Support Access
to Health Care?
Protect conscience rights.
Catholic Organizations Respond to HHS “Preventive Services” Mandate
We, the undersigned, strongly support access to life-affirming health care for all, and the ability of secular and
religious groups and individuals to provide and receive such care. That is why we have raised objections to a
rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services forcing almost all private health plans to
cover sterilization procedures and contraceptive drugs, including drugs that may cause an early abortion.
As written, the rule will force Catholic organizations that play a vital role in providing health care and other
needed services either to violate their conscience or severely curtail those services. This would harm both
religious freedom and access to health care.
The HHS mandate puts many faith-based organizations and individuals in an untenable position. But it also
harms society as a whole, by undermining a long American tradition of respect for religious liberty and
freedom of conscience. In a pluralistic society, our health care system should respect the religious and ethical
convictions of all. We ask Congress, the Administration, and our fellow Americans to acknowledge this truth
and work with us to reform the law accordingly.
Please note: This list is currently being updated. Check back again for the complete list of over 400 signatories.
{Wednesday, December 21}
Louis J. Agnese, Jr, PhD
Jodi Atkinson
Timothy N. Burchill
Joan Coffman
President
University of the Incarnate Word
President/CEO
St. Andrews Health Center
President/CEO
Ave Maria Village
President/CEO
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Robert B. Aguirre
Andy Bagnall
Davide M. Carbone, FACHE
Tom Conklin
President
Catholic Association
of Latino Leaders
President/CEO
St. Nicholas Hospital
CEO
St. Mary’s Medical Center
Executive Director
Catholic Family Services –
Saginaw
Rev. William Beauchamp,
CSC
William Carroll, PhD
Aaron K. Alton
President/CEO
SMP Health Care System
President
University of Portland
Carl A. Anderson
John Bertini
Supreme Knight
Knights of Columbus
Chairman of Board of Directors
St. Joseph Medical Center
Tony Aretz, PhD
F. DeKarlos Blackmon,
OblSB
President
Benedictine University
Michael D. Connelly
President/CEO
Catholic Health Partners
Christiane Chagnon
International Regent
Daughters of Isabella
William J. Cox
President/CEO
Alliance of Catholic Health Care
Arturo Chavez, PhD
President
College of Mount St. Joseph
Mercedes Arzu Wilson
President/Founder
Family of the Americas
Foundation
Supreme Knight/CEO
Knights of Peter Claver
Lee Boyles
Adminstrator
Oakes Community Hospital
President/CEO
Mexican American Catholic
College
Rev. Mark T. Cregan, CSC
Craig Christianson
Christopher Dadlez
President/CEO
Sheyenne Care Center
President/CEO
Saint Francis Hospital and
Medical Center
President
Stonehill College
John Damiani, DO
President
Christus Medicus Foundation
Barbara Q. Decker
President
Mercy College of Health Sciences
Faye Deich
Interim President/CEO
Sacred Heart Hospital
Michael Galligan-Stierle,
PhD
President /CEO
Association of Catholic Colleges
and Universities
Sr. Marcella Marie Garus,
CSSF
President
Villa Maria College
John Garvey, JD
Richard Houck
Sr. Rose Marie Kujawa
President
Catholic Defense League
President/CEO
Madonna University
David Huber
Steven LaNasa
President
Catholic Order of Foresters
President
Donnelly College
John J. Hurley
Sr. Joyce Lehman, CPPS
President
Canisius College
President
Sisters of the Precious Blood
Rev. Joseph Levesque,
CM, STD, LHD
President
The Catholic University
of America
Paul B. Hurley, Jr., PhD
Administrator
Carrington Health Center
James F. Ennis
Sheila Gilbert
William D. Huston
Executive Director
National Catholic Rural Life
Conference
President
National Council of the U.S.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
President
St. Catharine College
Robert Erickson
Christopher Godfrey, JD
President
Life Athletes, Inc.
