Where Catholic APPs can network and grow in faith together in CAPPA’s mission.
Let’s Network
…with Catholic Advanced Practice Providers to support our practice of medicine in accordance with the principles of the Catholic faith recognizing Jesus Christ as the Divine Healer.
Let’s Educate
…the integration of Church teachings, Catholic bioethics and spiritual growth with clinical practice according to our understanding of human dignity.
Let’s Advocate
…for members, the Church, and Catholic Advanced Practice Providers in the workplace and medical education to strengthen conscience protections.
Let’s Assist the Church
…in the work of communicating and applying Catholic medical ethics to the medical profession and society at large.
An Array of Resources
- Catholic medical practice and bioethics
- Deepening our spirituality
- Medical education
- Relevant News and Information
- Personal stories and community
CAPPA Thoughts
Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes
Hail Mary, poor and humble Woman, Blessed by the Most High! Virgin of hope, dawn of a new era, We join in your song of praise, to celebrate the Lord’ s mercy, to proclaim the coming of the Kingdom and the full liberation of humanity.
Hail Mary, lowly handmaid of the Lord, Glorious Mother of Christ! Faithful Virgin, holy dwelling-place of the Word, Teach us to persevere in listening to the Word, and to be docile to the voice of the Spirit, attentive to his promptings in the depths of our conscience and to his manifestations in the events of history.
Hail Mary, Woman of sorrows, Mother of the living! Virgin spouse beneath the Cross, the new Eve, Be our guide along the paths of the world. Teach us to experience and to spread the love of Christ, to stand with you before the innumerable crosses on which your Son is still crucified.
Hail Mary, woman of faith, First of the disciples! Virgin Mother of the Church, help us always to account for the hope that is in us, with trust in human goodness and the Father’ s love. Teach us to build up the world beginning from within: in the depths of silence and prayer, in the joy of fraternal love, in the unique fruitfulness of the Cross.
Holy Mary, Mother of believers, Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. Amen.
Pope Saint John Paul II
This prayer was said during the Holy Father’s August 15, 2004 visit to Lourdes, France.
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