Sr. Mary Jo Kahl, FSM, a Franciscan Sister of Mary for 63 years, died August 5, 2018, at The Sarah Community in Bridgeton, Mo. She was 79.
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Minimizing holiday stress for seniors
Q I am hosting a holiday gathering for our extended family this year and have some questions about how to make the time relaxing for our older in-laws.
My husband’s parents are both experiencing some health issues and have limited energy for long celebrations.
Some family members are traveling quite a distance and are anxious to visit with them. I am worried that my in-laws will be “too gracious” and not let family know when they are tired and need to take a break.
Do you have some tips for making this enjoyable for all without offending anyone or exhausting our in-laws?
(From a daughter-in-law in Beloit)
Bishop to celebrate White Mass on November 23
MADISON — Bishop Robert C. Morlino will celebrate the annual White Mass at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, at St. Patrick Church in Madison.
Members of the Madison Guild of the Catholic Medical Association (CMA) will be attending the Mass with the bishop, asking God’s blessing upon doctors, nurses, caregivers, and patients under the patronage of St. Luke.
All those involved in the medical profession are invited to join Bishop Morlino for this “White Mass,” so named from the traditional color of lab coats and nurses’ uniforms.
Sister St. Francis Lucille Goeden, dies
School Sister of St. Francis Lucille Goeden died April 16, 2011 at St. Joseph Convent in Campbellsport, Wis.
Drastic measures and cancer decisions
During the 1990’s, scientists discovered two gene mutations in the BRCA family of genes that significantly increase a woman’s chances of developing breast and ovarian cancer.
Working through a hard death
Caregivers and health care professionals can and often do greatly assist those who are suffering and dying. Even with careful pain management and comfort measures, however, the dying process can still be agonizing and difficult.
Each death has a unique and particular trajectory, but even the most difficult and unpleasant deaths often have powerful graces and remarkable opportunities for growth mysteriously interwoven into them.
Area residents get help to earn nursing degree
Dean Health System and St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital have stepped forward to offer financial support for a program that would allow Janesville-area residents to earn a bachelor’s degree in the nursing field without having to leave Rock County.