St. Catherine Hospital’s Spiritual Care Department provides a broad array of services and programs that are supportive to the spiritual and emotional needs of patients and their families, employees, medical staff and volunteers. Chaplains are here to serve as attentive listeners, meeting people where they are and encouraging them on their journey of faith.

Our chaplains respect the religious preference of the patient and do not impose their beliefs or religious practices. Their role is to be with others at critical points of life to provide comfort, support and compassion. They work with the total health care team so that, along with the person's medical needs, the spiritual and emotional needs are also addressed.

The Spiritual Care Services team provides a full range of support services from the birth of a child to terminal illness and death. They conduct initial visits, pre-surgery visits, crisis calls, sacramental ministry, routine visits and referral visits, codes and traumas as well as Homecare and Hospice. Our Chaplains coordinate efforts with area clergy and make contact with them when members of their faith are admitted. Holy Communion is celebrated daily for Catholic patients through the generous services of volunteer Eucharistic Ministers from various parishes in the area. If a patient of another denomination would like to receive Communion, we can assist the patient in contacting their minister. The Department prays daily for the entire hospital and prayers are read in the morning over the P.A. system. In addition, Prayer Request boxes have been placed throughout the hospital for patients and staff to put in their prayer requests.

The Chapel of St. Catherine is located in the north lobby on the first floor and is available for patients and visitors of all faiths to come and seek spiritual comfort and guidance. Mass is held on Wednesday at 12 noon. The Dominican Prayer Room, a place for quiet reflection and prayer, is located on the first floor in the main lobby.

It is the goal of the Spiritual Care Department to provide spiritual ministry to all. We support St. Catherine Hospital’s philosophy of total patient care. To contact a chaplain in the Spiritual Care Department, please call 620-272-2570.