Posted March 19, 2010
MCC and OSF St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group of Escanaba are announcing their solidarity with the position of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in opposition to the current Senate health care reform bill.
News Release / Posted March 19, 2010
MCC released the following statement in regard to a television advertising campaign that misrepresents the Catholic Church's position on health care reform, and attacks Congressman Bart Stupak for his efforts to prohibit taxpayer funded abortion in the current health care reform debate.
News Release / Posted March 3, 2010
After having served the Michigan Catholic Conference for over thirty-five years, the last sixteen as President and Chief Executive Officer, the Conference today announced that the retirement of Sister Monica Kostielney, R.S.M., has been accepted by the organization’s Board of Directors.
News Release / Posted January 20, 2010
MCC offered the following statement after the Senate Health Policy Committee voted in a bipartisan fashion to move legislation that addresses transparency in human embryo research.
News Release / Posted October 6, 2009
Michigan Catholic Conference President and Chief Executive Officer Sister Monica Kostielney, R.S.M. offered the following comments regarding the appointment of Reverend Monsignor Bernard A. Hebda as Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Gaylord.
News Release / Posted September 30, 2009
Michigan Catholic Conference Vice President for Public Policy Paul A. Long made the following statement Sept. 29 after the Legislature approved the conference report for the Department of Human Services budget, which maintains funding for the Family Independence Program and the children’s clothing allowance program.
News Release / Posted September 2, 2009
While legislative leaders seek to diminish further Michigan’s social safety net in an effort to balance the state’s $2.8 billion deficit, the Michigan Catholic Conference Board of Directors today approved a statement calling for solidarity with the state’s poorest citizens and urges legislators to enact a budget that protects essential needs.
News Release / Posted September 2, 2009
Michigan Catholic Conference has approved a statement that does not support the call for a constitutional convention in 2010. Michigan voters at the November 2010 general election ballot will decide whether or not the state will conduct a constitutional convention in 2011. Article 12, Section 3 of the 1963 Michigan Constitution calls for a vote of the people every 16 years to determine if delegates appointed from each House and Senate district should rewrite the state’s guiding document.
Posted September 2, 2009
Posted September 2, 2009