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Exploring Ethical Issues
“White Mass” Recognizes Health Care Professionals
Published in the March 2010 Issue of the Fairfield County Catholic
BRIDGEPORT – The
17th annual White Mass for
Catholic health care professionals
in Fairfield County will be
celebrated by Bishop William
E. Lori on Sunday, March 14,
at 8:30 a.m. at St. Augustine
Cathedral in Bridgeport. The
Mass recognizes the contributions
of Catholic physicians,
nurses, dentists and other health
care professionals.
Breakfast will immediately
follow at the Fairfield Country
Club. Bishop Lori will be the
principal celebrant and homilist
for the White Mass. Bishop
Jean Laffitte, secretary of the
Pontifical Council for the
Family, Vatican City, will be
the speaker and guest of honor.
Greetings and remarks
will be offered by Mark
Roithmayr, president of Autism
Speaks.
ST. VINCENT’S WHITE MASS COMMITTEE – Bill Hoey, vice president, Mission Services; Michael V. Herman, M.D., chairman, Department of Medicine; Sr. Mary Jean Tague, D.C., parish nurse coordinator; and Thomas G. Flynn, M.D.
Michael V. Herman, M.D.,
chairman of the Department
of Medicine at St. Vincent’s
Medical Center is chairing of
the event.
The St. Vincent’s White
Mass Committee also includes
Bill Hoey, vice president,
Mission Services; Sr. Mary Jean
Tague, D.C., parish nurse coordinator;
and Thomas G. Flynn,
M.D.
Bishop Jean Laffitte
Bishop Jean Laffitte
was born in Oloron-Sainte-
Marie, France. He earned a
degree in political science at
the University of Toulouse,
and subsequently studied
at Cambridge University in
England and at the University
of Salamanca in Spain. He
was ordained in 1989 for the
Diocese of Autun, France. He
is a member of the Emmanuel
Community.
Fr. Laffitte continued his
studies at the Pontifical John
Paul II Institute for Studies on
Marriage and Family, earning
a doctorate in moral theology.
In 1994, he joined the faculty
of the John Paul II Institute,
serving for three years as vice
president.
In 2003, he was appointed a
consultor for the Congregation
of the Doctrine of the Faith.
In 2005, he was appointed
undersecretary of the Pontifical
Council for the Family and,
in 2006, vice president of the
Pontifical Academy for Life.
On October 22, 2009, the Holy
Father appointed him Secretary
of the Pontifical Council for the
Family.
He was ordained to the episcopacy
on December
12, 2009 by His
Eminence Tarcisio
Cardinal Bertone,
S.D.B., secretary
of state of Pope
Benedict XVI, at the
Basilica of St. Peter
in Vatican City.
He is the author of numerous
publications, and, in addition
to his native French, is fluent
in English, Italian, Spanish and
German.
(All healthcare workers and
their guests are invited to attend.
Breakfast tickets: $30. For more
information and tickets, contact
Donna Schmidt: 203-416-1457 or
e-mail dschmidt@diobpt.org)
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