HealthCare Chaplaincy Network

Soul Care Project

Explore our online resource for hope, healing & connection.

This resource provides thoughtful information, tools and support for the ill, grieving, dying, and others in spiritual distress.

Learn About Care for Your Soul

Spiritual Exercises

Gain happiness, relaxation - and a connection to your soul.

Take care of yourself with prayer, meditation, guided imagery, spending time in nature, and nurturing relationships.

Engage in Spiritual Self-Care

Spiritual Screening Tool

Self-assess your spiritual strengths and suffering

This scale is designed to help examine your spiritual strengths and distress - and pinpoint areas in which you may want support.

Spiritual Screening Scale

End-of-Life Wishes

Learn about advance care planning

Talking about death isn’t always easy, but expressing your wishes and preparing legal documents can help ease the journey.

End-of-Life Planning

Prayer Request

Submit a prayer request so we can remember you in prayer.

What prayers are on your heart and mind? Express them to us, and our multi-faith chaplains will think of you in prayer.

Submit a Prayer Request

Chat with a Counselor

Our multi-faith chaplains are ready to listen and offer support - phone, email, video

Get Free Counseling

Donate & Care for the Human Spirit

Help us give comfort and meaning to those facing illness, death, other “big issues.”

Donate Now

Our Mission

Our mission is to advance the integration of spiritual care in health care through clinical practice, research and education in order to improve the patient experience and help people faced with illness, suffering and grief find comfort and meaning—whoever they are, whatever they believe, wherever they are. A recognized leader in education, research and resources related to spiritual care, we provide professional multi-faith chaplaincy services in hospitals, other health care settings, and online, and offer a suite of technology-driven spiritual and emotional supportive programs and services for patients, families and health care professionals. We have been caring for the human spirit since 1961.

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HealthCare Chaplaincy Network has answered a question
On Jun 30, 2015

What are the physical signs of death?

Death is a physical process that takes many paths over an unpredictable length of time. Dying people grow weaker and weaker, become sleepy, and lose their appetites. When they don't eat or drin...
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HealthCare Chaplaincy Network has answered a question
On Jun 30, 2015

What is grief?

Grief is your natural response to loss. Grief isn’t something you choose to experience; it just happens. Everyone’s grief looks different. You and someone else in your family may experi...
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HealthCare Chaplaincy Network has answered a question
On Jun 30, 2015

How can I live well with illness?

Learning how to live with illness is a process. Over time, you will find new ways to do that. Living well with illness is not easy, but it is possible. The information below may help you to live we...
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HealthCare Chaplaincy Network has answered a question
On Jun 30, 2015

What is a professional healthcare chaplain?

Professional, board-certified healthcare chaplains are the spiritual care specialists on the healthcare team as doctors and nurses focus on caring for the body. Anyone diagnosed with a serious illn...
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HealthCare Chaplaincy Network has answered a question
On Jun 30, 2015

How does spiritual well-being affect overall quality of life?

Spiritual well-being affects overall quality of life, which includes the following areas: physical well-being: functional ability, strength/fatigue, sleep/rest, overall physical health, nausea,...
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HealthCare Chaplaincy Network has answered a question
On Jun 30, 2015

What is life review, and how can it provide comfort near end of life?

Life review is a self-reflective process in which people approaching death survey and review their lives. It helps create a legacy and makes spiritual meaning of one's life. It’s autobiog...
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HealthCare Chaplaincy Network has answered a question
On Jun 30, 2015

What are the benefits of spiritual support or chaplaincy interventions?

Studies have shown that there are several benefits to spiritual support or chaplaincy interventions. The following are some of these benefits: Professional healthcare chaplains are effective at...
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HealthCare Chaplaincy Network has answered a question
On Jun 30, 2015

What can I do when I feel hopeless?

If you're feeling hopeless, understand first that these feelings are completely normal. Then, take a look at where you are right now. Where did you find the strength to get out of bed this morn...
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HealthCare Chaplaincy Network has answered a question
On Jun 30, 2015

What is spiritual distress?

Spiritual distress is an outcome of spiritual struggle, which is defined as having high spiritual needs and low spiritual resources with which to address those needs. Spiritual distress occurs when...
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HealthCare Chaplaincy Network has answered a question
On Jun 30, 2015

What are the advance directives for healthcare?

If you or a loved one have been hospitalized recently, you were probably asked to complete an advance directive, which generally includes naming a healthcare proxy. This can be jarring, as most of ...
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HealthCare Chaplaincy Network has answered a question
On Jun 30, 2015

What is hospice care?

Hospice is designed to provide nearly all of the necessary services to support people approaching end of life. Hospice includes care that will not hasten death, but it will not prolong the dying pr...
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HealthCare Chaplaincy Network has answered a question
On Jun 30, 2015

How does spirituality come into play during a health crisis?

Spirituality is playing a bigger part in healthcare today. There’s a growing recognition that good outcomes require more than tending to physical needs -- people's spiritual needs have to...
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HealthCare Chaplaincy Network has answered a question
On Jun 30, 2015

What spiritual questions commonly arise during illness?

Illness often causes people to question their spirituality. A common feeling in these moments is some level of disillusionment and betrayal. Giving voice to these feelings of outrage may be helpful...
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HealthCare Chaplaincy Network has answered a question
On Jun 30, 2015

How can I deal with conflict during end-of-life situations?

With end-of-life situations come decisions, and with decisions often come conflict. This can be conflict between family members, conflict between medical opinions or conflict between what your fait...
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