Catholic Health Prayers and Reflections

What is professional spiritual care in Catholic healthcare?

Episode Summary

Healthcare chaplains are highly educated, often board-certified professionals equipped to assess spiritual needs, address spiritual distress, and offer skilled care in complex clinical situations.

Episode Notes

Healthcare chaplains are highly educated, often board-certified professionals equipped to assess spiritual needs, address spiritual distress, and offer skilled care in complex clinical situations.

As trusted members of the interdisciplinary team, chaplains serve people of every faith tradition, as well as those who claim no religious affiliation. They help patients, families, and colleagues connect with the beliefs, values, relationships, and practices that bring their lives meaning.