Chaplaincy
The Chaplaincy/Pastoral Care department represents a very specific ministry and discipline.
Pastoral Care
Bon Secours Hospital Galway
Come to me, all you that are weary, and I will give your rest.(Mt 11:28)
Pastoral Care ministry is part of the hospital’s holistic and multi-disciplinary approach to the healing of the whole person. We see this care as an essential element in total patient care.
All our staff are aware of and seek to live the mission of the Bon Secours to care for the sick within a Catholic ethos, recognising the dignity and uniqueness of each person, seeking to provide quality, holistic care. In that spirit, the Pastoral Care team attends to spiritual, emotional and pastoral needs of the patients, their relatives and staff.
Members of the Pastoral Care team have been trained or are in training as Health Care Chaplains and accreditation by the Healthcare Chaplaincy Board of the Irish Episcopal Conference.
We respect the spiritual practices of all denominations and cultures. Specific religious needs of other denominations and faiths can be facilitated as required through the Pastoral Care department.
Services Offered:
Members of the Pastoral Care team visit patients in their rooms on a regular basis and as requested to offer support and prayer. The team coordinates liturgies for staff, patients and their families.
A rota of clergy is available to celebrate Eucharist, and provide the sacrament of reconciliation and sacrament of the sick as requested.
Priests and ministers are welcome to visit their parishioners and are contacted by chaplains as requested.
Pastoral Care Team:
· Donal O’Neill (Director of Pastoral Care)
· Sr. Goretti Bohan
· Peter Joyce
· Diarmuid Heneghan
· Fr Jose Thomas, Fr. Martin Glynn and Fr. Brendan Kelly
Religious Services:
The Chapel of Our Lady, Help of Christians, on the ground floor, is open 24 hours a day. It is a very beautiful sacred place, where all are welcome for prayer and reflection.
Celebration of the Eucharist
Mass is celebrated on:
Sunday at 12.15pm
Tuesday at 11.30am
All services are transmitted from the Chapel to patients’ rooms on T. V. Channel 6.
Mass from St. Oliver Plunkett Church, Renmore will also be available on the room TVs on Channel 49 at 10am in each morning.
During the day reflective music is available on the same channel.
To contact a member of the Pastoral Care team, please call Bon Secours Hospital Galway on 091-381900 or email pastoralcaregalway@bonsecours.ie
