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Catholic Diocese of Little Rock
Preserving the Sanctity of Life at the End of Life Conference
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Location: CHI St. Vincent Center for Health Education
City: Little Rock
Contact: Rose Mimms
Phone: (501) 663-4237
This event has been canceled
To learn more, see Bishop Anthony B. Taylor's letter or contact the diocesan office below at (501) 664-0340 for more information.
The Preserving the Sanctity of Life at the End of Life Conference will be held Saturday, March 21 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the CHI St. Vincent Center for Health Education in Little Rock. The event, sponsored by Catholic Charities of Arkansas as well as Arkansas Right to Life and Family Council, is a response to the targeting of Arkansas by Compassion and Choices in 2019 to amend the law banning physician-assisted suicide in Arkansas, said Rose Mimms, executive director of Arkansas Right to Life. The featured speakers are Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of Ontario, Canada, and Dr. David Smith of Baptist Health Palliative Care in Little Rock. Other speakers are Father Joseph Chan, chaplain at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith; Dr. Natalie Rodden, palliative medicine physician with St. Anthony North Health in Westminster, Colo., and Father Jason Tyler, the diocese’s bioethicist based in Fayetteville. The cost is $10 in advance or $15 at the door. The fee includes breakfast and lunch. Clergy and members of the medical community may attend for free. For more information or to register, contact Mimms at (501) 663-4237 or artl4237@att.net.
