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About Our Chaplains

Who Calls the Chaplain?

Patients, family members or friends are welcome to call a chaplain if they are are:

  • anxious, upset or worried    
  • feeling angry or guilty
  • depressed
  • feeling hopeless
  • fearing a loss
  • in need of spiritual strength
  • unable to cope
  • in need of understanding "why"
  • questioning themselves, their relationships with loved ones, friends or with God

What Will the Chaplain Do for You?

  • listen and understand your feelings
  • respect your faith
  • accept you as a person of worth and value
  • spend time with you and care for your spiritual needs
  • help you obtain information when asked
  • be an emotional and spiritual resource to you in time of crisis

The Chaplain may also help you with:

  • conflict resolution
  • communication problems
  • housing for out-of-town family members or friends
  • contacting your minister upon request
  • sorting through difficult decisions

Please Call

If you're a patient, family member or concerned friend and would like to request a chaplain visit, please dial extension 8556 at the Raleigh Campus or page the on-call chaplain from outside the hospital at 393-6543. 

At WakeMed Cary Hospital, dial extension 02536 to request a chaplain. If you cannot reach a chaplain at this extension, call the hospital switchboard by dialing 350-2000 and have the operator page a chaplain for you.

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