New Braunfels Services Spiritual Care Department Chaplains are available seven days a week, 24 hours daily: Call the operator and ask to speak to the chaplain on duty.
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Staff chaplains are ministers of varied denominations, either ordained or laypersons, who have graduate degrees in theology, post-graduate residencies in Clinical Pastoral Education, and professional certification by national certifying agencies. |
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What Do Chaplains Do?
Chaplains are trained to assist persons, using spiritual and religious resources, in times of crisis and wellness. After a spiritual screening by the admission nurse, chaplains can provide:
- Spiritual assessment and pastoral planning
- Advance Directive consultations
- End-of-life care
- Grief and bereavement support
- Value education and lifestyle guidance
- Connection to faith communities
- Meaningful prayer, scriptural, sacramental and ritual experiences as resources for healing
Chaplains are members of the interdisciplinary team, documenting their ministry in the patient’s chart for the holistic care of patients and families.
At CSRH-NB, chaplains also:
- Assist with short term spiritual direction
- Facilitate complementary healing modalities (CAM), e.g. guided meditation, healing touch, music therapy, breath work
Some CSRH-NB chaplains are bi-lingual.
All are trained in multi-cultural competencies.
When to Call a Chaplain:
- At the request of any patient or family member
- When a patient appears anxious or fearful of treatment
- At the time of a Code Blue or Trauma situation
- As death nears, or after death
- When someone appears to need consolation
- When difficult medical decisions need to be made
- When organ donation is being requested
- When religious beliefs appear to conflict with health care needs
- Before a serious procedure or surgery
- When clinical staff members are struggling with personal and professional stress
- When patients must adapt to lifestyle changes related to a diagnosis
- For Advance Directive consultation
- When a Patient Care Team Conference is needed
- When a serious change occurs in the patient’s condition
- For conflict mediation
- When family members appear to need emotional or spiritual support
Chapels
- located on the first floor, just outside the entrance to the dining room
Worship Services
Catholic Mass and Ecumenical and Interfaith Services:
- See “SPIRIT” for special announcements about services
Professional Training (Clinical Pastoral Education)
CSR has an accredited CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) program to prepare persons for institutional chaplaincy. Learn more by clicking on the CPE program link above or call Mary Davis, Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisor at 210-704-2181.
Contact Information
Director of Ethics Center, Mission and Spiritual Care Rich Woodley may be reached by calling 210-857-6306.
