Sign up on the Michigan Organ Donor Registry
March 8th, 2010 Posted in People of Life by Tom Convery | No Comments »
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Catholics view donation as an act of charity and love. Transplants are morally and ethically acceptable to the Vatican.
In 1956, Pope Pius XII declared: “A person may will to dispose of his body and to destine it to ends that are useful, morally irreproachable and even noble, among them the desire to aid the sick and suffering…this decision should not be condemned but positively justified.”
In August 2000, Pope John Paul II told attendees at the International Congress on Transplants in Rome: “Transplants are a great step forward in science’s service of man, and not a few people today owe their lives to an
organ transplant. Increasingly, the technique of transplants has proven to be a valid means of attaining the primary goal of all medicine—the service of human life. … There is a need to instill in people’s hearts, especially in
the hearts of the young, a genuine and deep appreciation of the need for brotherly love, a love that can find expression in the decision to become an organ donor.”
In His Encyclical letter, Evangelium Vitae (On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life), Pope John Paul II observed: “There is an everyday heroism, made up of gestures and sharing, big or small, which build up an authentic culture of life. A particularly praiseworthy example of such gestures is the donation of organs in a morally acceptable manner.”
There’s no age limit for organ donation and many people with chronic illnesses, such as diabetes, are still able to donate organs. Even people with HIV and hepatitis can donate to others with the same illnesses. Please don’t rule yourself out. Sign up today.
Register Online – Get Your Heart Logo
When you sign up on the Michigan Organ Donor Registry, you’ll get a heart emblem for your license and your name will appear on the state’s database. Click the logo to the left to register today! Indicate that you heard about the drive from”Religious Organization”/”Knights of Columbus”




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