Spiritual Care

Stormont Vail Health Spiritual Care providers — commonly known as chaplains — are experienced clergy, approved and endorsed by their faith group, who have graduate degrees in theology, and specialized clinical training to provide spiritual and pastoral care and counseling.

For Patients and Families

Bedside visitation and support — whether you are anxious, lonely, stretched thin, at wit’s end, wrestling deep inside, or even celebrating happy news
Professional, caring presence if you are hurting, frightened, waiting for someone, or just need to talk
Prayer, religious ceremonies, and sacraments — or skills in locating a clergyman or other spiritual leader of your faith background who can provide these services
Assistance with communication between caregivers and patients
Referral to local resources

For Stormont Vail Health Staff and Employees

For the Medical Team

Consultation regarding patient care, family dynamics, values, and beliefs
Ability to mobilize spiritual and religious resources to contribute to healing
Interpretation of meaning of illness, life, and death from different perspectives
Skills in facilitating communication between medical team, patient, family, and community
Leading debriefings for your team
Information on and guidance in meditation practices
Offering care for the caregiver

For the Community

Spiritual Care providers are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help patients, family, and staff work through difficult personal, spiritual, and ethical issues. They are able to fill a special role during terminal illness. And they are available for prayer, consultation, and other spiritual needs.

They are trained listeners who are ready to provide confidential assistance to people of all faiths and backgrounds, as well as those with no religious background, without judgment, bias or pressure on the individual.

Their philosophy of care is that treatment of the whole person — body, mind and spirit — is integral to health and healing. Our Spiritual Care providers are experienced in: