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Catholic Relief Services
Kimeu Discusses Life in Kenya
Peter Kimeu (pictured above), Regional
Technical Advisor for Partnership,
Solidarity, and Justice at Catholic Relief
Services East Africa based in Kenya,
visited with the St. Sebastian’s School
Community on Friday, September 28,
2012.
Although slightly smaller than the
size of Texas, Kenya is home to nearly
double its population. Recurring droughts
punctuated by periods of heavy flooding,
poor roads, and limited access to clean
water have threatened Kenya’s economy by
limiting its ability to maintain its primary
source of income – agricultural exports.
Catholic Relief Services has worked hard
to address the issues facing Kenya, by
offering support that focuses on farming,
microfinance, water and sanitation, people
living with HIV and AIDS, education, and
emergency response.
During his remarks Kimeu spoke of the
hardships he and his family faced growing
up in Kenya. He related that no matter how
hungry he and his siblings might have been
as children, his mom would always remind
them that “God is good,” a phrase he has
always remembered and repeats often. He
went on to discuss how Catholic Relief
Services has helped to ease the burden on
the people of Kenya and thanked the group
for their support of the agency and the
good work it does.
Ballot Question 2
Carter Snead Addresses Assisted Suicide
Carter Snead (pictured with
Headmaster Bill Burke), the
William P. and Hazel B. White Director
of the Center for Ethics and Culture at
the University of Notre Dame, led an
assembly during Corporate Chapel on
Monday, October 15, 2012. Snead holds
a J.D. from Georgetown and a B.A. from
St. John’s College. His principal area of
study is public bioethics, the governance
of science, medicine, and biotechnology
in the name of ethical goods. His scholarly
works have explored the issues relating
to neuroethics, enhancement, stem
cell research, abortion, and end-of-life
decision-making.
Snead spoke on assisted suicide
and end-of-life decision-making. More
specifically, he addressed the ballot initiative
before the people of Massachusetts that
would, if it had passed in November, allow
doctors to prescribe a lethal drug that
patients deemed terminally ill with less than
six months of life remaining could use to
end their own lives.
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