Spiritual Care
We are committed to healing body, mind and spirit. Our Spiritual Care Department provides emotional and spiritual support for all patients and families, regardless of religious affiliation.
Mishawaka Medical Center
The Spiritual Life Center and our Catholic Chapel, under the patronage of Our Lady of Fatima, are located on the first floor. The Spiritual Life Center also includes separate and distinct prayer rooms for people of the Jewish and Islamic faiths. All are welcome to enjoy comfort and solace in our Center and outside Reflection Gardens.
Mass Schedule
Sunday through Friday @ noon
Plymouth Medical Center
A Chapel is located just off the main lobby on the first floor. We do not have daily Mass, but the Chapel is available 24 hours a day for individual worship and quiet reflection. Mass is held for special occasions throughout the year.
Chaplain support
Professional chaplains are available to visit with patients and their families at all of our inpatient facilities. We provide spiritual and emotional support for all patients and families, regardless of whether or not they have a religious affiliation. Chaplains are available 24 hrs a day, seven days a week in the hospital except for Friday and Saturday overnight, which are covered by on-call chaplains who are sometimes responding from outside the hospital. You may ask your nurse to page the hospital chaplain or call the hospital operator (Dial 0) and ask for the chaplain to be paged.
Please call a chaplain for any of the following:
- Anxiety about a medical procedure
- Difficult diagnosis
- Trouble sleeping
- Exploring spirituality or faith
- Ethical issues
- End of life care decisions
- If you wish to talk or pray
- Difficulties with a significant relationship
- When a patient or family needs support
We encourage you to contact your faith community and let them know you are here. If you need help contacting them, you may ask a chaplain to help. For our Catholic patients, a priest is available for sacramental needs and may be reached through the on-call chaplain. Eucharistic ministers bring communion daily to patients who list themselves as Catholic.