The end of life is a sacred time, on the threshold of eternity. Learn how you can prepare now for yourself and your loved ones to receive care proper to your dignity as a human person and so enter into this stage of life with peace.
Gospel of Life Week
Gospel of Life Week
Teachers and Parents
– Adoption
– Loving Our Neighbors
– Knowing My Value
– Life is a Gift
– Learning to Forgive
– Respecting Others
– Caring for Those in Need
– The Beginning of Life
– Celebrating Special Needs
– Overcoming Differences
– Receiving Mercy
– Immigration
– Life is Precious
– Dignity at Every Age
– Marriage
– Caring for Creation
DREs and Catechists
– Grades PK-3
– Grades 4-6
– Grades 7-9
– Grades 10-12
Topics
– The Beginning of Life
– Knowing My Value
– Adoption
– Respecting Others
– Receiving Mercy
– Immigration
– Loving Our Neighbors
– Life is a Gift
– Life is Precious
– Dignity at Every Age
– Learning to Forgive
– Caring for Those in Need
– Marriage
– Caring for Creation
– Celebrating Special Needs
– Overcoming Differences
High School Resources
Youth Ministry Resources
Service Opportunities
A Catholic Guide to End-of-Life Decision-Making
This Catholic Guide by the New York State Catholic Conference explains the moral principles of Catholic teaching in end-of-life decision-making, and outlines the options that exist in New York State for advanced care planning.
Click on the image below to read and download the full booklet.
For further clarity, guidance, and resources visit: www.catholicendoflife.org.
Ethical Questions?
National Catholic Bioethics Center
The National Catholic Bioethics Center offers consultation services to individuals free of charge. The NCBC consultation service is intended for individuals seeking moral information and guidance in the face of real-life problems.
There are two ways to submit a consultation request:
- Call 215-877-2660 (24 hours/day, 7 days/week)
- Online Consultation Request Form: an ethicist will respond to you by email within 5 business days.
Dominican Healthcare Ministry
The Dominican Healthcare Ministry is devoted to promoting the dignity of the human person and the healing ministry of Jesus Christ through pastoral care, education, ethical consultation, and prayer, at the service of the healthcare community in New York City and beyond.
Submit a Medical Ethics Inquiry here.
ArchCare
Home Care, Short-Term Rehab, Nursing Homes, End of Life Care, and Specialized Care Services throughout the Archdioces
- Phone: 1-855‑951‑2273 [CARE]
(TTY/TDD: 711) - 7 days a week, 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.
- Website: www.archcare.org
Cabrini Eldercare
- Address: 115 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
- Phone: 914-693-6800
- Website: www.cabrini-eldercare.org
Calvary Hospital
- Address: 1740 Eastchester Road, Bronx, NY 10461
- Phone: 718- 518-2000
- Website: www.calvaryhospital.org
Carmelite Sisters of the Aged and Infirm – St. Patrick’s Home
- Address: 66 Van Cortlandt Park S, Bronx, NY 10463
- Phone: 718-519-2800
- Website: www.stpatrickshome.org
- For a listing of all Carmelite facilities: www.carmelitesystem.org
Encore Community Services
Senior services in Manhattan
- Website: encorecommunityservices.org
Hawthorne Dominicans, Rose Hill Home
- Address: 600 Linda Ave, Hawthorne, NY 10532
- Phone: 914-769-0114
Website: www.hawthorne-dominicans.org
Little Sisters of the Poor, Jeanne Jugan Residence
- Contact: Mother Gertrude Mary, Mother Superior
- Address: 2999 Schurz Ave, Bronx, NY 10465-3826
- Phone: 347-329-1800
- Website: www.littlesistersofthepoorbronx.org
Providence Rest
- Contact: Sister Seline Mary Flores, C.S.JB
- Address: 3304 Waterbury Ave., Bronx, NY 10465
- Phone: 718.931.3000 Ext: 8458
- Website: www.providencerest.org
Servants of Mary, Ministers to the Sick
In-patient home services for the poor
- Address: 3305 Country Club Road, Bronx NY 10465
- Phone: 718-829–0428
- Website: sisterservantsofmary.org/contact-us/bronx-new-york
Sisters of Life: Formative videos about approaching the end of life, along with end-of-life witness stories
What does it mean to “offer up” suffering? In this video, Fr. James Brent, OP explains the meaning behind the expression “offer it up” and how sacrifice redeems the world.
What does true compassion at the end of life look like? In this compelling interview, Dr. Michael Brescia shares what patients really need at the end of their life.
Salvifici Doloris: On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering: Pope St. John Paul II’s Apostolic Letter about the Christian meaning of human suffering