Harris Health is committed to providing pastoral and spiritual counseling to all in need, including patients, their families and medical staff and employees.
Chaplains in the Spiritual Care Department provide a caring and listening presence, to support patients and their family members. By offering spiritual services to anyone in need, the department helps foster healing, support and hope.
Chaplains work with the healthcare team to address patients' spiritual needs in an empathetic and compassionate manner. Chaplains also provide professional help with respect for an individual's dignity and privacy and maintain confidentiality in pastoral relationships.
Pastoral/Spiritual Care staff offer patients and their families:
- Support in the use of personal resources of faith when dealing with an illness.
- Encouragement and listening to patients during difficult times.
- Practical help and comfort in times of grief and crisis.
- Help exploring questions of faith and spirituality.
- Celebration of the birth of children, progress in recovery or milestones in healing.
Chaplains will:
- Visit patients upon admission and at their request.
- Respond to medical emergencies.
- Provide patients and families information regarding available community support groups.
- Connect patients with their community clergy for religious sacramental needs.
Prayers are given for:
The Multi-faith Hospital Chapel Multi-faith chapels are located on the first floors of Ben Taub and Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) hospitals. They are welcoming spaces for prayer, meditation and personal reflection. On weekends and weekdays, they are also used for various worship events.
Catholic Mass
- Ben Taub Hospital hosts Catholic Mass at 10:45 a.m. on Fridays and Sundays
- LBJ Hospital hosts Catholic Mass at noon on Wednesdays
For more information on Spiritual Care, contact:
Ben Taub Hospital: 713-873-2480
LBJ Hospital: 713-566-5680