NSUL's Third LIFE Conference
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Place: The Westin Hotel, 1181 Hollis St., Halifax
Date: Sat. May 7, 2011, 8:45a - 4p
Cost: $40 which includes the noon lunch
Theme: Palliative Care: living in Faith, Hope and Love with a serious illness
Registration Form: click here!
Speakers:
1) Dr. Louise Coulombe U of O
"Dr. Coulombe has dedicated most of her professional career to caring for individuals until their death, and teaching and supporting their families and professional caregivers,"
Topic: Dr. Coulombe will speak to the theme
2) Dr. Jean Gray, CM, BSc, MD, FRCPC, LLD (Dal), DSc (Alberta) Professor Emeritus Dal Faculty of Medicine
Topic: Caring for the care givers: walking with the doctors, nurses, other health professionals
(after lunch)Overall Topic: Suffering: living the Paschal Mystery (2 speakers under this heading)
3) Fr. Owen Connolly, Hfx.
Topic: Distinguishing between pain and suffering
4) Linda Howell
Topic: the impact of suffering on the patient (she cared for her husband who died of cancer)
Others who will participate as responders:
Monica Flinn RN
She is part of the Capitol Health Integrated Palliative Care Service Home Consult Team. Also Monica works with the Mobile Outreach Street Help (MOSH) -- "presently there is no formal palliative care for homeless or marginally housed".
Dr. Alan Abbass -- Assoc. Prof, Dir. of Psychiatric Education & Dir of Centre for Emotions and Health at Dalhousie University.
Doug Campbell, MSW, RSW
Clinical Social Workker, Oncology Services IWK -- supporting and counselling children and their families when a child has been diagnosed with a pediatric cancer.
Patricia O'Halloran, M.Div.staff chaplain and Bereavement Support Group Coordinator at Dartmouth General Hospital
There will be a discussion time provided following each of the speakers so those attending can ask questions or give their input.
We hope you will plan to attend!
Please NOTE:
We have had several generous donations to help students attend.
As a student if you are interested in attending this conference,
please contact NSUL 423-3114 and we will sign you up!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
following 11:30 Mass
St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Dartmouth, NS
Healing Rock Garden
the statue of our Lady, (the one that used to stand in the small pond in front of Mount St. Vincent Motherhouse)
is being blessed in its new place
overlooking the Healing Rock Garden
where we have remembered our babies who have died unborn.
Mass of Consolation
Thursday, May 26, 2011, 7pm
Celebrant: Fr. Owen Connolly
Canadian Martyrs Parish Church, Inglis Street, Halifax
In memory of our children who have died unborn.
(miscarriage, stillbirth, abortion, ectopic pregnancy)
We invite the parents, grandparents, siblings, other relatives who may wish to attend to remember your dear baby with this special Mass dedicated in their memory. We hope you will find consolation in the fact that your dear baby is now with the Lord and thanking you for being their parent and loving you immensely.
Please contact us at either
423-3114, nsul2001@gmail.com (Nova Scotians United for Life),
or 423-9955, projectrachel_halifax@yahoo.ca (Project Rachel)
Healing Rock Garden
Friday, June 10, 2011, 6-9pm
St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Dartmouth (just off Forest Hills Parkway)
The Healing Rock Garden was started 10 years ago because we wanted a place to remember our babies who died unborn.
We gather yearly to paint our baby's name on a rock and place this rock in the healing rock garden.
Many of the women and men who have participated tell us that they return often to pray at this special place for their babies and for themselves.
For more information, please contact us at
projectrachel_halifax@yahoo.ca, or 423-9955
Looking back on events we organized or were invited to attended
"With My Angel at the Manger" - Yearly we offer this time of reflection to families who have lost a baby before birth, due to a miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, abortion, etc. are invited to remember their dear baby and realize the love this child has for them.
We sent one of NSUL Board Members to a "WAIT" (why am I tempted) training program hosted by the Valley Care Pregnancy Ctr. The information gleaned from this course will be most beneficial to our future endeavors.
Project Rachel was asked to be part of the Social Justice program which the Youth of the Holy Trinity Pastoral Unit were hosting. Since Project Rachel offers HOPE, we felt that would be a just offering to present to the parishioners. We want to thank the youth and the parishioners for receiving us so graciously.
We participated in Volunteer Week at Saint Mary's university, Halifax, NS offering the idea of "Volunteering on the Spot."
Our Project Rachel team hosted 3 post-abortion support groups that ran for 11 weeks each -- with a total of 7 women and one man in attendance.
Healing Rock Garden!
We welcome anyone who is grieving the loss of a dear baby before birth, to join us as we paint our baby's name on a rock and place it in our memorial healing rock garden. We supply the paints, refreshments and welcoming hugs. If you cannot bring your own rock, please let us know ahead of time and we will have one for you.
Contact Margo at 423-3114, 423-9955
Thank you to the Catholic women's League of St. Rose of Lima Church, Fall River, for hosting this Project Rachel post-abortion presentation. We are so grateful to our 2 PR women who shared their stories and insights.
If you have a group whom you feel could benefit from hearing about post-abortion healing from a gentle perspective, please contact us.
423-9955 or projectrachel_halifax@yahoo.ca
"The intrinsic dignity of each person"
Thank you to all of those who attended.
Mark you calendar for 2010, same weekend!
We thank the group that listened to the Forgiveness offered to each one of us as well as their willingness to participate in our talk.
Place: First Congregational Church
1871 Seldon St.
Time: 7pm
Speaker: Willa London
Pregnancy Care Centre
Nova Scotians United for Life -- 423-3114
Our most sincere thanks to Willa for her presentation and to those who were so kind to attend.
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in the Fall of 2008