September 2025 Newsletter

St John Neumann Philadelphia CMA Guild Mid-September updates

Student CMA Welcome Mass & Picnic a success!

Health professional students from the areas medical nursing schools, along with their friends in residency and fellowship training gathered at the Penn/Drexel Neumann Center (adjacent to Sts. Agatha & James Church) for Mass, followed by a BBQ picnic. CMA member Deacon John Travaline and Fr. Joesph Ryan OSA, Chaplain of our St. John Neumann CMA Guild, joined Fr. Carlos Keen of the Newman Center in celebrating Holy Mass. Afterwards, about 40 students, residents, and a handful of attending CMA members shared a tasty barbecue menu in a garden setting outside of the Newman Center.  Enjoy this photo from the picnic. More student events to come!

The students extend their thanks to our St. John Neumann Guild for sponsoring the picnic and underwriting its costs.

Mass, Recognition Ceremony & Reception for Chester County Catholic Health Professionals Sunday, September 14th, 2025 was held at Sts. Simon & Jude Parish in West Chester, PA

Assisted at Mass by his brother priests, CMA member Deacon Al Mauriello, and our Chaplain Fr. Joseph Ryan, Fr. Gerlach spoke with gratitude about his family’s doctor and the devotion he saw from Dr. Wolf “whether it was 3 PM or 3 AM.” Health care professionals in attendance received a special blessing at the end of the Prayer of the Faithful. The coffee and doughnut reception that followed Mass was an opportunity for Chester County docs, NP’s, PA’s, nurses and some of their patients to meet new friends and to reconnect with others. Our St. John Neumann Guild will sponsor another Mass & Recognition Reception for Bucks County in February, 2026.

Sunday, October 19th:  11 AM-1:45 PM, Annual St. Luke’s Mass and Brunch. Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, PA. Main celebrant: Archbishop Nelson J. Perez.  The Keynote speaker will be Matt Bowman of Alliance Defending Freedom speaking on

“Protections for Conscience & Personal Moral Beliefs in the Workplace”

Registration for this event will be available next week, after the launch of our redesigned St. John Neumann CMA Guild website. Cost: $60 per adult; $30 for children under 15.

Please consider sponsoring a medical or other health professional student with your generous donation in support of this event.

October 24th & 25th, Catholic Bioethics Seminar, including topics on Pregnancy-Related Complications, Assisted Reproductive Technologies. Gender Ideology & Medical Interventions

Determination of Death & Organ Donation, St. Mary Magdalen Parish, Medica, PA. Flyer attached with additional details.

Please pray this month in a special way for those who have suffered or died in the name of their Christian faith, including: the children and adults of Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Charlie Kirk, Christians trapped in the Middle East conflict, and the 89 Christians  killed by the ISIS-linked ADF group in attacks across North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Message from Tim Millea, MD, CMA Health Care Policy Committee

Please take a few minutes to look at the Federal Trade Commission’s request for public comments in response to “Gender-Affirming Care” for Minors. More at: https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/GAC-RFI-FINAL.pdf. Comments must be received no later than Friday night, September 26, 2025. If you wish to make a comment, please go to: https://www.regulations.gov/document/FTC-2025-0264-0001 and click on the blue commend button.