Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan (CHAS)
– 75th Annual Convention – October 22 -23, 2018
“Following True North:
Navigating Change as Faith-filled Caregivers”
– Saskatoon Inn, Saskatoon –
CHANGE IS CONSTANT, we feel it all around us in our fast-paced society. How then do we face change? How do we navigate all the challenges and opportunities that we are sure to encounter? As people of faith, we look to our True North, Jesus the Healer, who continues to guide and ground us in our ministry of Catholic health care.
The Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan (CHAS) invites you to its Diamond Jubilee / 75th Annual Convention on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 22-23, 2018 at Saskatoon Inn. This year’s theme is Following True North: Navigating Change as Faith-filled Caregivers. Keynote Speakers: Sr. Nuala Kenny, Dr. Tracy Trothen, and Gregg Brown. For more information regarding the conference or to register, contact the CHAS office at 306-955-CHAS (2427), email: catholichealth@chassk.ca, or visit www.chassk.ca.
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SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22
11:00 • • • • • • • • Registration open
1:00 • • • • • • • • Welcome and Opening Prayer
1:15 • • • • • • • • • KEYNOTE » Sr. Nuala Kenny
2:30 • • • • • • • • Networking Break
3:00 • • • • • • • • KEYNOTE » Dr. Tracy Trothen
4:00 • • • • • • • • What’s the Scoop? Update from the world of Catholic Health
6:00 • • • • • • • • Reception (cash bar)
6:30 • • • • • • • • Banquet and Awards Ceremony 75th Anniversary Celebration
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23
8:00 • • • • • • • • Breakfast
9:00 • • • • • • • • Opening Prayer
9:15 • • • • • • • • • KEYNOTE » Dr. Tracy Trothen
10:15 • • • • • • • • Networking Break
10:30 • • • • • • • KEYNOTE » Gregg Brown
11:45 • • • • • • • • Lunch and AGM
1:15 • • • • • • • • • Inspirational Speaker » Marc Dansereau
2:15 • • • • • • • • • Networking Break
2:45 • • • • • • • • Eucharist with Bishop Mark Hagemoen – Presider and Homilist
4:00 • • • • • • • • 2019 Convention Promotion & Closing Remarks
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
SR. NUALA KENNEY,OC, MD, FRCP
Rediscovering the Art of Dying: Challenges for the Disciples of Christ
With a focus on Jesus as our True North, Sr. Nuala Kenny will reflect on the journey of change and the inevitable questions we all face regarding health, illness, suffering, and dying. In an era where suffering and death is now medicalized, how can we navigate what is a ‘good death?’
Sr. Nuala will provide a spiritual and biblical reflection to this by linking Jesus’ own experience of suffering and death with real-life stories about patients.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
DR. TRACY TROTHEN
Why Values Matter and How Do We Know – What’s Right?: Moral Distress
What matters to you? In this first session, Dr. Trothen leads us through an interactive exploration of values. We don’t always find the time and space to intentionally explore what is important to us, how we know what we think is right and wrong, and why we can get confused about what really matters. How do we know what is the right thing to do? What really matters most to us can be difficult to discern and difficult to remember when we find ourselves in stressful situations needing to make hard choices.
How do we know what’s right? Sometimes we find ourselves agonizing over how to respond in a challenging situation. We can find ourselves caught, not knowing what to do. In a second session, Dr. Trothen will explore the reality of moral distress, and what happens when we find our values compromised. Research shows that there are some common causes of moral distress. This distress is soul wrenching and too often un-named. Moral distress is a real issue that affects many of us in day-to-day situations especially when we are responsible for someone else who is vulnerable.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
GREGG BROWN, MSC, CTDP
Learning Resilience, Leading Change
People are doing more—faster, better and with less—and those in healthcare are under tremendous pressure to continue on this trajectory. What tools are available to help navigate the speed of change? Most change models don’t address how to improve our capability to lead and handle change, but research has shown that resilience—the ability to handle multiple changes effectively—can be learned. In this interactive, powerful, mission-focused session, participants will gain a unique perspective and acquire the critical mindset and skills needed to deal with change in any environment.
INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER
MARC DANSEREAU Creativity: The Craft that Buoys our Grief
Marc Dansereau will share his personal family story—the heartache and the hope—of losing a child to cancer. Following his daughter’s death, Marc felt a growing desire to do something meaningful with all his pent-up energy and grief. He would build a sandcastle, something they did together as a family, but a special one—Bernadette’s Castle. His mission and message about the value of hospice care grew from that moment. Come and hear his faith-filled and truly inspirational story, and see the sand castle that Marc will build for us during the conference!
Early Bird Registration (by September 30th) – $275; After September 30th – $290.
Questions & more information contact: CHAS Office at 306-955-2427 – E-mail: catholic.health@chasssl.ca or go to: www.chassk.ca.