<div dir="auto">Dear Friends </div><div dir="auto">Here are two events consider attending or sending this on to others who may be interested as well thank you I am</div><div dir="auto">Hoping to organize the palliative care event this coming Saturday</div><div dir="auto">Martha</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:bioethics.usmc@utoronto.ca">bioethics.usmc@utoronto.ca</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 10:36 AM<br>Subject: FYI: Palliative Care: The Better Choice; Why This Synod Matters So Greatly: It Ushers in a New/Old World<br>To: Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute <<a href="mailto:bioethics.usmc@utoronto.ca">bioethics.usmc@utoronto.ca</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>FYI: Two noteworthy events will be held at All Saints Parish, Toronto, details below.<u></u><u></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">November 23, Palliative Care: The Better Choice. Dr Paul Zeni and Bob Parke<u></u><u></u></p>
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Why this Synod Matters so Greatly: it Ushers in a New/Old World. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dr. Michael W. Higgins</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Saturday, November 23 at 10:30am</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All Saints’ Roman Catholic Church (in the parish hall)</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1415+Royal+York+Road,+Etobicoke,+ON?entry=gmail&source=g">1415 Royal York Road, Etobicoke, ON</a></span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Register at </span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="http://deveber.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">deveber.org</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> or
email </span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:bioethics@deveber.org" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">bioethics@deveber.org</span></b></a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span class="m_-8696731230470717040gmail-oypena"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#175873;letter-spacing:2.1pt">Palliative Care: The Better Choice</span></b></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span class="m_-8696731230470717040gmail-oypena"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#c9ad66">In-person lecture presented by Dr. Paul Zeni and Bob Parke</span></b></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Speaking from a medical and bioethics perspective, Dr. Paul Zeni and Bob Parke discuss the many strengths of palliative care including opportunity for legacy, individualized support, and grief counseling.
Dr. Zeni contrasts the broad scope of palliative care potential against the real side of MAiD - what MAiD doesn’t provide. Parke highlights the importance of advance care planning as the gift you give yourself, your loved ones, and the healthcare team.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Paul Zeni is a family physician in Georgetown, ON. He shares a family practice with his wife, Dr. Deborah Zeni, and together they provide medical care for all ages—including prenatal care and palliative
care.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bob Parke is a bioethicist in Toronto, ON with a keen interest in the everyday ethical issues of transitions and care planning. He has been involved in palliative care throughout his career and spent
many years as a bioethicist at Humber River Hospital. Bob is involved in a provincial initiative to improve palliative care for individuals with intellectual disabilities.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We hope you can join us on <b>Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 10:30am </b>for this free, in-person presentation on palliative care and advanced care planning at <b>All Saints’ Church. No fee. Donations
are gratefully accepted.</b></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please note the venue is wheelchair accessible and parking is available onsite.<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Saturday, December 14, 2024 9:30 am – 11:30 am All Saints’ Parish Hall</span><u></u><u></u></b></p>
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<i><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Why this Synod Matters so Greatly: it Ushers in a New/Old World</span></u></i><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dr. Michael W. Higgins</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Join us as we continue to explore current events that impact our Church locally, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Michael W. Higgins has just returned from covering the Synod
in Rome on the ground for Paulist Press. He highlights that the Synod on Synodality is a crucial moment for our faith community and invites us to embrace this transformative journey and explore how the Synod will shape our spiritual future.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">As a CBC documentarian, narrator and researcher, he has done many programs of theological and philosophical interest for
<i>Ideas, Celebration, Testament</i>, and <i>Man Alive</i>. He is a regular contributor to
<i>The Globe and Mail, The Literary Review of Canada, Commonweal, </i>and<i> The Tablet of London.</i> Dr. Higgins is a Basilian Distinguished Fellow of Contemporary Catholic Thought at the University of St.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:2.85pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Michael’s College in Toronto, and the President and Vice-Chancellor Emeritus of St. Jerome’s</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Reserve a seat after weekend Masses or request a seat by email: </span><a href="mailto:allsts.guestspeaker@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">allsts.guestspeaker@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">No Fee. Donations are gratefully received. All Saints' is fully accessible and ample parking is on site.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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