Franciscans and Healthcare: What is the Future?

CONTRIBUTORS

118 CONTRIBUTORS Esther Anderson, O.S.F. is a member of the Aston, Pennsylvania, Franciscans. She holds M.A. degrees in both education and religious studies as well as a doctorate in organizational behavior and development. She is currently a member of the board of stewardship trustees of Catholic Health Initiatives East, Aston, and serves her congregation as assistant congregational minister. Ilia Delio, O.S.F. did her doctoral studies in theology at Fordham University. She is presently at Washington Theological Union, Washington, DC, serving as an assistant professor of ecclesial history and Franciscan studies and as Director of the Franciscan Center. She is author of Crucified Love: Bonaventure’s Mysticism of the Crucified Christ (Quincy: Franciscan Press, 1998). Peggy Egan, O.S.F. is also a member of the Aston, Pennsylvania, Franciscans. She holds an M.A. in counseling education and a doctorate in organizational behavior and development. She is presently vice president for mission integration at Catholic Health Initiatives East. Prior to her ministry in healthcare, she served her congregation as provincial minister. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M. is a friar of Holy Name Province. He is professor of moral theology at Washington Theological Union, Washington, DC, where he has taught since 1980. He holds a doctorate in religion and public policy from Duke University and has special interests in Catholic social teaching and the role of the Church in American public life. He is currently president of the Catholic Theological Society of America. Beth Howe, O.S.F., M.D. is a member of the Aston, Pennsylvania , Franciscans. She obtained her medical degree from Georgetown University Medical School in 1993 and did her residency in emergency medicine at Lincoln Hospital in the South CONTRIBUTORS 119 Bronx. She is currently medical director in the emergency department at St. Joseph Medical Center, Reading, Pennsylvania. Mary Hroscikoski, O.S.F., M.D. is a member of the Little Falls, Minnesota, Franciscans. She obtained her medical degree from Georgetown University in 1980 and specializes in family medicine. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in anthropology at the University of Minnesota. Dominic Monti, O.F.M. is a friar of Holy Name Province. He holds degrees from Union Theological Seminary and the University of Chicago Divinity School where he obtained his doctorate in theology in 1979. He is currently professor and chair of the department of ecclesiastical history at the Washington Theological Union, Washington, DC. Thomas Nairn, O.F.M. is a friar of the Sacred Heart Province and a member of the provincial council of his Order. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Chicago Divinity School and is currently associate professor of Christian ethics at the Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL. Laureen Painter, O.S.F. is a member of the Sylvania, Ohio, Franciscans. A diplomate of the American College of Healthcare Executives, she holds M.A. degrees in health and hospital administration (Xavier University) and Franciscan Studies (The Franciscan Institute). She is currently CEO/ President of Sisters of Charity-Coushatta Health Care Center in Coushatta, Louisiana. Patricia Simpson, O.S.F. is a member of the Sylvania, Ohio, Franciscans. She has been an educator for over twenty years and a hospital board member for ten years. She is currently director of mission integration for Franciscan Services Corporation. Prior to her present healthcare ministry, she was vicar for religious in the diocese of Detroit. Daniel Sulmasy, O.F.M., M.D., Ph.D. is a friar of Holy Name Province. He holds a medical degree from Cornell University and a 120 CONTRIBUTORS doctorate in ethics from Georgetown University, which he obtained in 1995. At Georgetown, he was director of the Center for Clinical Bioethics, senior research scholar of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, and associate professor of medicine. He currently holds the Sisters of Charity Chair in ethics at St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York, and serves as professor of medicine and director of the Bioethics Institute of New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York. ...