Epiphany – August 7, 2023

Fr. Jose Cabrera invites everyone to a Scriptio Divina course and Dr. Kristin Collier and Louis Brown invite everyone to Heart of Christ Clinic fundraising gala.

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Fr. Jose Cabrera invites everyone to a Scriptio Divina course.

Fr. Jose Cabrera is Pastor at All Saints Parish in Bay City and is the youngest priest in the Bay City area.

Learn more about Scriptio Divina here: Scriptio Divina

Register for the class here: Fr. Jose Cabrera-Scriptio Divina

Dr. Kristin Collier and Louis Brown invite everyone to Heart of Christ Clinic fundraising gala.

Kristin Collier, M.D., FACP is an associate professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Michigan where she serves as the director of the University of Michigan Medical School Program on Health, Spirituality and Religion. She is also an associate program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of Michigan where she oversees the primary care track. She received her medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School and completed her internship, residency and chief residency at The University of Michigan Hospitals. Her academic interests are in the overlap of spirituality, religion and medicine and her peer reviewed work has been published in JAMA Internal Medicine, the Annals of Internal Medicine, The Journal of General Internal Medicine, the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and she also has had writings published in Notre Dame’s Church Life Journal, Theopolis and America Magazine. She is also the proud mother of four boys.

Louis Brown

Louis Brown is the Associate Director of the Center for the Law and Human Person. His professional calling in part is to advance the protection of human dignity in health care, to serve the sick and most vulnerable in society, and to empower young people to achieve the lifelong missions God has given them. Brown received a Juris Doctorate from Howard University School of Law. After law school, he first worked as a private practice attorney for a firm where he practiced labor law and commercial litigation. He later served as associate director of social concerns for a state Catholic conference. While at the conference, among other efforts, he advocated for life-affirming health care policy, co-led a legislative coalition in favor of housing non-discrimination legislation, advocated for in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants, and sought to protect the social safety net for the poor. Brown went on to become a Congressman’s legislative counsel and his liaison to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary. He also served as the Congressman’s primary health care staffer. In 2014, Brown joined a Catholic health care nonprofit, the Christ Medicus Foundation (CMF), whose mission is to share the healing love of Jesus Christ in health care. In 2017, Brown was appointed to serve at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) where he helped enforce federal civil rights protections for patients and human service recipients across the country. Brown returned to CMF in 2019 and now serves as its Executive Director. Brown currently serves as a board member for two Catholic medical entities. In winter semester of 2021, he served as a lecturer at the Columbus School of Law. Inspired by St. John Paul II and St. Thomas More, he believes the role of a virtuous lawyer is to build a civilization of love, truth, and justice.

Learn more about the Heart of Christ Clinic Fundraising Gala here: Heart of Christ