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Senate Committee Gives New Life to POLST Debate

The Pennsylvania Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted unanimously to advance Senate Bill 623 on December 12, 2017, kicking off the legislative process. There are many more steps before it could become law. The measure would codify the use of Pennsylvania Orders for Life Su
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January 10, 2018
by Hill
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assisted suicide, Catholic health care, do not resuscitate, end of life, living will, pennsylvania orders for life sustaining treatment, physicians orders for life sustaining treatment, POLST, pro-life, terminal illness

Mid-Session Legislative Wrap Up

The Pennsylvania General Assembly is taking a mid-session break and will resume session late in January 2018. 2017 was a very busy year and more issues are on the horizon for 2018. Here is the status of the several high priority bills that are on the legislative agenda of the Pennsylv
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January 05, 2018
by Hill
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abortion, Catholic Education, Catholic health care, children's health insurance program, CHIP, Down Syndrome, homelessness, legislative review, PCC agenda, POLST, pro-life, reauthorization CHIP, right to try, SB 3, Senate Bill 3

State Budget Impasse: Pennsylvanians under Siege

A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside is called a siege. With the state budget now five months overdue, thousands of Pennsylvania families with nothing to surrend
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November 24, 2015
by Hill
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2015-2016 state budget, budget impasse, Catholic Charities, Catholic Education, Catholic health care, catholic schools, catholic students, educational improvement tax credit, EITC, medicaid, Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit, OSTC, saint john paul II, services to the poor, state budget, textbooks

Freedom to Care

In his recent address in Philadelphia. . . , Pope Francis noted that “various forms of modern tyranny seek to suppress religious freedom, or […] try to reduce it to a subculture without right to a voice in the public square.”  Powerful political and cultural leaders often
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October 28, 2015
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catholic doctors, Catholic health care, catholic nurses, conscience protection, PCHA, religious freedom, religious health care, Religious Liberty, USCCB

PCN Tour of St. Mary Family Resource Center in Bensalem, PA

Did you miss is? Watch the episode here. The St. Mary Family Resource Center (FRC) was established in 1998 to address the needs of a diverse, low-income population in the St. Mary Medical Center community. Located in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia the FRC helps with emergency housing
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September 18, 2015
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access to health care, Catholic health care, fitness, PCHA, pcn tours, saint mary catholic health care, st mary family resource center, uninsured

PCN Tour of Garvey Manor & Our Lady of the Alleghenies in Hollidaysburg

Did you miss is? Watch the episode here. Since 1965, the Carmelite Sisters of the Aged and Infirm have served in ministry at Garvey Manor in Hollidaysburg, the only multi-level Catholic senior care facility in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. Today they provide sophisticated, state-o
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September 11, 2015
by Hill
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Catholic health care, catholic long-term care, catholic nursing homes, dementia care, Diocese of Altoona Johnstown, Garvey Manor, PCHA, pcn tours

PCN Tour of Saint Mary’s Home of Erie

Did you miss it? Watch the episode here. The Sisters of Saint Joseph have provided care to elderly people in need in the Erie region for more than 130 years. Learn about their history and take a tour of the modern long-term care facility at Saint Mary’s Home of Erie and state-of-the a
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September 04, 2015
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Catholic health care, catholic long-term care, Diocese of Erie, nursing homes, PCHA, pcn tours, pennsylvania cable network, saint mary's home of erie

In Pennsylvania: Catholic Health Care Services

This month the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) will feature tours of several member facilities of the Pennsylvania Catholic Health Association (PCHA). Filmed on location, the tours highlight the Gospel mission of Catholic health care and showcase the good work being done for people i
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September 01, 2015
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Catholic health care, catholic healthcare services, PCHA, pcn, pcn tours, pennsylvania cable network, Pennsylvania Catholic Health Association
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St. Anne Home: Bringing Healing Through Music

  For most people, singing Christmas carols is fun a way to celebrate and spread cheer with friends and family.  For those at St. Anne Home in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Christmas carols serve a much higher purpose: the carols are used as music therapy for residents and as a way t
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January 06, 2015
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because we are catholic, Catholic health care, st anne home

Organ Donation is a Generous Gift

Recently canonized Pope Saint John Paul II said of organ donation in 2000, “Increasingly, the technique of transplants has proven to be a valid means of attaining the primary goal of all medicine – the service of human life. That is why in the Encyclical Letter Evangelium Vitae
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May 13, 2014
by Hill
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Catholic health care, donate life act, Donate Life PA, HB 30, organ donation, PCHA
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