Chaplaincy
Compassionate Spiritual Care For People of All Faiths
Frequently Asked Questions
How Can a Chaplain
Help Me?
While you’re in the hospital, a Chaplain can help you to
feel more peaceful and relaxed. A hospital stay may evoke feelings
of anxiety or fear, no matter how routine the procedure. And having
someone to share your feelings with, someone to listen, someone
to hold your hand, or someone to pray with, can make a difference
in your well-being and in your healing. We are here to comfort
you, to support your spiritual and emotional needs. Our services
are provided to people of all faiths. We serve patients, families,
and hospital staff.
Call a Chaplain if you:
- Are in need of comfort or prayer
- Would like a pre-surgical visit
- Would like a religious ritual administered
- Are experiencing conflict between your religious beliefs
and a recommended medical procedure
- Need help in making an end-of-life decision
- Feel sad, lonely, or anxious about a medical condition
or procedure
- Have been given discouraging news about a medical condition
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How Do I Find the Chapel?
The Chapel serves both Strong Memorial Hospital and Golisano
Children’s
Hospital at Strong. It is located on the first floor at the end of the South corridor (follow the overhead orange tags and at the end of that hall there are signs indicating the Interfaith Chapel). For additional directions, please stop by the
Information Desk in the Main Lobby.
You are invited to join us for weekly Chapel services:
- Interfaith Worship on Sundays at 1:30 p.m.
- Christian Prayer Service on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m.
- Catholic Communion Service on Fridays at 12:30 p.m.
- Muslim Service on Fridays at 1:45 p.m.
Chapel services are announced throughout the hospital.
You can access religious programming on closed circuit television throughout
the hospital (TV channel 46).
These services are free of charge to all patients.
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How Do I Arrange for a Catholic Priest to
Administer the Sacrament of the Sick?
For Catholic patients, the Sacrament of the Sick or Eucharist may be important. Our Chaplains will contact a priest on your behalf. Contact us or ask a doctor
or nurse to make the call for you:
Strong Memorial Hospital and Golisano
Children’s Hospital
at Strong
585-275-2187
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If I Need
Help in Making an End-of-Life Decision, Whom Do I See?
Making an end-of-life decision is never easy. Whether you need
guidance regarding religious beliefs or help to sort through your
own feelings, you may benefit by talking to a Chaplain. Our Chaplains
will listen and provide the
compassionate support you need. They have access to resources to help you
understand Advanced Directives, Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders,
and Organ/Tissue Donation.
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I’m
a Staff Member; When Should I Call a Chaplain?
We work with medical and hospital staff to provide emotional and
religious support to those in need. Our services are provided for
patients, their families, and staff. You should call a Chaplain:
- Upon request by a patient or family
- When families are emotionally challenged over a current situation
- For critically ill patients who are not expected to live
- For patients or families confronted with serious illness or
death
- To assist patients and families concerning organ/tissue donation,
cessation of treatment, and/or autopsy
Helping others, restoring health, and providing care is very rewarding
work. But from time to time, caregivers and hospital staff may
feel the emotional, and sometimes spiritual, weight of their work.
We are here to support the hospital staff so that you may continue
to help patients and their families. Call a Chaplain if you are:
- Questioning your own spirituality, meaning, or purpose
- Feeling overwhelmed in your role as a caregiver
- Experiencing spiritual or emotional conflict
Chaplains also serve on the Staff Core Coordination Team (through EAP).
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