The Department of Spiritual and Religious Care at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is a multifaceted service which responds to the spiritual and religious needs of patients, families and staff of TBRHSC. We have two full-time chaplains at the Sciences Centre.

You can request a visit from our Chaplain by notifying your nurse or leaving a message on our voice mail at 684-6235 or 684-6236.

Emergency support is available from the Chaplain and/or community clergy. In an emergency, ask a nurse to call your clergy, or page the Chaplain, On-call Clergy, or On-call Roman Catholic Priest.

Community Clergy/Faith Group Leaders:

All are welcome to visit their members. If you want to be visited by clergy of a specific faith and need assistance in contacting them, your nurse or the Chaplain can assist you.

Multi-Faith Centre:

The Multi-Faith Centre is available for prayer and for solitude twenty-four hours a day. It can be found on the second floor above the cafeteria. Devotional material is available there.

As part of our mandate we:

• Operate with a multifaith and multicultural approach
• Link with community clergy/faith group leaders
• Facilitate the provision of Sacramental ministry
• Oversee the Multi-Faith Centre
• Provide in-patient visitation
• Provide 24 hr. Emergency coverage
• Provide Trauma, debriefing and counseling to staff, patients and community
• Co-ordinate on-call clergy coverage by clergy volunteers
• Provide palliative care and bereavement
• Provide community education related to spiritual care (ie. Hospice Northwest, NECAH, Ontario Regional Multifaith, Anishinabe Mushkiki, Nipigon Hospital)
• Serve as representatives on community groups (Council of Clergy, Northwest Ontario Pastoral Institute, and Hospice Northwest)
• Serve on hospital teams such as the Ethics Team, Professional Practice Team, Quality of Worklife Team, and the Patient Care Management Team
• Provide Clinical Pastoral Education for those interested in developing skills in pastoral ministry

For more information, please contact:

Wendy Stone
Spiritual and Religious Care
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
980 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, Ontario
P7B 6V4
Phone: 684-6236
Fax: (807) 684-5831
Email: stonew@tbh.net