CHARLOTTE — The fourth annual Converging Roads conference was held March 20, drawing more than 85 Catholic health professionals and students from more than 20 parishes across the Diocese of Charlotte to St. Patrick Cathedral and online for a day of workshops, fellowship and Mass.
The medical ethics conference was co-sponsored by the Charlotte diocese and Belmont Abbey in collaboration with the St. John Paul II Foundation. This year’s theme was “Hippocratic Medicine: Do No Harm.” The day began with a special White Mass celebrated by Benedictine Abbot Placid Solari, and featured presentations from Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD, on “Rationing in Times of Crisis”; Claudia R. Sotomayor, MD, DBe, on “The Role of Disability in Determining Proportionate and Disproportionate Means”; Paul Hruz, MD, PhD, on “Gender Dysphoria in Children & Adults: Science, Ideology, and Ethics”; and more.
Converging Roads is an initiative of the St. John Paul II Foundation, a national Catholic apostolate proclaiming the Good News about life and family through education and formation.
— Jessica R. Grabowski
BELMONT — Enjoy the season with Carolina Pro Musica and music by Landini, Janequin, Vivaldi, and Boismortier.
A program of French and Italian music shares the genius of Vivaldi and his famous Spring Concerto from “The Four Seasons.” French composer Boismortier wrote four cantatas, one for each season. Hear the complete spring cantata for soprano, flute and continuo at this concert set for 8 p.m. Monday, April 12, at the Abbey Basilica in Belmont.
Admission is free. Donations are welcomed.
A limited, masked, and socially distanced, live audience will be allowed in the basilica. Seats may be reserved through This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The concert will also be live-streamed at www.belmontabbeycollege.edu/artslive.
For more information, go online to www.bac.edu or www.carolinapromusica.org.
— Rolando Rivas and John Jacob