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The Atlanta VA Health Care System outpatient clinics, public areas and administrative offices will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28, 2024. In case of an emergent situation Veterans should dial 911 or visit the closet emergency department. 

Chaplain Services

VA Atlanta's chaplains are trained specialists in spiritual and religious care, available to patients and their families throughout their hospital stays. Our interfaith chapel offers space for quiet reflection as well as regularly scheduled services.

Chaplain Services

Atlanta VA Health Care System's chaplains are trained specialists in spiritual and religious care, available to patients and their families throughout their hospital stays. Our interfaith chapels offer space for quiet reflection as well as regularly scheduled services.

Chaplain Service

Chaplains provide caring, competent and respectful spiritual care to Veterans, and their loved ones, from all faith traditions and spiritual paths.

Chaplain Service Mission: As a called community of spiritual care professionals, we come together to provide compassionate, holistic spiritual healthcare and education to Veterans, family, staff, and community, honoring justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Chaplain Service Vision: We cultivate spiritual health and wellness to support human flourishing.

Atlanta VAHCS Chaplains are available at the Medical Center every day including weekends, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., and are on call for spiritual care emergencies overnight including on weekends and holidays.

Chaplains are also available for pastoral care and counseling at other sites of care, including over 16 larger multi-specialty clinics, community-based outpatient clinics, and Domiciliary Care . Hours and days at these additional locations varies.

Chaplains are members of the interprofessional teams for both inpatient medical care as well as outpatient mental health care. If you wish to have a personal religious leader or faith group representative contacted, your care team, which includes chaplains, can assist in arranging those visits.

Our chapels on the 1st floor of the Medical Center in Decatur and in the Community Living Center at the Trinka Davis Veterans Village campus are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for individual prayer, meditation, or quiet reflection.

We look forward to assisting you with your spiritual needs while here.

Chapel

Interfaith chapels are available in the Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta VA Medical Center and at Trinka Davis Veterans Village. They are available to anyone, at any time, for quiet meditation and reflection. Our chaplains also hold regularly scheduled worship services in the chapels.

Contact:

For more information, please contact one of our Chaplain Service staff at the Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta VA Medical Center at 404-321-6111, ext. 206870.

Interfaith Chapels

Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta VA Medical Center
Building C, Room 1C-182
Map: Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, GA
Hours: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

Trinka Davis Veterans Village
Community Living Center
Map to Trinka Davis Veterans Village Carrollton, GA
Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET

 

 

  • The full range of services that chaplains provide to patients at VA Medical Centers

  • Empowering VA chaplains to achieve excellence in meeting the Spiritual Healthcare needs of Veterans

  • Chaplain Service also houses the Atlanta VA Medical Center’s Clinical Pastoral Education program. Our program offers CPE in non-paid internships and funded residency and specialty advanced residency positions each year.

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