Chaplains in the Children's pastoral care department listen to these questions daily, while offering spiritual guidance, emotional support, hope and compassion. We spend a lot of time encouraging people regardless of religious preferences to recall those words of faith, prayers or persons who assist them along in this crisis of healthcare. The pastoral care department, which began in 1983 with guidance and encouragement from religious members of the Dallas faith community, is designed to offer ecumenical spiritual support for children and families in crisis. Daily devotionals and Sunday worship services also are held in the hospital chapel and are broadcast on closed circuit TV to all patient rooms. In addition, chaplains support hospital staff with anxieties they may be feeling, ethical questions involving patient care as well as with grief counseling.
Chaplains are available at the hospital around the clock, seven days a week.
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