OFFICE OF THE BISHOP BUREAU DE 
no. BOX 907 M11). 907
CHARLOTFETOWN, 
CANADA 7L9

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Board of Directors. Catholic Family Services
129 Pownal Street,

PO Box 698

Charlottetown, PE 7L3

May 5, 2017

Dear Members of the Board,

regret being unable to malty: my comments in person at your Annual General Meeting. i was
committed at an earlier date to the Celebration of Con?rmation. have asked Sister Rosemary
MacDonald to read this letter at your AGM on May 15. 2017.

In recent years the Church has had to accept that many of its Catholic Institutions are no longer
staffed or managed by Roman Catholics. it has become common practice. therefore to maintain
the Catholic identity and principles of its institutions to implement certain policies and practices
to help insure the Catholic vision and values of its institutions.

At the last Board of Directors Meeting I presented a rather standard ?ve step plan to help insure
the Catholic Identity 

First: Develop a policy providing an annual or semi?annual in?service program for staff,
management and board directors.

Second: Specify within that policy the required number of hours per annum for these in-service
sessions. (I would recommend no less than eight (8) hours. This could be provided as a single
event or two sessions of four hours.)

Third; Develop a Memorandum of Understanding with the Catholic Diocese Charlottetown
securing its assistance in finding and approving the human resources to present the Catholic
hurch?s teaching on such issues as sexuality. marriage. health care and life issues.

Fourth: A clear statement of intention to serve all people regardless of religious denomination,
sexual orientation, race or origin should be included in this policy statement. There has been
much misunderstanding of the word, non-denominational. Catholic Family Services is
denominational and serves all other denominations from a Catholic understanding of life. love
and justice.

Fifth: Develop a policy requesting staff and management ofCatholic Family Services sign an
agreement to comply with the Catholic vision and values as stated in the Catholic Health Care
Ethics Guide and the Catechism ol?the Catholic Church.

 

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