Jesuit university to honor Catholic Health Association’s Sister Keehan

November 09, 2010

The University Ministry’s Social Justice Program at the University of San Francisco will honor Sister Carol Keehan, who broke with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to lend support to health care reform legislation after a pro-life amendment was defeated.

According to the announcement, Sister Keehan “has devoted her life to ensure that the poor receive adequate access to health care. Indeed, in her letter sent to Congress representing 59,000 Catholic nuns and more than 50 heads of religious congregations and organizations she remarks, ‘Health care reform is a faith mandate for life and dignity of all of our people’”

 

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Further information:

• “We honor Sr. Carol Keehan” (California Catholic Daily)
• Justice Programs (University of San Francisco)
• Cardinal George lays blame on CHA for passage of health-care reform bill (CWN, 6/17/10)
• Catholic Health Association breaks with bishops, backs Senate health care bill (CWN, 3/15/10)