Kletschka Publishing

04/24/2024

https://f.io/ftsTrQwM

04/23/2024

https://f.io/H6B7yIwA

03/17/2024

Kletschka Publishing now also posts as The Kletschka Foundation.

02/27/2024

Front Royal Virginia art exhibit Theology of the Most Holy Trinity In Oil on Canvas.

02/13/2024

As Lent approaches...
There was a moment when Moses mustered up the courage to ask God what his name is. God was gracious enough to answer, and the name Moses received from God is recorded in the original Hebrew as YHWH.
Over time an “a” and an “e” have been added in there to get YaHWeH.
But some scholars and Rabi’s have noted that the letters YHWH represent the sound of breathing, or aspirated consonants. When pronounced without intervening vowels, it actually sounds like breathing.
YH (inhale): WH (exhale).
So a baby’s first cry, his first breath, speaks the name of God.
A deep sigh calls His name – or a groan or gasp that is too heavy for mere words.
Even an atheist unknowingly speaks His name, unaware that their very breath gives lifelong acknowledgment to God.
Likewise, when a person leaves this earth her last breath remains on this Earth, when God’s name no longer fills their lungs.
So when I can’t utter anything else, is my cry calling out His name?
Being alive means I speak His name constantly.
So, is it heard the loudest when I’m the quietest?
In sadness, we breathe heavy sighs.
In joy, our lungs feel almost like they will burst.
In fear we hold our breath and have to be told to breathe slowly to help us calm down.
When we’re about to do something hard, we take a deep breath to find our courage.
When I think about it, breathing is giving him praise. Even in the hardest moments!
This is so beautiful and fills me with emotion every time I grasp the thought. God chose to give himself a name that we can’t help but speak every moment we’re alive.
All of us, always, everywhere.
Waking, sleeping, breathing, with the name of God on our lips.

01/07/2024

Harold Kletschka, inventor of the completely implantable Artificial Heart (that he patented but was not able to bring to market prior to his own death) was a 'Wise Man' of his day. The Three Wise Men who followed the star and shared their search and progress with King Herod were the scientists of their day. They were not of the Jewish faith but were Gentiles. Yet the astronomical realities they observed each in his own perspective saw the phenomenon as an invitation to follow the science - an actual star - and be led to the most extraordinary event of their lives and in all of human history.

There are similarities between Harold's quest for the fully implantable artificial heart and the Three Wise Men's quest to find the one to whom the star pointed. Harold and his dutiful and loyal associate and the co-inventor of the BioPump, Edson Rafferty came across those desiring to subvert their mission. Harold had to eventually return to his Artificial Heart project via a different route because an evil one in power took his company from him. But Harold was not deterred.

The BioPump made safer open heart surgery possible and to this day is the key component in Medtronic's heart lung machine that has been used in nearly 70 million live altering surgeries around the world. To Change the Heart of Man is the book that chronicles the details of his sojourn.

11/14/2023

Dr. Kletschka proudly served in the United States Air Force earning the rank of Colonel. He founded the AF Heart Research Program.

11/14/2023

Our attempt to honor Dr. Kletschka’s devotion to the most holy Trinity with an imaginative piece of fine art has taken seven years (so far!). We’re excited to unveil this work at the start of the Symposium on the Most Blessed Trinity next April 11th in Front Royal, Virginia at The Trellis near Christendom College.

08/20/2023

Today is “World Photography Day” so here are two photos of Dr. Harold Kletschka’s beloved sister Barbara made as she is working on a project for her cherished brother.

07/17/2023

On July 16, 1975, Barbara Kletschka volunteered to be the first person to have the BioPump clinically applied to her blood flow. Her blood left her body, flowed through BioPump and was pumped back into her body without any significant damage to her blood. This marked the first time in history human blood flow was safely controlled outside the body.

BioPump made safe open heart surgery possible!

Barbara’s brother, Dr. Harold Dale Kletschka is the co-inventor of the Kletschka Rafferty artificial heart blood pump originally sold by BioMedicus and now sold by Medtronic. Since 1975, BioPump has been used in more than 60 million surgeries worldwide. Dave Racer, author of the biography To Change the Heart of Man, tells the story of Dr K’s journey to making medical history.

04/18/2022

Dr. Kletschka would love what’s happening this week. Divine mercy chapter novena is a powerful source of grace and healing!

03/07/2022

07/02/2021

Still enjoying the goodness of summer during Barbara's birthday week!