Bassem Elshahat, a highly specialized medical imaging physicist with Eastern Health’s Nuclear and Molecular Medicine Program, recently flew back home to St. John’s, having spent a few weeks visiting Egypt, […]
A terminal diagnosis. With those words from a physician, life as you know it, changes – and in a way only those who have experienced it can possibly understand. It […]
I recently attended a ceremony that truly marked the end of an era – the closing of St. Clare’s Mercy Convent. Its history began 102 years ago, as St. Clare’s […]
At 77, in the middle of February, Joan Marie Pitcher passed away as most of us would wish to – at home, surrounded by her family and close friends. In […]
If you have ever moved house you know what a daunting task it can be. While the prospects of packing all your items and moving family members may be overwhelming, […]
“You can’t give what you don’t have.” And with those words from Dr. Rick Singleton – Eastern Health’s Regional Director of Pastoral Care and Ethics – a recent session of […]
The stillness of the night was suddenly shattered – pierced by a screaming pager that summoned Father John Courage, an Anglican clergyman, from his sleep. Before the morning would dawn, […]
When Director of Pastoral Care and Ethics, Dr. Rick Singleton, first suggested an initiative to have community representatives on our ethics committees my skin crawled a bit. Don’t get me […]
