MADISON — Our Lady of Hope Clinic and the Women’s Care Center are partnering to hold “A Celebration of Life” with a benefit dinner for both organizations to be held on Saturday, May 10, at the Alliant Energy Center.
Members of the community are welcome to attend. The benefit will begin with cocktails at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner and a program detailing how both organizations have worked to build a culture of life in Dane County.
Clinic marks fifth anniversary
Our Lady of Hope Clinic, which will be celebrating its fifth anniversary this spring, is Dane County’s only pro-life primary care clinic. The clinic also provides free primary medical care to the uninsured.
Dr. Michael Kloess, Our Lady of Hope Clinic’s attending physician, is a family practitioner treating the entire family for a full range of primary care.
Dr. Kloess also consults in Natural Family Planning and has helped many couples who have struggled with infertility conceive children by using NaPro Technology.
Dr. Kloess practices medicine consistent with the Catholic healthcare tradition and will not prescribe or refer for contraception, abortion, sterilization, or euthanasia.
Dr. Kloess explained his commitment to women’s health by stating, “At Our Lady of Hope Clinic, we celebrate life and families. We have established a clinic where the family feels safe and respected.
“I feel blessed to be able to help couples grow their families through safe, ethical, and medically sound methods that seek to discover the root of infertility, rather than masking the medical issues as chemical contraception does.”
Women’s Care Center
Dr. Kloess is also the medical advisor at the Madison’s Women’s Care Center. The Women’s Care Center counsels women about unexpected pregnancies and provides free ultrasounds for potentially pregnant women. The center also provides pregnant women with prenatal counseling and resources.
Greg Wagner, president of the Women’s Care Center, is thankful “in the two years we have been open, we can see how generous God has been in blessing our efforts. He has provided a staff that is gentle, compassionate, and loving that has helped many families. Many babies are now enjoying life that without our clinic would not have had that opportunity.”
Both Our Lady of Hope Clinic and Women’s Care Center are nonprofit organizations supported by community donations. Since both organizations are dedicated to celebrating life — from natural conception through the natural end of life — a joint event to benefit both organizations seemed to be a natural fit.
More information, tickets
For additional information about Our Lady of Hope Clinic or the benefit dinner, visit www.OurLadyOfHopeClinic.org or contact Julie Jensen, director of development, at 608-957-1137 or by emailing julie@ourladyofhopeclinic.org Tickets for the dinner are $75 per person or $500 for a table of eight.
For additional information about Women’s Care Center or the benefit dinner, visit www.WomensCareCenter.org or contact Sarah Martin, director, at 608-241-8100.