"The Dignity Of Motherhood And The Practice Of Obstetrics -
Challenging The Status Quo"

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

5:00 pm: Registration

6:00 pm: “Welcome”
Dr. Robert Walley
Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Executive Director, MaterCare International
Dr. Eamon O' Dwyer
Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Chairman, MaterCare International
Dr. Jose Maria Simon de Castellvi
President, FIAMC
6:15 pm: Opening Address
“The Culture of Life against the Culture of Death”
Official
Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care

6:45 pm: “Get acquainted" reception.

Please note that Dinner will NOT be served tonight

Thursday, October 12th, 2006

8:30 am: Holy Mass
TBA

9:30 am: Key Note Address: Deus Caritas Est
Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes
President, Pontifical Council, Cor Unum

10:30 am: Coffee

Session I: The Dignity of Motherhood and the Obstetrician

11:00 am: Jesus and Healing - a Scripture reflection
Rev Richard Taylor
Professor of Scripture, Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, Rome
11:30 am: The Dignity of Motherhood
Maria Srodon
Regional Executive Assistant, MaterCare (Poland)
12:00 pm: Discussion. Have your say

1:00 pm: Lunch

Session II: The Practice of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

2:00 pm: The Gospel of Life and the Practice of Obstetrics
Bogdan Chazan
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Chairman MaterCare (Poland)
2:30 pm: Courage and Obstetrical practice
Msgr Maurizio Calipari
Spiritual Director MaterCare International and Ecclesiastical Advisor to FIAMC. Pontifical Academy for Life
3:00 pm: Conscientious Objection in Medical Practice
Rev George Woodall
Professor of Moral Theology and Bioethics,
Pontifical University, Regina Apostolorum, Rome
3:30 pm: Discrimination in training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Dr. Imre Teglasy
National Director, Right to Life Hungary
4:00 pm: Discussion. Have your say

5:00 pm: Close

Friday, October 13th, 2006

8:30 am: Holy Mass
Celebrant and Homilist:
Msgr Maurizio Calipari
Spiritual Director MaterCare International and Ecclesiastical Advisor to FIAMC
Pontifical Academy for Life

Session III Abortion Again

9:30 am: Abortion after 30 years
Jim Hughes
Chair, Campaign Life Coalition, Canada
10:00 am: Demographic Aspects of Abortion
Ewa Fratczak
Professor, Institute of Statistics and Demography,
Warsaw School of Economics

10:45 am: Coffee

11:15 am: Alternatives to abortion Legal I
Nikolas Nikas President and General Counsel,
Dorinda Bordlee, Executive Director, and Senior Counsel
Bioethics Defence Fund, USA
12:15 pm: Discussion, Have your say

1:00 pm: Lunch

Session IV Abortion Yet Again

2:00 pm: Alternatives to abortion Social II
Nikolas Nikas President and General Counsel,
Dorinda Bordlee, Executive Director, and Senior Counsel
Bioethics Defence Fund, USA
3:00 pm: Promotion of Ethical Positions in a Multi-Cultural, Secular Society (Croatian Experience)
Marijo Zivkovic, Family Centre, Zagreb
3:30 pm: Discussion
4:00 pm: The Use RU 486 and Misoprostol, The Australian controversy.
Elvis Seman
Consultant, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
4:15 pm: Morning after Pill
John Seeds Chair, MaterCare (USA)
Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
4:30 pm: The Use of Manual Vacuum Aspiration in the treatment of Septic Abortion - Is there an Alternative Medical Treatment?
Robert Walley, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Executive Director, MaterCare International
4:45 pm: Discussion, Have Your Say, Panel Discussion, Personal communications, Questions
5:30 pm: Close

8:00 pm: Dinner

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

8:30 am: Holy Mass
H. E. Cardinal Renato Martino
President, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
9:30 am: Key Note Address
The UN and the Millennium Development Goals
H. E. Cardinal Renato Martino
President, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
10:15 am: Discussion

10:30 am: Coffee

11:00 am: MaterCare International and its Programmes
Robert Walley, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Executive Director, MaterCare International
Eamon O’Dwyer Chairman MaterCare International
Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
University of Galway, Ireland
12:00 pm: Questions

Session V Controversies

12:15 pm: “The new global ethic and its hidden agenda”
Marguerite A Peeters Director Institute for Intercultural Dialogue, Brussels

1:00 pm: Lunch

2:00 pm: Keynote Address
Human Rights and Gender Equality
Anna Zaborska
President, Commission on the Rights of Women and Gender Equality European Parliament

Session VI Controversies/Infertility Treatments

2:45 pm: Embodied Being and Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Is There a Way Forward?
William Hurlbutt, Professor of Bioethics, Stanford University, USA. Member of the President’s Council on Bioethics
3:00 pm: Discussion
3:30 pm: Is there an Ethical Alternative Reproductive Technology Worth Exploring?
Adrian Thomas Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Mercy Hospital for Women, Australia
4:00 pm: The Billings Ovulation Method and the Achievement of Pregnancy, A Retrospective Study
Dr Mary Martin Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Oklahoma, USA
4:45 pm: Have Your Say, Panel Discussion, Personal Communications, Questions,

5:30 pm: Close

8:00 pm: Dinner

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

8:30 am: Closing Holy Mass.
TBA
Pontifical Academy for Life

Social Program

MOVIE PRESENTATIONS for your interest each evening at 9pm in the meeting room

Thursday, October 12th
“Love is a Choice”, 52 minutes.
Account of the Life of St Gianna Baretta Molla’,
Patron of MCI
Produced: Salt and Light Television (Canada)
Friday, October 13th
“Dying to Give Birth”. 30 minute account of MaterCare International activities.
Produced: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"The Hidden Tragedy" 6 minute account of Obstetric Fistula
Produced: MaterCare International/Memorial University of Newfoundland
Saturday, October 14th
"Abortion Breast Cancer Link" 30 minutes
Breast Cancer Institute, New York

SOCIAL GATHERING

Wednesday-Saturday evening at 9.pm - close
The roof of the Istituto Maria SS. Bambina.
We provide the view of St Peter’s Basilica. BYOB

A UNIQUE WALKING TOUR OF ROME

Saturday, October 14th
Guide: Dr. Gian Luigi Gigli, Past-President,
World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FIAMC)
Approximately 2 hours.

Accommodation

Accommodation and meals rates PER PERSON PER DAY in (€- Euros)

SINGLE ROOM

€70 -includes bed, 3 meals

DOUBLE ROOM (2 single beds)

€63 -includes bed, 3 meals (per person)

TRIPLE ROOM (3 single beds)

€60 -includes bed, 3 meals (per person)

Packed Lunch € 6.70
Extra Meal €10.00
Lunch/Supper (for guests) €14.50

Children up to 3 years are not charged.
Those from 3 to 6 years are charged 50%.

Hospitality is simple and homely. Daily cleaning and changing of towels are NOT provided. Guests are kindly requested to make their beds during their stay at the Bambina.

Meal Time

Breakfast 7:30 am - 8:30 am
Lunch 1:00 pm
Supper 8;00 pm

Closing Time; 11:00 pm

Accommodation- first come, first served basis