Pastoral Care

The Pastoral Care staff at the Western Maryland Health System is here to help and support you and your family while receiving care at the WMHS. Our team of pastoral care professionals is specially trained to work within the health system to provide spiritual care with deep respect for your own religious beliefs and faith traditions.

Chaplains and pastoral care staff are available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day on each of the WMHS campuses. To request the services of a chaplain or any of the services listed below; please inform your nurse or dial the operator from your bedside phone. The operator will contact the appropriate person.

Services Available

Pastoral visitations
Pastoral counseling
Sacramental ministry
Religious services
Support groups
Chapels
Bibles and religious literature

Links

Clinical Pastoral Care Education Program (pdf file)
(offered by WMHS)

Accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (www.acpe.edu)

How to Reach Pastoral Care

At the hospitals, please dial "0" and ask the operator to page us. If you are calling from outside the hospital, please dial 301-723-4000 (Memorial Campus) or 301-723-4200 (Braddock Campus) and ask the operator to page us.