Schedule
7:30 – 8:30 Registration
8:30 Opening Remarks – Thomas McKenna, Founder and President of St. Gianna Physician’s Guild
8:45 Welcome – Archbishop Joseph Naumann, Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas
9:00 Dr. Brian Kopp
9:15 Raymond Cardinal Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
“The Mystery of Human Suffering and Dying”
10:00 Questions
10:15 Bobby Schindler & Suzanne Vitadamo, Brother & Sister of Terri Schiavo, Founders of the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network
“How Many ‘Terri Schiavos’ are Dying Every Day in America?”
11:30 Rosary in the chapel led by Bishop Robert Finn, Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Austin Welsh, MD, Geriatric Specialist
“Case Studies at the End of Life: A Geriatrician’s Perspective”
2:15 Questions
2:30 Gianna Emanuela Molla, MD, Youngest daughter of St. Gianna
“The Life and Spirituality of My Mother, Saint Gianna, and the Legacy She Left Behind”
3:15 Questions
3:30 Afternoon Break
3:45 Peter Breen, Esquire, Executive Director of the Thomas More Society
“Defending Natural Death: Using the Law to Save Lives”
4:30 Questions
4:45 Closing Remarks, Thomas J. McKenna
5:30 Solemn Benediction with Raymond Cardinal Burke
6:00 Conclude
Note: On Sunday July 24, the diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph will host a special Mass celebrated by His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, Missouri at 9:00 am. The youngest daughter of St. Gianna Molla will be present and deliver some inspiring words about her mother following Mass. Several relics of St. Gianna will be displayed for public veneration and a special blessing will be given with a first class relic of the saint. A reception will follow at the Catholic Center located a few blocks from the cathedral at 20 West Ninth Street. All are invited.
