Visiting Our Chapels
Our hospital chapels and other prayer spaces offer:
- Interfaith chapel services on select days and times
- Prayer boards to request a prayer for yourself or loved one
- Quiet, healing space for reflection, meditation, and prayer
- Religious texts and materials
- Chaplains
Chapel details
The chapel at Brigham and Women’s is located on the first floor of 75 Francis Street near the Tower 1 elevators.
Services include:
- Multifaith service from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Holiday services to celebrate important holidays of various faiths in our community
- Muslim prayer at Masjid, located on Lower Level One in Room CA102 (Lower Pike). Prayer rugs are provided.
- Jummah prayer service every Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Duncan Reid Conference Room outside the K elevators on the Upper Pike (2nd Floor)
The Gugger Memorial Chapel at Cooley Dickinson overlooks the hospital’s healing garden and is a non-denominational space for people of any faith or belief to seek comfort and peace.
Services include:
- An interfaith support team providing spiritual care to patients, families, staff, and volunteers who may be experiencing grief, emotional distress, coping with a new diagnosis, and more
- Bedside services from chaplains familiar with Jewish, Catholic, Muslim, Protestant Christian, and Buddhist spiritual traditions, as well as anyone who considers themselves atheist, agnostic, or generally spiritual in some way
- Chaplains are available by staff page or by calling 413-582-2869
The shared meditation room and chapel at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital is located on the first floor in the hospital annex, just off the annex lobby area.
Services include:
- Chapel open daily and available to patients and visitors of any faith
- Chaplains available to all and may be reached by notifying your nurse, doctor, or any patient care staff member
- On-call Chaplain’s schedule and contact information are posted in the chapel
All are welcome to visit the chapel at Massachusetts General Hospital, which is adjacent to Mass Eye and Ear’s Boston main campus.
You may place a request for a visit from a Chaplain at Mass Eye and Ear by asking a staff member to place a request or calling 617-573-3550.
The chapel at Massachusetts General Hospital is located on the first floor of the Ellison Building. It’s diagonally across from the General Store and Flower Shop.
Services at the chapel and other prayer spaces include:
- Multifaith services on select days and times
- Holiday services to celebrate important holidays of various faiths
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Catholic Mass at the chapel
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 4 p.m.
- Sunday at 12 p.m.
- Muslim prayer at the Masjid, located at Blake 192. Prayer rugs are provided.
- Jummah prayers in the conference room on Yawkey 4820 at 1p.m. on Fridays
A chaplaincy consultation at McLean may be appropriate when a patient wishes to discuss religious or spiritual issues, wants to develop a spiritual practice to help cope, or has a specific religious question or need.
To schedule a 30-minute visit with our mental health Chaplain, please contact Rev. Angelika A. Zollfrank, MDiv, BCC at:
- Phone: 617-855-2520
- Email: azollfrank@mclean.harvard.edu
The Interfaith Prayer Room at Newton-Wellesley Hospital is open 24 hours a day and is located on 2 West, near the Intensive Care Unit.
Services include:
- Support for any and all spiritual paths and faith traditions
- Drop-in meditation at 12:00 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. on weekdays
- Chaplains available Monday through Friday as well as some weekend hours, reached by calling 617-243-6634, calling extension 6634 from a hospital phone, or telling a member of your care team
The chapel at Salem Hospital is located near the main entrance, between the gift shop and the main corridor.
Services include:
- Roman Catholic Mass every Wednesday and Friday at 12 p.m.
- Guided mindfulness meditation on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12 p.m.
- Chapel is available on Channel 12 while at the hospital
- Spiritual care team supports patients and their families within the faith community or spiritual philosophy that sustains them, available at 978-741-1200 ext. 7698
The multi-faith spiritual care team at Spaulding Rehabilitation is composed of interfaith chaplains representing Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim traditions. They provide culturally sensitive spiritual care and collaborate with other members of the clinical team to promote an integrative healing process.
Chaplains are available:
- Cambridge: 617-758-5496
- Charlestown: 617-952-5168
- Brighton: 617-726-9912
The meditation room at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital is located near the main lobby on the first floor across from elevators 1 and 2. It’s a quiet, restful space, available to patients, families, and staff 24 hours a day for reflection, meditation, or prayer.
Services include:
- Chaplains who meet with patients throughout the hospital, available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Contact chaplains by calling 603-740-2824 or asking a staff person to call
Our Spiritual Care Services team welcomes clergy members visiting patients in our hospitals. Some of our hospitals offer parking validation for up to 2 hours once per week for visiting clergy.
Visiting clergy must provide the following information:
- Clergy identification
- Name of patient you are visiting
- Patient room number
- Name of clergy parish or congregation
- Address of parish or congregation
- Phone number of parish or congregation