Spiritual Services exists to meet the spiritual, emotional and ethical needs of patients, families and staff at Saint Joseph's Hospital.

To contact a chaplain, call 715-387-7753. Chaplains at Saint Joseph's Hospital can be contacted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Chaplains provide services that include:

• Patient support
• Holy Communion
• Anointing of the Sick
• Staff support
• Chapel Services

Call a chaplain when you:

• see signs/expressions indicating spiritual distress (anger, resentment, despair, fear, hopelessness, worry, anxiety, guilt, shame, alienation)
• are anticipating surgery or health-related procedures 
• receive a new, serious diagnosis 
• experience changes in health conditions leading to patient and family anxiety 
• need to make ethical and health care decisions 
• see a patient experiencing anger at God or asking, "Why?" 
• experience a loss of a sense of hope or meaning; abandonment and isolation 
• need to fulfill a sacrament or prayer need  
• need dying/death support for patient and family 
• need help with grief and loss issues 
• need to help a patient deal with the loss of a family member or close friend