Pastoral Care and Clinical Pastoral Education
Mercy’s Pastoral Care Team offers pastoral counseling, as well as emotional and spiritual presence, both routinely and in crisis situations. Pastoral Care is offered to people of all faiths. We also provide grief support and counseling for families whose loved one has died, or is in the process of dying, as well as prayer support for patients, families and staff. For Catholic patients Holy Communion is available Sunday through Saturday; confession is celebrated upon request; Sacrament of the Sick, the anointing, for restoration to the body, mind, and spirit is available.
Chaplains are routinely available between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily and at other times for emergencies. Our chaplains are fully integrated and respected participants in Mercy's treatment teams. We are available to assist the clinical team with ethical concerns, including consultations around end of life questions and other often difficult personal decisions. Additionally, we are available for treatment planning conversations with patients, families and staff.
The nurse can contact a chaplain for a conversation, support, guidance, the sacraments, prayer, grieving, thanksgiving, or help with decisions about values and decisions regarding advanced directives or other issues.
Our current staff include, Fr. John (Jack) T. Crabb ,SJ, Director of Clinical Pastoral Education and Director of Pastoral Care Department.; Sr. Patricia Mooney, RSM; Fr Robert V. Paskey, SJ; and Rev. Kenneth Wish our Protestant Chaplain. Many Eucharistic Ministers volunteer to bring Communion to the patients. We have Associate Chaplains of other faith traditions that are available upon request.
We provide chaplaincy coverage 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We may be contacted by calling 879-3358, or by calling Mercy's main number, 879-3000, and asking the operator to page the on-call chaplain.
Mercy Hospital is also a site for Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). Extended and intensive summer units are offered. For more information contact Fr. Jack Crabb, SJ at (207) 879-3744
St. Joseph’s Chapel
St. Joseph's chapel, located on the B1 level at Mercy State Street, is open to all every day from 6:30 am to 8:00 pm. If you would like to use the chapel at any other time, please contact security at (207) 879-3143.
St. Joseph's Chapel Service Schedule
Sunday Mass at 11:30 a.m.
Monday through Thursday Mass at 11:30 am.
Our Lady of Mercy Chapel
Our Lady of Mercy chapel, located at Mercy Fore River, just off the main lobby, is open to all every day from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm. If you would like to use the chapel at any other time, please contact security at (207) 879-3143. We have an inter-faith meditation room to the right before entering the chapel
Our Lady of Mercy Chapel Service Schedule
Friday Mass at 11:30 a.m.
Adoration of Blessed Sacrament, first Friday of each month following 11:30 a.m. Mass.