Dignity of the Human Person

• Catechism of the Catholic Church (Part 3, Section 2, Chapter 2, Article 5)
  • Respect for Human Life (Paragraphs 2258-2283) and Respect for the Dignity of Persons (Paragraphs 2284-2301)
• Gaudium Et Spes - Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, promulgated by his Holiness, Pope Paul VI. The Dignity of the Human Person (Chapter 1)

Human Suffering

• Salvifici Doloris by Pope St. John Paul II – This Apostolic letter written in 1984 explores and illuminates the Church’s teachings suffering in general through the light of the Cross and redemptive suffering particular.
• Finding Meaning in Suffering - Article by Tim Lanigan, "For your Marriage" website

End of Life

​WEB LINKS

• Catholic End of Life - New York State Catholic Conference's website on End of Life.  The website provides resources by state and information about the Catholic Teaching about End of Life.
• End Of Life Resources - Resources from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
• Declaration on Euthanasia - Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
• Euthanasia Materials - Resources from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
• To Live Each Day with Dignity: A Statement on Physician-Assisted Suicide - U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)​ ​
• End of Life Related Videos - We have created a playlist in our YouTube Channel with links to different resources dealing with end of life decisions and issues.

BOOKS​

• Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living by Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Charles Chaput – This book examines what makes life, and death, meaningful. What makes our ordinary lives and deaths full of purpose?
• The Art of Dying translated by Fr. Columba Thomas, O.P. – This 15th century manuscript, recently re-translated by Br. Columba Thomas, OP and made available once again, was designed to guide dying persons and their loved ones in Catholic religious teaching and practices as they prepared for death.
• The Dream of Gerontius by St. John Henry Newman – This is a poem is a meditation on what happens to a soul after one dies and follows a man from his moment of death, through his awakening into eternal life, preparation for judgement, purgation and finally to Paradise.

Cremation

• Catholic Teaching on Cremation - New York State Catholic Conference (pdf)
• Bereavement and Funerals - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)