Catholic Professional and Business Club . . . . . San Francisco

Thomas Loarie is the Chairman and former CEO of Mercator MedSystems, a pioneering medical technology company located in San Leandro. He is also program chair of Catholics@Work in the Diocese of Oakland.

Please join the Catholic Professional and Business Club to hear Tom tell his personal faith journey, with reflections on Henri Nouwen’s “Taken, Blessed, Broken, Given”

WHEN: Wednesday, March 10, 7am to 8:30am (Mass at 7am)

WHERE: Palio D’Asti Restaurant, 640 Sacramento at Montgomery, San Francisco, 94111

COST: $20 per members, $30 for non-members (become a member for $45)

Includes a delicious breakfast, coffee, and juice

PAY AT THE DOOR or for reservations, mail your contact information & a check payable to “CPBC-ADSF” to: CPBC, Attn: Mary Jansen, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109

Ethics are indispensable during the due diligence process for any good business investment. What about bioethics? Are companies in your portfolio investing in human cloning or embryonic stem cell research? How do we keep them accountable?

Jennifer Lahl is founder and national director of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. Lahl couples her 25 years experience as a pediatric critical care nurse, hospital administrator and senior-level nursing management, with a deep passion to speak for those who have no voice. Lahl’s’ writings have appeared in various publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Dallas Morning News and the American Journal of Bioethics. As a field expert, she is routinely interviewed on radio and television including ABC, CBC, PBS and NPR and called upon to speak alongside lawmakers and members fo the scientific community, even being invited to speak to members of the European Parliament in Brussels to address egg trafficking. She is founding director of Every Woman First, serves on the North American Editorial Board for Ethics and Medicine and the Board of Reference for Joni Eareckson Tada’s Institute on Disability. In 2009, Lahl was associate producer of the documentary film, Lines That Divide.

WHEN: Wednesday, April 14, 5:30pm to 7:30pm

WHERE:  Chancellor Hotel, 433 Powell (btwn Post and Sutter), San Francisco

COST: $20 per members, $30 for non-members (become a member for $45)

Includes delicious appetizers and a no-host bar

PAY AT THE DOOR or for reservations, mail your contact information & a check payable to “CPBC-ADSF” to: CPBC, Attn: Mary Jansen, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109