President/CEO
Daughters of Charity Health
System
James G. Lindsay
President/CEO
St. Francis Health Center
Marianne Evans Mount,
PhD
John Grahm
Mary Pat Jahner
John P. Loes, MD
President/CEO
St. Mary’s of Michigan
Director
St. Gianna’s Maternity Home
Medical Director
Anoka Area Family Medicine
Clinic
Sr. Kathy Green, RSM
Tammy A. Jangula
President
Sisters of Mercy
Administrator
Manor St. Joseph
Steve Grinnell
Rev. John Jenkins, CSC
CEO
Lourdes Hospital
President
University of Notre Dame
John M. Haas, PhD, STL
Patty Johnson
President
Alvernia University
President
National Catholic Bioethics
Center
President
National Council
of Catholic Women
Matthew Fox
Ken Hackett
Kevin Kast
President/CEO
Alexian Village of Tennessee
President
Catholic Relief Services
President/CEO
St. Mary’s Hospital
Jon Frantsvog
Tony C. Hanson
Jerome Kearns
President
FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic
University Students)
Administrator/CEO
St. Benedict’s Health Center &
Benedict Court
Administrator/CEO
Prince of Peace Care Center
Executive Director
Our Sunday Visitor Institute
Tessa Martinez Pollack, PhD
Robert C. Helmer, JD, PhD
James Kinyon
President
Our Lady of the Lake University
President
Lourdes University
Executive Director
Catholic Social Services Rapid City
Mariann Doeling, RN
President
Trocaire College
President
Niagara University
Paule Anne Lewis
President
San José Clinic
Robert Issai
President
Catholic Distance University
Amy Falk
Executive Director
Caritas Clinics, Inc
Nancy Farnham
CEO
Maryhill Manor
Thomas Flynn, PhD
Rev. Al Fritsch, SJ
Director
Earth Healing Inc.
Jan R. Hemstad, MD
Rose Fuller
Executive Director
Northwest Family Services
President
Catholic Medical Association
Cheryl A. Hettman, PhD, RN
Chairperson of the Board
Franciscan Alliance, Inc.
Mark Klosterman
Keith E. Heuser, FACHE,
CNHA, FACHCA
Al Kresta
Brother James Gaffney
President
Lewis University
Administrator
Mercy Hospital of Valley City
Administrator
St. Gerard’s Community Nursing
Home
Rev. Larry Hostetter
President
Brescia University
Michael A. MacDowell
President
Misericordia University
Rev. Kevin E. Mackin, OFM
President
Mount Saint Mary College
Michael D. Manhart, PhD
Executive Director
Couple to Couple League
International
Curtis Martin
John May
CEO/Administrator
Villa St. Francis
Sr. Jane Marie Klein, OSF
President
National Association of Catholic
Nurses
Karen Gabbert
Executive Director
Catholic Volunteer Network
President/CEO
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Chairman, President/CEO
Ave Maria Radio
Sr. Elise Kriss, OSF
President
University of Saint Francis
James May
President/CEO
Mercy Health
John McCabe
Administrator
CHRISTUS St. Catherine Hospital
Joseph McDonald
President/CEO
Catholic Health System
Jeremy McNeil
Christopher O’Connor
James P. Reber
Mary Starmann-Harrison
President
Catholic Professional
& Business Group
President/CEO
Saint Raphael Healthcare System
President/CEO
St. Rita’s Health Partners
President/CEO
Hospital Sisters Health System
(HSHS)
Sr. Therese O’Rourke, IHM
Maryann Reese
President/CEO
HSHS Medical Group
President
Congregation, Sisters Servants of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary
President/CEO
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Sr. M. Angela Mellady, OSF
Therese Pandl
Provincial Superior
Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual
Adoration
President/CEO
St. Mary’s Hospital Medical
Center, St. Vincent Hospital
& St. Nicholas Hospital
Sonia Mehta, MD
Colleen Steele
Administrator
St. Joseph’s Home
Reed E. Reyman
President/CEO
St. Joseph’s Hospital
and Health Center
Joseph Swedish
F. Dennis Riegelnegg, EdD
Sr. Margo Tafoya, MSSp
Mike Panka
President
Saint Joseph’s College
President
Mission Sisters of the Holy Spirit
Chairman of the Board
Divine Providence Health Center
Karen M. Ristau, EdD
Dale Thompson
President
National Catholic Educational
Association
President/CEO
Benedictine Health Systems Winsted
Bob Ritz
Sharon Timmons
President/CEO
St. John’s Hospital
Interim President/CEO
St. Mary’s Hospital
Sr. Denise A. Roche, GNSH
Joanne Tomassi
President
D’Youville College
National Regent
Catholic Daughters
of the Americas
Stephen L. Mikochik, JD
Chair
National Catholic Partnership
on Disability
Gary P. Miller
James S. Parobek
President/CEO
St. Alexius Medical Center
President/CEO
Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital
Sr. Sharon Miller, GHMS
Michael Pascucci
President
Glenmary Sisters, Owensboro
Chairman of the Board
Telecare
Mary Elizabeth Miller, SCN
Jeff Pederson
President
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
President/CEO
Villa Nazareth, Friendship Inc.
