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Pastoral Services

An important part of HDGH’S mission includes recognizing that spiritual care and religious resources are integral components of healing and wellness. Pastoral Services plays a significant role in supporting the concept of holistic health by recognizing the importance of integrating spiritual, emotional, social, and physical care in healing.

Chaplains understand the special needs of patients, their families and hospital staff and the impact illness can have emotionally and spiritually. Chaplains support our hospital community by drawing on their own religious and spiritual resources to maintain hope, uphold human dignity and address questions of meaning in the face of crisis or chronic suffering. Chaplains provide intensive pastoral care, respond to referrals, trauma and all crisis calls, participate in interdisciplinary patient care rounds and physician/family conferences, conduct patient religious assessments, provide end-of-life pastoral care to patients and their families and conduct religious services.

Services Offered:

  • Pastoral care and counseling

  • Devotionals and worship

  • Consultation and referral

  • Grief counseling

  • Memorial services

  • Community education on spiritual issues

  • Spiritual assessment, intervention, comfort and nurture

  • Facilitation and support of religious practices of all faiths and spiritual paths

  • Emotional support

  • Non-judgmental listening

  • Crisis intervention

  • Advocacy for patients and staff

  • Consultations on Advanced Directives, End-Of-Life decisions and ethical issues

  • Continued development of relationships with multi-faith leaders and communities who offer adjunct chaplaincy and referral-based spiritual and religious support

    • These services can be accessed by asking any staff member to call for a chaplain.

    Hours:

    Chaplain services are available Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM.
    A chaplain is on-call nights and weekends for trauma and emergency situations.

    Hospital Multi-faith Prayer and Meditation Room:

    This sacred space is located on the 5th floor to the left of the elevators.and is open for prayer, meditation and reflection to persons of all faiths, as well as for regularly scheduled religious, spiritual and health-related programs.

    Blessing Baskets are located on each unit and a public prayer book for the inclusion of one's prayers is available in the Multi-faith Prayer Room. A Chaplain will pray these prayers daily. Please contact the Pastoral Services office at Ext. 3170 for any special requests.

    Schedule of Services:

    Roman Catholic Mass is celebrated Monday - Thursday 11:30am
    and Sunday at 10am

    Protestant Worship Service is offered the first Wednesday of every month at 11am.

    Eucharistic Ministers:
    Communion is offered daily to all Roman Catholic patients. Should you wish to receive Communion please ask your nurse or unit chaplain.

    Services take place in the Chapel located on the first floor.

    If you are a patient, please plan ahead with your nurse or unit chaplain for transportation to the Chapel or to the Multi-faith Prayer and Meditation Room.

    Complimentary copies of Holy Scriptures and devotional materials are available to patients upon request through their unit chaplain or by contacting the Pastoral Services office at Ext. 3170.