Archbishop Zygmut Zimowski, President of the Pontifical Council for Healthcare Workers, will be the keynote speaker and offer reflections on the message of Pope Benedict XVI for the 2012 World Day for the Sick. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia will be the homilist at a Mass celebrated for all participants at the conclusion of the conference. The conference is free of charge and open to the public with advanced registration.

Following lunch, presenters will include: Dr. John Haas, Director of the National Catholic Bioethics Center; Mr. Ron Rak, President and CEO of Saint Peter Healthcare System; and Dr. Nayan Kothari, Associate Dean of Education at Drexel University.

The Pontifical Council for Healthcare Workers is a Vatican body. Its mission is to assist those who care for the sick and to spread the Church’s teaching on the spiritual and moral aspects of illness as well as the meaning of human suffering.