Welcome to the Catholic Doctors' Association of Victoria Website

Last Updated 28/4/08

We are an association of Catholic medical doctors who are interested in promoting a Catholic healthcare vision and in assisting Catholic doctors and other healthcare workers in the integration of their faith and work practice.

UPCOMING EVENTS :

Respect Life Sunday..........4th May 2008.

Myth of the Perfect Child.

Read " Making Abortion Legal?" The recent Pastoral letter of the Catholic Bishops of Victoria.

Access Respect Life prayer card and read about Professor Jerome Lejeune who discovered Trisomy 21, the cause of Down's Syndrome.

Access the 2008 Respect Life Brochure: Beginning the Journey: The Wonder of Life Within

RECENT ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Read the recent 'Responses to Certain Questions Concerning Artificial Nutrition and Hydration' by the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith

The Response document / The Commentary / A News Report

Read Bishop Anthony Fisher's address at the CDAV's Annual Mass and dinner 2006, entitled: "Theology of the Body and Medical Practice".

Read the FIAMC Oceania Report 2006 about the CDAV

Read the CDAV Annual Report for 2005.

CONTACT US:

Postal: CDAV PO Box 757 Camberwell Sth 3124

Email: catholicdoctors@gmail.com

Call: Dr Eamonn Mathieson 0412 664 232
 

Archives of quotes and articles can be found in the Resources section of our website.

Quote of the Week:

" Human life is always a good. It is a manifestation of God in the world, a sign of His presence, a trace of His glory"

John Paull II

Websites of the Month:

www.catholicvocation.org.au

Peruse this recently constructed and well resourced website for the Melbourne Archdiocese. It contains a testimonial from our upcoming Guest speaker and CDAV member Fr Ferwerda.

www.mycatholicfaith.org

Download mp3 talks and powerpoint presentations concerning the subject of Contraception and other issues by Prof Janet Smith, a world authority in this field. She was recently in Melbourne delivering public lectures.

Articles of the Month:

A Reuters news piece regarding the 'Responses to Certain Questions Concerning Artificial Nutrition and Hydration' recently released by the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith

 

News Items of Interest:

"Catholic Doctors and Good Samaritans". Article on Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán's (President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry) recent publication by the World Federation of the Catholic Medical Associations.

 

 

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