Dear Friends: Septembers remind me of three new beginnings in my life. First, with school starting in September, I’ve been reflecting on medical education and my own journey into medicine as a student of OB/GYN. Second, my birthday is in September, marking the...
Dear Friends: August 2023 Newsletter Summer is winding down! At Divine Mercy Care we are beginning to prepare for our 2023 Annual Gala this fall, on November 9, 2023 at Sweeney Barn in Manassas, VA (more information below). As we look forward with anticipation to this...
Dear Friends: I received a moving gift this week from Hannah, Elizabeth, Peter and Madeline Hoeppner (pictured above). These beautiful children donated $200 — the proceeds of their summer lemonade stand — to Divine Mercy Care. Their gift has me thinking a lot about...
Dear Friends: Before June ends, I want to take the opportunity to say Happy Father’s Day! Fatherhood is one of the greatly undervalued roles in society today. So many deny the importance of fathers in the lives of their children and disparage the masculine...
Dear Friends: May is the month of May flowers and May crownings. Work. Nature. The Madonna. These things have kept me busy this month. I began the month with an interview with the Jesuit, America magazine. The idea of medicine that is both life affirming for the...
Dear Friends: During Easter week I had the privilege of visiting the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe for the second time in my life and climbing Tepeyac Hill — the namesake of Tepeyac OB/GYN — for the first time. When I visited almost 35 years ago, I was performing...