and Riverview Place
Steve Minnis
President
Benedictine College
Sr. Mary Margaret Mooney,
PBVM
President
Sisters of the Presentation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Thomas Permetti
Laura Jordan Roesch, MRC,
LSW, LPC
Administrator
CHRISTUS St. John Hospital
Executive Director
Catholic Social Services of
the Miami Valley
Dan Perryman
Myriam Ruager
President/CEO
St. Francis Hospital
Executive Director
Chester County Women’s
Services Medical
Executive Director
Catholic Community Services
of Lane County
President/CEO
Presentation Medical Center
& Villa Maria
Austin Ruse
President
Catholic Family and Human
Rights Institute (C-Fam)
Matthew Pinto
Sr. Anne Munley, IHM
President
Marywood University
President
Ascension Press
Rev. John J. Ryan, CSC
President
King’s College
Jack E. Pohrer, GCM
Linda Nelsen
Administrator/CEO
Benedictine Living Community
of St. Peter
Jennifer Nolan
President/CEO
Our Lady of Peace Hospital
Randall Nyp
President/CEO
Providence Medical Center
& Saint Joseph Hospital
Michael Vinciguerra, PhD
President
University of St. Francis
Chad Wable
Michael Pfeifer
Tom Mulhern
President/CEO
Trinity Health
President/CEO
Saint Mary’s Hospital
Helen Wamstad
Administrator/CEO
St. Rose Care Center and
Rosewood Court
Mark Wiener
President/CEO
Community Mercy Health
Partners
Daniel J. Woods
President
Order of Malta, American
Association, U.S.A.
Sr. Cecilia Sartorius, LSP
James W. Pope
Peggy Sebastian
President/CEO
Sylvania Franciscan Health
President/CEO
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Andrea R. Price, FACHE
Rev. James P. Shea
President/CEO
Mercy Hospital - Northern
Region
President
University of Mary
Administrator
Little Sisters of the Poor
President/CEO
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Cynthia Zane, EdD
President
Hilbert College
Rocky Zastoupil
Steve Przybilla
Rev. Gabriel Zeis, TOR
Geralyn C. Shelvin
The Very Rev. Bernard
O’Connor
Administrator/CEO
St. Gabriel’s Community
Supreme Lady
Knights of Peter Claver
Ladies Auxiliary
President
DeSales University
Rev. Kevin P. Quinn, S.J.
Rev. Larry Snyder
President
University of Scranton
President/CEO
St. Aloisius Medical Center
President
Catholic Charities USA
President
Saint Francis University
The Most Rev. José Gomez
Archbishop of Los Angeles
Chairman
Migration and Refugee Services
The Most Rev. Timothy
Dolan
Archbishop of New York
President
United States Conference
of Catholic Bishops
Jenkins, CSC
Johnson
Kast
Kearns
Kinyon
Klein, OSF
Klosterman
President
President
President/CEO
Executive Director
Executive Director
Chairperson of the Board
President/CEO
University of Notre D
National Council of C
St. Mary's Hospital
Our Sunday Visitor In
Catholic Social Servic
Franciscan Alliance, I
St. Joseph's Hospital