Tepeyac Family Center

5K Run/Walk - September 2 - Save the Date!

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:35:00 +0000

Plans are underway for organizing the 4th Annual 5K Run for the Unborn.

The event will be held on Labor Day, Monday, September 2, 2013 morning on the campus of St. John the Apostle Church in Leesburg, VA.

Individuals, families and groups are invited to participate!

On-line registration will open soon. A Liability Waiver Form will be part of registration.

Sponsorships are being sought to underwrite event costs. For information, send a message to andie1962@aol.com

Interested in participating? Call 703-934-5552 or send a mesage to info@divinemercycare.org.

Event proceeds benefit Divine Mercy Care and its principal program, Tepeyac Family Center, LLC.

Check back for more information.

Prayers for Hope and Healing, April 28

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:00:00 +0000

Prayers of Hope and Healing for Those Struggling with Infertility and/or Pregnancy Loss

Sunday, April 28, 2013, 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Feast of St. Gianna Molla, Patroness of Difficult Pregnancies

Event is being held at St. Jerome's Church, 5205 43rd Avenue, Hyattsville, MD

Schedule:

3:00 p.m. - Talk by Kevin Wells, author of the book "Burst: A Story of God's Grace When Life Falls Apart" on coping with infertility

4:00 p.m. - Mass, Fr. James Stack, celebrant and homilist. Optional prayers for healing afterwards. Priests are invited to con-celebrate.

Sponsored by: St. Jerome Catholic Church and the Family Life Office, Archdiocese of Washington

Questions? Call Mary Hamm at 301-980-3350

Dr. Anderson at the United Nations

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:50:00 +0000

Divine Mercy Care and Tepeyac Family Center would like to congratulate Dr. Marie Anderson on her recent presentation at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Dr. Anderson was invited to speak at the annual UN Commission on the Status of Women discussing “Religious Contributions to Ending Domestic Violence” to roughly 75 delegates from all over the world. Her topics included how access to abortion is not a necessary response to domestic violence and how early education about human sexuality lays the groundwork for a mature respect of our bodies and for one another. We are proud of you!

Looking for Pro-Life Organizations that Work to Prevent Breast Cancer?

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:40:00 +0000

As alternatives to donating to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure because the organization is a documented funder and partner with Planned Parenthood, below are other organizations that work to prevent breast cancer without violating the sanctity of human life.

The Breast Cancer Prevention Institute

www.bcpinstitute.org/home.htm

1-86-NO CANCER (1-866-622-6237)

30 Rehill Avenue, Suite 3400

Somerville, NJ 08876 USA

Breast Cancer Prevention Institute (BCPI): Founded by Joel Brind, Ph.D. and Angela Lanfranchi, M.D.; a leader in the study of the link between abortion/contraceptives and breast cancer. Tepeyac's Dr. Bruchalski serves as a Board Member of BCPI.

Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer

www.abortionbreastcancer.com/index/

877-803-0102

P.O. Box 957133

Hoffman Estates, IL 60195-3051

Coalition on Abortion / Breast Cancer: An international women's organization whose purpose is to protect the health and save the lives of women by educating and providing information on abortion as a risk factor for breast cancer.

The Polycarp Reseasrch Institute

www.polycarp.org

717-732-4904

Box 105

Enola, PA 17025

The Polycarp Research Institute: A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and disseminating high-quality research designed to enhance the physical, psychological and spiritual condition of mankind.

Speakers at Embrace Grace Peer Ministry Education Program

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:55:00 +0000

Tepeyac’s Kristen Anderson Perinatal Hospice Program

in association with

Embracing Grace Peer Ministry Education Program

February 23, 2013

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church

Woodbridge, VA

Biographies of Speakers

Marie A. Anderson, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., OB-GYN, is Chief Medical Officer of Tepeyac Family Center, LLC She earned her M.D. from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1989 and also completed her OB/GYN residency at Georgetown in 1993. She has been board certified since 1995 and joined Tepeyac in 1997. Along with her duties as Medical Director, Dr. Anderson is Director of The Kristen Anderson Perinatal Hospice Program. This unique, compassionate program provides families with the greatest amount of time with their sick, unborn children - children, in utero, who are diagnosed with a terminal illness. Dr. Anderson was the first physician to join Dr. Bruchalski at Tepeyac Family Center. Since that beginning, she too has become a familiar face in the community with television appearances and lecture series. She is available to serve as a speaker on a number of topics including Tepeyac's perinatal hospice. Dr. Anderson was a featured panelist during the Catholic Information Center's discussion, Women Challenging the HHS Mandate. She authored a chapter in the book, Breaking Through: Catholic Women Speak for Themselves. Dr. Anderson serves as President of the Northern Virginia Guild of the Catholic Medical Association. Marirosa Anderson is a volunteer photographer with the organization, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (NILMDTS). Volunteer photographers who belong to the group, take pictures of stillborn babies—and babies expected to die soon after birth—for their parents at no cost. Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep offers gentle and beautiful photography services in a compassionate and sensitive manner Marirosa attended Marymount University and majored in Marketing and Psychology.

