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As a Catholic hospital, Saint Raphael's places great importance
on the pastoral care available to all of our patients, their
families and staff, regardless of denomination. Our pastoral
care team includes chaplains – ordained and lay –
who represent these faiths:
- Catholic
- Episcopalian
- Jewish
- United Church of Christ
- Orthodox Christian
Their
mission, as members of a holistic healthcare team, is to provide
interfaith ministry and education as well as access to spiritual
resources that foster hope and promote healing. Our chaplains'
primary responsibility is to be with those who are ill and
their loved ones. This occurs in the form of:
- Visits
with inpatients and Emergency Department patients and their
families;
- Visits
with outpatients in the hospital's cancer center, dialysis
unit, clinics, HIV services and substance abuse/recovery
programs;
- Visits
with those who are dying or the family members of those
who have died;
- Bereavement
seminars and counseling sessions;
- Interfaith
remembrance services for bereaved employees.
- Spirituality
seminars;
- Daily Catholic Masses (Monday - Friday: 7:30 a.m. and Noon; Saturday: 4:00 P.M. (Vigil) and Sunday: 7:30 a.m.);
- Interfaith services; and
- A Clinical
Pastoral Education program.
There is a chaplain on call 24 hours a day in the
hospital, and visits can be requested by patients or family members by
asking the hospital operator to page the on-call chaplain. Contact the
Chaplain's Office at (203) 789-3245 for more information on seminars and
counseling.
Click
here to submit an online request for assistance.
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