Parish/Small Organization Membership

Dues: $300

Renewed annually in the month first entered.

Benefits

Membership provides the most benefits to pastors, staff, and parishioners who want to remain informed about ethical issues in Catholic health care and the life sciences.

  • Three hours of consultation with an NCBC ethicist during the year of membership.

  • Call your members/parishioners to action on legislative, administrative, and court decisions with the monthly Bioethics Public Policy Report newsletter/bulletin insert.

  • Access to “Making Sense of Bioethics” column newsletter by Fr. Tad Pacholczyk.

  • Educate your members/parishioners on principles of the moral life and their application with the monthly “Living a Catholic Life” newsletter/bulletin insert.

  • Provide patient advocacy with a license to reprint A Catholic Guide to End-of-Life Decision-Making (includes a sample advance directive), A Catholic Guide to Palliative Care and Hospice (includes a questionnaire for evaluating hospice providers), and A Catholic Guide to POLST (includes a sample physician order for life-sustaining treatment).

  • One (1) one-year online subscriptions to The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly (4 issues), with access to a searchable database of all past issues.

  • One (1) one-year online subscriptions to Ethics & Medics (12 issues), with access to past issues.

  • Free shipping and 20% discount on orders placed via our online store (US destinations only)—discount codes available on Memberspace dashboard after joining.

  • Tuition discounts for you and your staff for NCBC courses, seminars, and other NCBC-sponsored program.

  • Periodic email updates on current bioethics issues.