Radio Appearance to talk about Providence Hospital Situation

Wanted to let my reading faithful know that I will be going onto Holy Family Radio, in Louisville, Kentucky tomorrow to discuss the Providence Catholic Hospital situation and how it relates to ERDs, 'Mediate Cooperation', and Catholic identity. I have been asked by the ever gracious Ms. Lisa Graas to come on with her, and discuss these topics because of a proposed merger between a Catholic Hospital and a secular one that is being debated there in Louisville. Since there is the opportunity to prevent another Catholic hospital from succumbing to the 'Culture of Death', as Pope John Paul II aptly named it, this seems like a good outlet to have such a discussion.

The Archbishop of Louisville is the Most Reverend Joseph Kurtz, and so the hope is to have a discussion that outlines the ideas behind ERDs and explains the scandal that occurs when those directives are not followed, and hopefully the good Archbishop will be able to listen to that discussion. On top of that, Archbishop Kurtz is the Vice President of the USCCB, so there is some hope that his decision and leadership on the issue will be a model and template for other Bishops to follow.

The nice part is that this radio station streams its broadcast live, so anyone can listen wherever the internet is found. So hopefully there will be some here in Alaska that can listen in.

The Details are as follows:

• Who: Lisa Graas and Myself


• What: Discussing Providence & Mercy hospitals, ERDs, 'Mediate Cooperation', and Catholic identity 


• Where: WLCR AM 1040 - Louisville, Kentucky & The Internet (Live Stream)


• When: Tomorrow - Thursday, August 11 at approximately 5:30 - 6:00 pm ET (1:30 - 2:00pm Alaska Time)


• Why: To explain the issues surrounding Providence and other Hospitals that ignore their ERDs


• How: LISTEN ONLINE: Go to WLCR and click on the LISTEN LIVE Link 

Try and listen in, as what we discuss will be pertinent not only to Louisville and Anchorage listeners, but to Catholics nationwide.

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