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Spiritual Care Services We Provide
Our Chaplains have advanced training in offering respectful spiritual services to patients and families affected by health crises. Their deep knowledge of a variety of religious and spiritual traditions allows them to support all beliefs and faiths. We partner with patients and loved ones to promote a sense of healing in relationships to oneself, others, and the sacred.
Our Chaplains help patients and families who need spiritual support.
We offer support for those who:
- Face a new diagnosis
- Are considering different treatment options
- Need help with end-of-life concerns, moral dilemmas, and ethical issues
- Seek to change from curative care to palliative care
- Have specific faith-based requests
Our services
Spiritual care services we offer
Our chaplains offer inclusive services for all faiths and beliefs, including:
- Baptisms
- Blessings
- End-of-life rituals
- Memorial services
- Multifaith worship services
- Rounding on patient units and with palliative care
Spiritual Care offerings vary by hospital.
Catholic services
Our Catholic priests offer these services:
- Catholic Mass
- Communion
- Mass cards
- Sacrament of the Sick
- Rituals for religious holy days and holidays
- Other faith-specific requests
Jewish services
Our Jewish chaplains offer these services:
- Kosher Passover meals (other Kosher meal requests are managed by food services)
- Shabbat candles
- Rituals for religious holy days and holidays
- Other faith-specific requests
Other faith-specific services
Other faith-specific services we offer include:
- Communion for Protestant patients
- Muslim prayer service
- Masjid for daily prayer with prayer rugs
- Rituals for religious holy days and holidays
- Other faith-specific requests