Spiritual care services at CentraState support the hospital’s objectives of compassion, integrity, and care excellence through service, advocacy, education, and outreach. Our belief system can be a source of comfort and hope. People often seek out spiritual care when they wish to explore the meaning and purpose of their lives, seek spiritual wholeness, or reflect on personal religious integration.
Chaplains are key team members in spiritual care. They provide comfort and support for the spiritual well-being of patients, their loved ones, and staff members. They serve others through their spiritual being, listening, and relationships, striving to experience the reality of a greater presence and their abiding love for others as fully as possible.
Volunteer chaplains and CPE/seminary students visit patients and families as they make rounds throughout the hospital.
We also provide for the religious and sacramental needs of our patients through:
- Eucharistic Ministers bringing daily Holy Communion
- A Catholic Priest offering the Sacrament of the Sick
Chapel
An interfaith chapel is located in the medical center off the main lobby and is available for all who wish to pray.
Support for Jewish Patients
Rabbinical Support:
Rabbis are available through CentraState’s Spiritual Care Department. Please call the office at ext. 2744 or 732-294-2744.
Shabbat:
- Entry on Shabbat: To enter the Medical Center on Shabbat, please proceed to the Emergency Department entrance. A blue line indicates the area where the electronic doors will be activated. A staff member will direct you to your destination.
- Navigating through the hospital: A Shabbat elevator is located at the north elevators. A stairwell near the north elevators is also accessible to every floor.
- Shabbat boxes: Shabbat boxes containing LED candles, grape juice, a challah plate and cover, and a lovely artificial flower in a small vase. Shabbat boxes are in the kosher pantry by the east elevators off the main lobby
- Chapel: The local Shabbos Orthodox Minyan is located about a mile from the medical center at 351 Stillwells Corner Road, Freehold, near the corner of Schanck Road. Directions: Proceed east on Route 537 to Stillwells Corner Road. Make a right and continue 2 blocks. The house is opposite the Freehold Municipal Building. Visit www.chabadwmc.com for times.
- Shabbat accommodations: Shabbat or Yom Tov hospitality is offered by the Fromm family (732-616-2900) and Rabbi and Mrs. Bernstein (732-294-0297). Please call them directly to confirm availability.
Contact Us
For more information about Spiritual Care services, please call 732-294-2744.