Instead of being just a Church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a Church that finds new roads, that is able to step outside itself and go to those who do not attend Mass, to those who have quit or are indifferent.

Pope Francis

St. Thomas Aquinas Guild of the Quad Cities

 

 

  • 1953 - Linacre Guild of Rock Island County was established

 

  • 1st president - Clement P. Cunningham, MD, graduate of Loyola University School of Medicine in Chicago (1945)
  • Ethical issues of the time: Abortion, Contraception, Tubal ligation, Fee Splitting/ Referral Fees

 

  • 1963-1964 Dr. Cunningham president elect of the national Catholic Medical Association

 

  • 2nd president - Florens Bollaert, MD, graduate of Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago (1922)

 

  • 3rd president - George A. Cook, MD, graduate of Syracuse University in NY (1933) and Medical School in Chicago (1937)

 

  • 4th president - Thomas W. Carter, MD, graduate of University of Illinois, College of Medicine in Chicago (1951)

 

  • 5th president - Richard L. Phillis, MD, graduate of University of Illinois, College of Medicine in Chicago (1960)

 

  • 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision lead to gradual inactivation of the Guild with the remaining members eventualy joining the Peoria Guild

 

  • 2013 Rev. Johnjoseph D. Logan, Drs. Clement P. Cunningham, Timothy P. Millea, and Michal Porubcin attended the CMA 82nd Annual Educational Conference (Santa Barbara, CA). The idea of a new CMA-chartered Guild in the Quad Cities was born.

 

  • Jan. 28, 2014 - St. Thomas Aquinas Guild of the Quad Cities was established
  • 1st president - Thimoty P. Millea, MD, graduate of University of South Alabama, College of Medicine (1986)

St. Thomas Aquinas Guild of the Quad Cities Website