"Do not hesitate to visit the sick, because for such deeds you will be loved." (Sirach 7:35) 

The Pastoral Visit

Pastoral Care focuses on people's needs from a spiritual and theological perspective in order to help create an optimum climate for healing of body, mind and spirit. Scripture, prayer, sacraments, listening, counseling and the provision of a loving presence are offered to patients, families, and staff alike as they journey through crisis and illness.

The chaplain collaborates with priests assisting with pastoral care and facilitates volunteer pastoral care workers and visitors.

In times of sickness, people often find themselves pondering the meaning of life, inwardly searching for answers, for peace, for wholeness, for God. The Pastoral Care Visitor provides the patient with an opportunity to voice his/her anxieties, fears and hopes, and helps him/her to look at them from a spiritual perspective.

It is the hope and prayer of the Pastoral Care Team that those ministered to will experience the love and compassion of our God.

Pastoral Care seeks to provide that spiritual dimension to help patients find meaning and purpose in what's happening, by allowing expression of their fears, concerns, and needs to a listening and understanding heart. In doing so, Pastoral Care attempts to bring that healing presence which is so often needed and wanted.

Masses

Wascana Rehab  Sunday at 10:30 am in the chapel
Mass / lay service every Friday from September to June at 1 pm in the chapel

Pasqua Hospital   Sunday at 11 am 

• Volunteers visit patients on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday to bring them Communion and offer the support of their faith community.
• There is a Mass every Sunday at 11 am.
• If you have any questions about Roman Catholic Spiritual Care at the Pasqua or would like a priest to visit for the Sacrament of the Sick or Reconcilliation, please contact Mary Deutscher at 766-2473, Email mary.deutscher@rqhealth. In the case of an emergency, phone 766-2222 and ask to have the Roman Catholic Chaplain paged.