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Chris Lee

SSM Health and CSA complete sponsorship transfer of Agnesian HealthCare, Monroe Clinic

MADISON — The Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes (CSA) and SSM Health have successfully completed a transfer of sponsorship of CSA’s health care ministries.

Agnesian HealthCare, based in Fond du Lac, and Monroe Clinic, based in Monroe, are now part of SSM Health.

Patients and residents will continue to receive the high-quality compassionate care they’ve come to know and expect from Agnesian HealthCare and Monroe Clinic, but also benefit from the additional expertise, resources, and extensive network of specialists provided by SSM Health.

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Chris Lee

SSM Health and CSA complete sponsorship transfer of Agnesian HealthCare, Monroe Clinic

MADISON — The Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes (CSA) and SSM Health have successfully completed a transfer of sponsorship of CSA’s health care ministries.

Agnesian HealthCare, based in Fond du Lac, and Monroe Clinic, based in Monroe, are now part of SSM Health.

Patients and residents will continue to receive the high-quality compassionate care they’ve come to know and expect from Agnesian HealthCare and Monroe Clinic, but also benefit from the additional expertise, resources, and extensive network of specialists provided by SSM Health.

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Fr. Tad Pacholczyk

To give or not to give: The marital question

In a recent column, David O’Brien, the associate director of religious education for lay ministry in the Archdiocese of Mobile, Ala., recounts the story of Agnes and Jake, devout Catholics who conceived and delivered four children during the first five years of their marriage.Making Sense out of Bioethics column by Fr. Tad Pacholczyk

Agnes described how Jake, “wanted to be a good father and husband, and he couldn’t see how that could happen if we continued to have more children. In short, he was getting a vasectomy.”

Spouse no longer open to life

Agnes had a strong Catholic formation, and understood that married couples should not engage in sexual acts that have been intentionally blocked or “rendered infecund.” She struggled with Jake’s new stance, and dug her heels in.

She wondered how she could possibly be an authentic witness to the Gospel “if within my marriage, I was no longer open to life? How could I minister to other women and encourage them to be bold in their faith if I wasn’t living it myself? And what do I teach my children about marriage and sex when their father and I weren’t aligned?”

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