"Life Issues, Modern Reproductive Technologies & Their Morality" Workshop

   This workshop is offered by the Diocese of Lafayette Office of Catechetics and is open to anyone who is interested in knowing more about the teachings of the Church.  For those Catechists or Teachers working on their certification, it will count as an elective.  For Catholic school teachers, 2 religion hours will be given.

PRESENTER:  REV. SEBASTIAN MYLADIYIL, SVD

  The important issues pertaining life and end of life (abortion, murder and euthanasia) will be reviewed based on Saint John Paul the II's Papl encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life). We will also explore what constitutes an intriniscally evil act.  We will review the moralities of these modern technoligies from the perspective of the teachings of the Church and Natural Law.  Topics examined will include artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization and other alternative technoligies. Registration fee is $10.  For more information on how to reigster, contact Nikki Sonnier at 337-261-5550 or email nsonnier@diolaf.org.