Pope Paul VI Institute

Events

December 5-6, 2012 John Paul II Life Center
Dec. 5 - Benefit Dinner with USCCB Pro-Life Chair Cardinal DiNardo
The national attacks on religious freedom are impacting medical practitioners, business owners and all faithful citizens. USCCB Pro-life Chair Cardinal Daniel DiNardo is intimately involved with this issue and will be our keynote speaker. We also will be honoring Dr. Tom Hilgers and his wife, Sue, with the Dignity in Life Award for their work developing NaPro Technology. Click here to buy sponsorships and tickets.

Dec. 6 - Ethics CME for Healthcare Professionals
We're thrilled to announce that Dr. Thomas Hilgers, founder of NaProTECHNOLOGY, will present "NaPro & Women's Health" at a complimentary breakfast for healthcare professionals on Thursday Dec. 6 from 6:45 - 8:00 am. at Seton Medical Center Austin, 1201 West 38th Street. Dr. Hilgers is internationally recognized for his outstanding achievements in the field of natural fertility regulation and reproductive medicine. He developed the Creighton Model Fertility Care System and the new women’s health science of NaProTECHNOLOGY. In addition, he is the founder and director of the Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction. To attend, please RSVP to camp@seton.org and put "Hilgers CME" in the subject line.

Annual YOU + I = WE Physician Couples Retreat

      February
      More information here.

Love & Life Unlimited Conference
      Omaha, Nebraska

The Love and Life Unlimited Conference is a conference where we ponder the truth and beauty of the Catholic vision of marriage, family, and sexuality; promote the integrated, Catholic vision of the Pope Paul VI Institute: a dynamic vision of reproductive health and healthcare services; and proclaim this vision to family, friends, fellow-parishioners and colleagues. Dates for this event are:
      - April 15-19, 2013
      - October 14-18, 2013
For more information and registration forms please download the Love and Life Unlimited Brochure from this link.

Creighton Model Allied Health Education Programs
      Omaha, Nebraska | Warsaw, Poland

The first phase is an eight day total immersion course covering introduction to the Creighton Model FertilityCare System, NaProTECHNOLOGY, basic teaching skills, case management, and basic ethical issues. The second phase is a six- to eight-day total immersion course covering more advanced system-related problems, advanced teaching skills, case management, basic ethical issues, and NaProTechnology. Only those students who have successfully completed Education Phase I may attend Education Phase II.
      - EPII Omaha: April 13-20, 2013
      - EPI Omaha: October 12-19 2013    |    EPII: April 2014
For more details on dates, information, and registration forms for the Omaha and the Warsaw education programs, please download the EPII Program Book from this link.

Press Releases about the Pope Paul VI Institute and Dr. Hilgers

Record Number of Practitioners Complete Pope Paul VI Institute's Training (April 11, 2011)
Press Release

Award-winning article by Dr. Hilgers

Archives of Perinatal Medicine (2011)
The new women's health science of NaProTechnology -- by Thomas W. Hilgers, MD

Articles about the Pope Paul VI Institute and Dr. Hilgers

Letter to the President (April 12, 2012)
Read it here -- by Thomas W. Hilgers, MD

(1) Chicago Tribune (July 30, 2012)
Catholic fertility methods help Chicago woman conceive -- by Manya A . Brachear, Chicago Tribune reporter

(2) Legatus Magazine (April 2, 2012)
Hope for the childless -- by Judy Roberts

(3) St. Louis Review (April 2, 2012)
The new face of Natural Family Planning -- by Jennifer Brinker

(4) National Catholic Register (January 20, 2012)
The Waiting Womb: Infertility Solutions Prescribed by the Church -- by Melissa L. Foley, Register Correspondent

(5) Columbia Magazine (January 2012)
We Will Be a Family -- by Carlos Gamundi

(6) Catholic World Report (February 2011 issue)
The State of NaProTechnology -- by Chuck Weber

(7) Celebrate Life Magazine (January-February 2011 issue)
25 Years of Love and Life at the Pope Paul VI Institute -- by Jeff Gardner

(8) Columbia Magazine (January 2011)
Catholic physicians work to provide life-giving alternatives to reproductive technologies -- by Colleen Rouleau

(9) "Spreading the Gospel of Life" article from Columbia, January 2007.

(10) Agents of Change article from The Catholic World Report

(11) Published articles written by Sister Renée Mirkes

(12) "Institute Practices Reproductive Medicine—and Catholicism."
      Article written by Rob Stein and published by the Washington Post, October 30, 2006.

(13) National Catholic Register (February 21-27, 1999)
ProLife ProFile: Fertility Program Brings Hope in Ireland -- by Cian Molloy

Videos about the Pope Paul VI Institute and Dr. Hilgers