Events

Whether it’s our monthly meetings or other community events in the Houston area, we’d love for you to join us.

Upcoming Events

  • The Medical Humanities: What does it mean for practitioners and learners?

    Tuesday, March 18 at 6:30 PM
    St. Vincent de Paul, Msgr. Jamail Family Center


    Presented by Mary Kollmer Horton, Director of the Medical Student Research Office and Assistant Professor in the Office of Educational Program, and Adjunct Faculty with McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics.

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  • Converging Roads 2025: Catholic Social Doctrine in Medicine

    Saturday, April 12
    University of St. Thomas

    This one-day conference will offer continuing education credits for health care professionals with presentations centered on the theme of Catholic Social Doctrine in Medicine.

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  • May Marian Pilgrimage

    Date TBD

    Mark your calendar for our annual family-friendly pilgrimage and lunch to honor our patron, Our Lady of Guadalupe

  • St. Luke Brunch

    Saturday, October 18

    Save the date for this annual event that promises an engaging talk, elevated discussion and close fellowship.

 

Monthly Meetings

We come together the 3rd Tuesday of each month for dinner, a time of fellowship and an opportunity to hear from a guest speaker. Regular meetings will be held near the medical center at 6:30pm, but dates and times may change. Sign up to receive the most updated details. We can’t wait to see you there!

 
 

Get Involved

Help us build a community focused on medicine and faith through your membership, donations, and volunteering.

Past Events

Take a look below at our meetings the last few years to get a snapshot of the topics we discuss, as well as the events we support. Some recordings are also provided.

  • Tuesday, January 17: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: Bringing traditional values to healthcare

    Tuesday, February 21: Journal Club

    Tuesday, March 21: Post-Roe Abortion Update: Laws and Terminology

    Tuesday, June 20: Speaking with Patients About Contraception

    Tuesday, August 15: Student Social

  • Tuesday, December 20: Annual Retired Priests Christmas Dinner

    Tuesday, November 15: Hostile Territory: Responding to the New Evangelization in an Anti-Christian Culture

    Saturday, October 15 : St. Luke Dinner

    Tuesday, September 20: Paternalist, Consumerist, or Love of Friendship: Three Paradigms for Patient Care

    Tuesday, August 16: Welcome Student Social

    Tuesday, June 21: We Can Make Our Plans

    Saturday, May 21: Marian Pilgrimage

    Saturday, April 2: Converging Roads

    Tuesday, March 8: The Good News of Life: The Prophetic Voice of St. John Paul II's Evangelium Vitae

    Tuesday, February 15: Medical Practice: A Call to Virtue

    Tuesday, January 18: Neonatal Resuscitation at the Verge of Viability

  • Saturday, December 11: Christmas Social

    Tuesday, November 16: Healthcare Student Social

    Saturday, October 23: Annual White Mass

    Tuesday, September 21: What is Medicine For?, Victor Saenz

    Tuesday, June 15: Restorative Fertility: Ethical Alternatives to IVF led by Patrick Yeung, MD

    Tuesday, May 4: Deficiencies in Scientific Evidence for Medical Management of Gender Dysphoria with Paul Hruz, M.D. Ph.D.

    Tuesday, March 16: Internet Pornography Addiction – Can It Really Harm Your Brain?, Sr. Marysia Weber, DO Recording

    Tuesday, January 19: Evidenced-Based Happiness in Medicine with John Bickford, MD

  • Tuesday, December 12: Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mass at Holy Rosary, Lunch at St. Arnold’s Brewery

    Tuesday, November 17: Caring for the Smallest Among Us: Perinatal Palliative Care by Tiffany McKee-Garrett, MD Recording

    Saturday, October 17: White Mass and Keynote: Catholic Principles in the COVID Pandemic: Achieving the Greatest Good by Lt. Col. William P Mueller, MD

    Tuesday, September 15: Medical Futility: Exploring the Concept and its Meaning within Catholic Bioethics by Claire Horner, JD MA Recording

    Tuesday, August 18: Catholic Physicians – Are We a Contradiction? by Sister Mary Diana Dreger, MD Recording

    Tuesday, July 21: The Joy of Medicine, Bill Hogan, MD Recording

    Tuesday, June 16: Catholic Perspective from the COVID Frontlines, Barbara Golder, MD, JD and Justo Montalvo, MD Recording

    Saturday, May 16: Annual Marian Pilgrimage, Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church

    Tuesday, April 21: Art in Medicine, Sarah Cosgray and Carmen Sanchez-Romero Recording

    Saturday, March 28: Converging Roads – Catholic Continuing Education Conference

    Tuesday, February 18: Avoiding the 7 Deadly Sins in Medicine, Mary Caprio RN

    Tuesday, January 21: Embryo Loss During Contraceptive Use, Cara Buskmiller MD

  • Tuesday, December 17: Retired Priests Christmas Dinner at St. Dominic Village

    Tuesday, November 19 : Spiritual Medicine – Anointing of the Sick, Fr. Richard Hinkley

    Saturday, October 19: White Mass & Dinner Reception. Keynote speaker: Roy Heyne, MD: “A Catholic Witness to Truth and Love in Medicine”

    Tuesday, September 17: Adjusting to the Unexpected, Trisha and Nick LaRocca

    Tuesday, August 20: Student and Resident Social at St. Arnold’s Brewery

    Tuesday, July 16: Monica Ashour, Theology of the Body

    Tuesday, June 18: Journal Club

    Saturday, May 11: Marian Pilgrimage

    Tuesday, April 16: Supporting Couples with Infertility; Leonora Butau, PhD

    Saturday, March 30: Converging Roads: Dignity and Disability

    Tuesday, February 19: A Journey Through Cancer: A Priest’s Perspective; Fr. Richard Hinkley, our chaplain