Dr. Lynn Keenan: HV50 Celebration Opening Remarks

Lynn Keenan, MD welcomes attendees to the HV 50 celebration and introduces Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.

Humanae Vitae: A Truth Ever Timeless, Ever New

We can see God’s ingenious design for our happiness and flourishing in the very way He created us, even in the very design of our bodies. Trying to redesign it according to our own whims only brings woe – the Garden of Eden all over again. Acknowledging it, accepting it and living it faithfully leads us to the deep and lasting happiness that God wants for us: communion with each other, and with Him now and forever in the life of heaven.

Janet Smith: The Genesis and Aftermath of Humanae Vitae

Humanae vitae was promulgated in one of the most tumultuous decades in the history of mankind, a decade characterized by rebellion and revolt against authority. Vatican II seemed a game changer in bringing the Church into the modern world. To some people this meant that the Church would need to change its teaching on contraception; overpopulation, feminism, and personal autonomy required it. Theologians who dissented from Church teaching found an easy audience and for decades there has been a battle to restore fidelity to the truths that Jesus teaches us through his Church. This talk tells that story.

Deacon William V. Williams, MD: Medical Consequences of Contraception: How Sterilizing Steroids Disrupt the Body, Mind and Spirit of Women

Persons are made up of a profound unity of body, mind and spirit and when one of these is perturbed there are invariably consequences that effect the entire person. The use of sterilizing steroids, such as the contraceptive pill, disrupts this unity with profound medical, psychological, sociological and spiritual consequences. This talk will focus on the medical consequences of sterilizing steroids with reference to how the entire person is effected.

Panel: Modern Methods of Natural Family Planning

Experts representing a variety of methods of natural family planning offer a a brief introduction into the options available for healthy, effective, natural methods of monitoring and tracking fertility. Moderator: Lynn Keenan, MD Featuring Pam and Alt Birdsall, Diane Daly, K.C. Schnitker, and Sue Ek.

Dr. Christopher Kaczor: The Good of Procreation

While it may seem obvious, couples and society actually often operate form a very different premise, and this presentation will talk about why procreation is a good thing for parents.

Steven Mosher: Humanae Vitae was right: Governments are Using Contraception (and Sterilization and Abortion) to Control Their Population

Pope Paul VI warned in Humanae Vitae that governments would misuse artificial contraception for purposes of population control. This prophesy has come true with a vengeance not just in China, but in dozens of countries around the world. Mosher will detail the war on people that new and deadly techniques of contraception and sterilization have enabled.

Panel: The Many Faces of NFP

Natural Family Planning services can be integrated in a wide range of venues, each setting offering their own advantages,and often reaching different audiences. In this session there will be an opportunity to learn from the experiences of 1) nurse, 2) physician, and 3) pastor, who each have established, thriving NFP programs, in a hospital, medical practice, and parish, respectively.

Moderator: Fr. Larry Toschi, OSJ

Featuring Diane Daly and George Delgado, MD

George Weigel: John Paul II and the Integrity of Love

Theology of the Body and Familiaris Consortio as the mature response of John Paul II to the cultural crisis caused by the contraceptive pill and its effects — and the roots of that response in both his pastoral work with young couples and his philosophical/theological reflections on those experiences, illustrated by stories from some of those young people.

Patricia Sandoval: Healing the Wounds of the Contraceptive Culture

The story of a personal journey: Healing from the ravages of growing up in a Planned Parenthood indoctrinated contraceptive culture.