Horizons of Hope: toolkit on palliative care

Horizons of Hope: A Toolkit for Catholic Parishes on Palliative Care is a free course about dealing with a life-limiting diagnosis designed to help everyone -caregivers, the sick and dying and family members-to find support and concrete assistance.

The Horizons of Hope video/ information series will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on four Mondays, starting Monday, March 2 at the Cathedral of the Holy Family, 123 Nelson Road, Saskatoon. Register by e-mail to: waldbilligdiane@gmail.com.

BACKGROUND: When confronted with a life-limiting diagnosis, we can find ourselves in an unfamiliar and even frightening situation. These moments are usually marked by having to make numerous practical decisions surrounding care and support for loved ones and ourselves. More often than not, such decisions require moral discernment through the lens of our faith. We believe in the dignity and sacredness of human life at all stages, from conception to natural death. At the same time, our faith does not demand that life is to be sustained at all costs.

As Catholics, our faith in Jesus Christ has much to teach us about living and dying well. Developed by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Horizons of Hope: A Toolkit for Catholic Parishes on Palliative Care is designed to help each of us – caregivers, the sick and dying and family members – to find support and concrete assistance.