End-of-Life Series (Nov. 2025)
ST. MICHAEL RESPECT LIFE MINISTRY PRESENTS
End-of-Life Issues Series
Preparing for Yourself & Your Loved Ones with Care & Compassion
– According to Catholic Teaching
3 Part Series – In Collaboration With:
St. Michael, St. Mary Magdalene, St. Mother Teresa & St. Andrew Parishes
800 High House Road, Cary, NC 27513
Session 1: PLANNING AHEAD
Saturday, November 15 | 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Parish Center
What are the Church’s positions on End-of-Life issues such as organ donation, DNR, euthanasia, and extraordinary measures.
Speaker: Fr. Tom Duggan
Writing a Health Care Proxy and Advanced Care Directives
Speaker: Robert Bartilucci, Catholic Pro-Life Attorney – St. Michael
Session 2: WHEN IN THE HOSPITAL
Saturday, November 15 | 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Parish Center
How to be an advocate for yourself or family member, what to expect from the hospital and staff, and how to ensure that a person’s wishes are honored.
(Including issues surrounding life support, brain death, and autopsies)
Speaker: William Pincus MD, NC Right to Life Chair & Nat’l Right to Life Board Member
Anointing of the sick & when to call a Priest
Priest as Advocate for Patient
Speaker: Fr. Tom Duggan
Session 3: FUNERAL PLANNING
Saturday, November 22 | 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Parish Center
Working with a funeral home, services, average costs, documentation needed, burial insurance, Military Honors
Speaker: Mark Higgins, from Hall Wynne Funeral Home
Representatives from Brown Wynne/Apex Funeral Homes, Wake Funeral and Cremation, City of Oaks Funeral and Cremation
Your funeral and the Church
(Including casket vs cremation, planning ahead for Mass, contacting the church)
Speakers: Fr. Dan Oschwald, Fr. Scott McCue
Diane Williams Coordinator of Funerals & Columbarium – St. Michael