Spiritual Care

The Power of Faith and Prayer Can Bring Comfort and Peace

No matter what spiritual path you follow, faith and prayer can help you cope with pain, find comfort in times of trouble and be at peace with your illness. Our chaplains are here for the emotional and spiritual support of patients, family and staff. We value human life and promote the health of the whole person. We believe spiritual care is an integral part of the healing process and that God's healing love is with us.

Interfaith Spiritual Care services are provided by staff chaplains, on-call chaplains and pastoral volunteers who are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to:

• Pray with and for you
• Listen to your concerns, anxieties, fears and questions
• Help you contact your own clergy, spiritual care leader or church
• Help with difficult decisions
• Provide Sacraments
• Arrange for private services
• Provide scriptures and other devotional materials

The hospital Sanctuary is located on the first floor and is available to individuals of all faiths for personal prayer and meditation.

Call On Us. We’re Always Here to Help.

Our chaplains are open to your spiritual needs, regardless of your religious orientation or faith group. Our goal is to support your faith as a part of the healing team while you’re at the hospital.

Please call on us any time you need spiritual support – day or night. Simply ask your nurse or caregiver to contact us.

No reason is too large or too small to reach out for spiritual care.

Here are just a few reasons why you might want to call us:

• If you would like someone to pray with you or bless you
• If you desire to express anxiety or fear or to confide in a "safe" person
• When you need to speak with someone about spiritual or emotional concerns
• When you feel the need for prayer or would like to receive a blessing or sacraments
• When you need help finding or contacting spiritual resources in the community
• When there is a new diagnosis or recurrence of an existing diagnosis, especially of a serious or life-limiting illness
• Before surgery or other procedure that might create anxiety or fear
• When a difficult ethical decision needs to be discussed or advance directives need to be made (DNRs, living wills, etc.)
• To be with family and friends during difficult times or if there is family conflict
• To struggle together with unanswerable questions like "Why is this happening to me?" or "Where is God?"
• When a patient is facing end of life or to help with funeral arrangements
• If you are grieving a loss
• If you are far from home and would like support
• If you have concerns with spiritual issues outside your illness