Converging Roads: The Future of Human Dignity

Catholic Health Care Ethics Conference – Health care professionals are invited to the second annual Converging Roads health care ethics conference on November 7, 2026, from 9:15 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. This one-day conference will explore the theme of The Future of Human Dignity and offers continuing education for health care professionals rooted in the Hippocratic and Catholic ethical tradition. 

Topics

• The Witness of Hippocratic Medicine in a Secular Culture
  Ashley K. Fernandes, MD, PhD
• Human Dignity and Human Flourishing in Medicine
  Jozef Zalot, PhD
• Gender Dysphoria: Science, Ideology, and Ethics        
  Paul W. Hruz, MD, PhD
• The Ethical and Religious Directives on Care for the Dying 
  Sister Edith Mary Hart, RSM, DO, FAAFP
• The Vocation to Health Care in a Secular Culture
  Ashley K. Fernandes, MD, PhD; John S. Grabowski, PhD; and Sister Edith Mary Hart, RSM, DO, FAAFP
• Technology and the Mental Health Crisis in Adolescents
  Johann M. D’Souza, PhD

Learn More and Register Here

Registration: $75-$159 based on CME/CNE inclusion. 

This conference is presented by the St. John Paul II Foundation, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, the Milwaukee Guild of the Catholic Medical Association, and Marquette University.