning, College of Nursing, Marquette University. All training available online. Low cost effective method. https://www.marquette.edu/nursing/institute-natural-family-planning/index.php

• Creighton Model FertilityCare System and NaproTechnology, St. Paul VI Institute – Assist couples with infertility issues and with the spacing of children. Is a healthy, natural, moral method. https://saintpaulvi.com/

• FEMM- A Comprehensive Women’s Health Program: 1) Learn about your body; 2) Track your health, 3) Manage your fertility, 4) Find a Health Center; https://femmhealth.org/

New Age “Therapies” (Reiki, Therapeutic “Touch”; Healing “Touch” etc.)

• Reiki – Guidelines for Evaluating Reiki as an Alternative Therapy, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), March 25, 2009. Conclusion: §12. “Since Reiki therapy is not compatible with either Christian teaching or scientific evidence, it would be inappropriate for Catholic institutions, such as Catholic health care facilities and retreat centers, or persons representing the Church, such as Catholic chaplains, to promote or to provide support for Reiki therapy.”

• Meditation. Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on some Aspects of Christian Meditation, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, 1989.

• Yoga – NACN-USA website: “Yoga is considered one of the six branches of classical Hindu philosophy. Its goal is to reach “Kaivalya” (ultimate freedom) by releasing the soul from the chains of cause and effect (karma) which tie the person to continual reincarnation. Yoga uses physical exercises, powers of concentration and breathing techniques as well as meditation to achieve these ends and attain union with Brahman. You can’t take a Hindu practice, throw some Christian music in the mix, and call it worshiping the one True God…This isn’t the way God asked us to worship Him (Deut. 12:31).” Christian Yoga is Syncretism – Women of Grace blog https://www.womenofgrace.com/blog/11461

• Yoga – Christian Alternatives: For children: Recess (more than “walk & talk”), soccer, basketball, softball, volleyball, gymnastics, jungle gym, pull-ups, tag, “red light green light,” stretching etc.; For adults: Yard work, running, jogging, walking, swimming, soccer, basketball, softball, volleyball, street hockey, gardening, helping a friend move, stretching, isometric exercises etc.

• The Vatican on New Age. Jesus Christ – The Bearer of the Water of Life: A Christian Reflection on the New Age, Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, 2003 https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/interelg/documents/rc_pc_interelg_doc_20030203_new-age_en.html

Pregnancy & Parenting Support

• Crisis Pregnancy Line – National Life Center’s 24-hour hotline directs you to the closest Crisis Pregnancy Center in the United States and Canada. 1-800-848-LOVE

• Pregnancy Help – Sisters of Life: By Text: 212-203-8716; By Phone: 877-777-1277; https://sistersoflife.org/what-we-do/pregnancy-help/

• PREPARES – Pregnancy and Parent Support, located in Washington State, offers support and activities for families from pregnancy to their child’s fifth birthday. https://www.preparesforlife.org/about

Religious Orders for Nurses

• Religious Ministries. For nurses interested in religious or community life, A Guide to Religious Ministries for Catholic Men and Women lists the religious communities of priests, brothers and sisters active in the United States. Nursing, Health Care, Hospital are search terms. In addition, direct inquiries can be made. https://www.religiousministries.com/

Suicide

• Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 988 Lifeline is for everyone. Through the 988 Lifeline, you have access to free, quality, one-on-one assistance. Our skilled judgment-free counselors are here to provide compassionate support. You deserve to feel heard and cared about anytime, anywhere, 24/7/365 – Civilian, Veterans, Military – https://988lifeline.org/

• Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988 then PRESS 1 or Text 838255. To Chat online: https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/

Suicide Survivor Assistance

• T.A.P.S. – The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors offers compassionate care to all those grieving the loss of a military loved one. Since 1994, TAPS has provided comfort and hope 24/7 through a national peer support network and connection to grief resources, all at no cost to surviving families and loved ones. https://www.taps.org/mission

Vaccines

• Children of God for Life – Comprehensive list of abortion-tainted vaccines & moral alternatives – https://cogforlife.org/wp-content/uploads/Abortion-Tainted-Vaccine-List.pdf

• Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VCIP) (Except COVID-19 and those listed under CCIP) – VCIP – the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) was created by the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. The act prevents lawsuits against vaccine manufacturers for vaccine injuries and instead required a petition to be filed with the Federal Government. In 2025, petitions must be filed within 3 years for injury and within 2 years for death. https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation

• Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CCIP) – Including the COVID-19 vaccine, the CCIP provides compensation for covered serious injuries or deaths that occur as the result of the administration or use of certain countermeasures. Must be filed within one year from the date you were administered or used the covered countermeasure alleged to have caused the injury to request benefits. (In 2025: Acute Radiation Syndrome, Anthrax, Botulinum Toxin, COVID-19, Ebola, Marburg, Nerve Agents and certain insecticides, pandemic influenza, smallpox and other orthopoxviruses [e.g. monkey pox], Zika). https://www.hrsa.gov/cicp

• Vaccine Injury Litigation or advice before filing for compensation – Aaron Siri for advice 888-SIRI-LAW; Vaccine Injury: 509-VACCINE or 509-822-2463; https://www.sirillp.com/aaron-siri/; Law firm experienced with vaccine injury cases. May want to consult prior to filing a claim

Volunteer

• Catholic Volunteer Network – Catholic Volunteer Network fosters and promotes full-tim domestic and international faith-based volunteer service opportunities for people of all ages, backgrounds, and skills. https://catholicvolunteernetwork.org/

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