Mater Hospital Pastoral and Spiritual Care
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Our Team
Pastoral and Spiritual Care staff professionals are an integrated part of the Mater interdisciplinary team, offering every patient, as well as close family/caregivers, thoughtful, sensitive and relevant emotional and/or spiritual support.
Being in hospital can be an emotional experience. Pastoral and Spiritual Care staff provide a professional and confidential space where your experience of illness and hospitalisation can be shared and understood.
Pastoral and Spiritual Care staff can listen to your fears, worries, hopes and dreams, and can provide support during times of grief and loss. Our Team can help you find meaning in your situation and help assist you with any practical matters.
Pastoral and spiritual care can be contacted by calling 9900 7688 or 8392 from the bedside phone. A nurse can contact the Pastoral and Spiritual Care team on your behalf.
Religious Support Services
It is located on the ground floor near the main hospital entrance.
Catholic Mass celebrated in the Chapel on Sunday, and our weekday Masses are telecast live on Channel 115
Other religious chaplains and denominational leaders are welcome to visit patients. If you require assistance, please contact our Pastoral and Spiritual Care team on 9900 7688 or 8385 (hospital extension).
Please contact the Pastoral and Spiritual Care team for alternative denominational ministers on 9900 7688 or 8385 (hospital extension).
Please contact the Pastoral and Spiritual Care team for more information, on extension 8385 (from a bedside phone) or 9900 7688.
Wellbeing Support Services
Audio-visual Relaxations
The Mater Hospital has developed two audio-visual relaxation programs as part of our holistic approach to healthcare. Being in hospital can be unsettling. Mindful Relaxation and The Stillness Within Relaxation videos can help to enhance sleep, provide a sense of inner wellbeing and self-worth, and help to alleviate emotional and physical pain.
Both videos are available on our in-house TV channels 112 and 113 or they can be downloaded for free (see below)
Mindful Relaxation
Stillness Within Relaxation
