Chaplain Service

Spiritual support and religious services

Our chaplains help patients and family members through outpatient treatment, hospital stays, and extended care. If needed, they will contact your personal clergy or spiritual care provider in the community.

Our chaplains are clinical pastoral care specialists who provide religious and non-religious people with services such as:

• Supportive Spiritual Counsel and Care
• Veteran, Staff and Family Support
• Palliative Care Support
• Bereavement (grief and loss) Care
• Prayer and Communion
• Specialized Groups: Moral Injury, Recovery, Spirituality.
• Chaplain Service Clinic - Donald J. Mitchell Rome VA Outpatient Clinic, Rome, NY offers spiritual support and counseling offered Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.   Call  ext. 57433 for more information.

Worship services

People of all faiths and traditions are invited to attend. 

All Chapel services are broadcast on CCTV Channel 3.

• Roman Catholic Mass – Monday – Friday, 12:30 p.m. ET
• Roman Catholic Mass – Sunday, 12:30 p.m. ET (CCTV Channel 3 only)
• General Christian Worship Service – Sunday, 10:00 a.m. ET
• Morning Devotional – Monday thru Friday, 9:30 a.m. ET
• Jewish Worship – By request

• Islamic Prayer - Available daily in the All Faiths Chapel for Fajr – Asr – Maghrib – Isha’a.   Prayer rug available near front of the Chapel. The direction of Mecca is marked on the ceiling and wall.

   

• All Chaplain services are based on Chaplain availability. 

Benefits

Research shows that spiritually active patients experience or report:

• Faster healing
• Greater coping skills
• Reduced pain
• Better quality of life

Contact a Chaplain

For more information, please call our chaplain at 315-425-4400, ext. 54478.

All Faiths Chapel

Syracuse VA Medical Center
First floor
Room A108
Map of Syracuse campus
Hours:  24/7

Blessed Sacrament Room

Syracuse VA Medical Center
First floor
Room B107
Hours:  24/7