Events Summary

Theme:  “Stand Up and Go” (Luke 17:19)
Type of event: Symposium
Date: Wednesday, August 2nd 2023
Time: 14:00 – 17:00 h
Who is it for:
– medical students
– doctors,
– health care workers,
– health care enthusiasts,
– high school students wanting to enroll in medical school.
– …
Cost: free admission
Application: not necessary

Venue: Auditorium of Ordem Contabilistas Certificados

Localization:
Av. Barbosa Du Bocage 45, 1049-013 Lisboa
https://goo.gl/maps/ESwifje2QnHgsgZo6
3 minutes walking from Campo Pequeno metro station

Objectives
– Introduce participants to the F.I.A.M.C. and to Societas Lucae
– Share experiences about the challenges of being a Catholic medical student or a young catholic doctor around the world.

Program
Opening session:
Prof. Dr. José Diogo Ferreira Martins (President of the Portuguese Catholic Doctors Association)
– Pe. Miguel Cabral (Spiritual advisor of the Portuguese Catholic Doctors Association)
– Prof. Dr. Pedro Pimenta de Mello Spineti (President of the Brazilian Catholic Doctors Association)
– Prof. Dr. António Médina de Almeida (Dean of the Medicine Faculty of the Catholic University of Lisbon)

Societas Lucae: “Stand Up and Go”
– Dr. Thomas W. McGovern (Catholic Medical Association – United States of America)
– Benedita Pacheco de Carvalho (medical student from the Portuguese Catholic Doctors Association)

Interval
– Testimonies, small group discussion and sharing of experiences
– Plenary session
– Closing session