Azar P. Dagher, M.D. serves as Tepeyac Family Center’s pro bono radiologist. Dr. Dagher earned his M.D. from the University of Maryland, and served as an Intern at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Dr. Dagher was a Resident with The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and later was a Fellow with The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neuropathology. Dr. Dagher’s certifications include the State of Maryland Board of Quality Assurance, Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, American Board of Radiology (ABR), ABR Certification of Added Qualification, Neuroradiology, and ACLS Certification. Most recently, Dr. Dagher received his license to practice medicine in Virginia. Dr. Dagher has written a number of journal articles and book chapters related to radiology. He works in the Department of Radiology of Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, MD.

Tammy Ruiz, R.N., has been the Perinatal Bereavement Coordinator at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg for the past 8 years; she cares for women and families in times of pregnancy loss and infant death. She designed and runs the Garden of Angels burial program which has provided respectful burial for 385 babies. She began one of the first 40 perinatal hospice programs in the world - she has taught internationally on the topic, hosted Nurse Researchers from Japan and had her work on this subject translated into Polish. Her Perinatal Hospice video has been seen in 104 countries. She has been published in the International Journal of Childbirth Education, The Journal of Illness, Crisis and Loss and was featured on EWTN & Univision TV channels. She speaks to audiences of doctors and nurses on the topic of "Communication with the Newly Bereaved" and has upcoming national presentations on these and related topics. She is the mom of 3 and grandma to one.

Paula A. Stryker works as a professional pharmaceutical representative in the Richmond Area. She attends St. Patrick Catholic Church in Fredericksburg, along with her husband Richard and three teenage children. Paula's 4th child Corrine Catherine was diagnosed at 19 weeks with a poor prenatal diagnosis. Corrine's short time with her family and had a profound impact on their life. The experience of mothering a child with a poor prenatal diagnosis inspired Paula to start a local peer ministry, Embracing Grace, and to speak at various venues about her experience to bring awareness to issues surrounding poor prenatal diagnosis. Paula and her husband Richard received Tepeyac's Susan M. Torres Award for living out the gospel of life and the mystery of suffering.

Richard N. Stryker is a 1986 graduate of the US Naval Academy. He served in the Navy as an Explosive Ordinance Disposal Officer. He has worked for the past fifteen years a Special Agent for the FBI. The last nine of those years has been spent at the FBI Laboratory at Quantico, VA as a forensic examiner. Richard is the father of four children. His youngest daughter, Corrine Catherine was diagnosed with a poor prenatal diagnosis.

Fr. Stefan Paul Starzynski holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Gannon University and graduated from Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in 1996. He is a diocesan priest in Arlington, VA where he was ordained on May 18, 1996. He serves as parochial vicar at St. Mary of Sorrows in Fairfax. He has offered talks on Theology of the Body, participated in Life in the Spirit seminars and served as a chaplain for Cursillo and Engaged Encounter Weekends. His healing masses, offered on the second Saturday of each month at St. Mary of Sorrows, are well attended from individuals who travel far and wide. He also celebrates a Mass – Healing for the Family Tree on a periodic basis. Fr. Stephan's book, Miracles: Healing for a Broken World, was released in April 2010, and pre-orders from Amazon.com placed it as the top-selling Catholic book within the first 48 hours and was the top seller for the publisher, Our Sunday Visitor, for the month of March 2010. All of the authors’ royalties go to support the Paul Stefan Foundation. An avid traveler, Father Stefan has been to Malaysia to speak at a Men’s Conference and to England for several Healing Masses, talks and services.

Dr. Fisk Named as "Top Doctor" by Northern Virginia Magazine

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:30:00 +0000

The February 2013 issue of Northern Virginia Magazine lists Tepeyac's Dr. Daniel R. Fisk as a Top Doctor in OB/GYN.

Congratulations Dr. Fisk for being named a Top Doctor for the second year in a row!

Choose Life License Plates

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:15:00 +0000

Interested in replacing the license plates on your car and convey a prolife message?

The nonprofit organization, Choose Life, Inc., was formed in Florida in 1996 with the idea to use license plate sales to help fund efforts for prenatal care for women considering adoption services and to help prolife pregnancy centers and other life affirming agencies obtain services to needy women.

Choose Life plates are now available in 29 states. Follow this link to check if your state participates in the Choose Life campaign: http://www.choose-life.org/index.php.

If your state participates, learn how the Choose Life license plate sales promote prolife and life affirming activities.

Job Opening at Tepeyac

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:40:00 +0000

Tepeyac Family Center, a fast-paced, rapidly expanding medical practice in Fairfax, VA, is accepting applications for the following position:

Certified Medical Assistant, part time

The work schedule for this in-office positions is Monday-Friday.

Please send a cover letter, resume and list of references to info@tepeyacfamilycenter.com if interested in applying.

Dr. Bruchalski's Talk

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:40:00 +0000

Here is Dr. Bruchalski's talk from March 30.  

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS11mgY38X4 

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEvXFwnuzW4

Tepeyac Mentioned in Charities You Ought to Know - from the NCRegister

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:45:00 +0000

From the National Catholic Register, December 14, 2012

by Simcha Fisher

http://www.ncregister.com/blog/simcha-fisher/charities-you-ought-to-know