Washington State CMA

About Us

A Charter Guild of the CMA

The Washington State Catholic Medical Association is a guild of the national Catholic Medical Association (CMA). We serve to enrich the lives of our members through spiritual support in the practice of medicine. We host events related to these endeavors (Please see below for details.)

News and Events

Spokane Luncheon Meeting

Artificial Nutrition and Hydration

Spokane, WA
Saturday June 12, 2010

The Washington State Guild of the Catholic Medical Association invites all healthcare professionals, especially Catholic physicians, to a presentation by Dr. Rose Mary Volbrecht, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics Consultant from Gonzaga University. On Saturday June 12th at 10:30 AM, we will tour the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes and at 11:00 celebrate mass. We will use the Davenport Hotel for our speaker and lunch from noon to 1:30 PM.

The cost is $35.00 per person.

Please contact Steven Pace MD at 253.732.7030 or by email at "stevenpace (at) mac (dot) com."

Download flyer here

Annual Education Conference

Restoring the integrity of medicine

Seattle, WA
Oct 28th - 30th, 2010

Read more here

The Catholic Physician

A Vocation as Icon of Christ, The Divine Physician

Being a Catholic medical doctor is a ministry, which springs from a vocation within the Church. It is the mission of healing. It is strongly linked to God our Father and expresses Christ the Physician, full of Love, which is the Holy Spirit. To be a medical doctor is a path by which to reach and achieve the fullness of the human being. It involves a special nearness to, and intimacy with God; and it also means an openness and total giving to other people. This, then, is the Catholic identity of the medical doctor; to be the transmittance of the healing Christ.

--Javier Lozano Barragan

Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Zacatecas
President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers