Spiritual care
We recognize that a hospital stay can be emotionally challenging, and attending to spiritual well-being is an essential part of healing. Our spiritual care services offer comfort, guidance, and support—grounded in compassion, integrity, and a commitment to excellence through service, advocacy, education, and outreach.
Chaplains
Atlantic Health chaplains foster spiritual wholeness and are here to provide one-on-one conversation, or listen to you and your loved ones with compassion and understanding. They make no assumptions about your personal convictions or life orientations. We believe there is a spiritual as well as physical benefit from engaging in a listening and supportive presence.
Our chaplains respect, understand, and help you to uncover strengths and hopes, while giving you the freedom to share with confidence, trust and comfort. We help patients, visitors and staff with challenges and emotions, such as:
- anxiety
- family dilemmas
- depression, loneliness
- searching for meaning, wholeness and peace
- disappointment
- spiritual and emotional questions
- questions of faith
- frustration, anger
- difficult decisions
- need for prayer
- delivering sacraments, such as Anointing of the Sick
Chaplains are here to listen with compassion and understanding. They help sort through feelings and concerns that surface during a hospital stay and address fears, disappointing diagnoses, decisions, stress and unresolved feelings.
Whatever one is feeling, a chaplain can be present to listen to concerns. Chaplains support patients, families, loved ones and staff through emotional and spiritual journeys with complete confidentiality.
Spiritual health program
Through this program, we provide compassionate, faith-inclusive care tailored to you, whether you follow a specific religious tradition or seek a deeper connection through mindfulness, nature, or personal reflection.
Support for Jewish patients
Atlantic Health CentraState Medical Center is committed to meeting the unique needs of Jewish patients and their families. We offer a variety of accommodations and support services designed to help make your stay as comfortable as possible, including rabbinical support, kosher dining options, assistance with religious observances, and information about local community resources and hospitality services.
Reach out to the Atlantic Health CentraState spiritual care department for more information.