Pastoral Care Ministries

Upon the completion of the Initial Training, the lay pastoral caregivers select a place in which to offer a pastoral care ministry.

“Pastoral Care” is when a person is being “present” in a listening, compassionate, non-controlling manner to an individual or group for the purpose of consciously or unconsciously representing God to them and seeking to respond to their spiritual needs.

A Variety of Locations for Pastoral Care

Each Community of Hope Center offers differing places in which to offer a pastoral care ministry.  The following are a list of some of the settings in which pastoral care is offered by trained lay pastoral caregivers.

• Outreach to the Parish
• Homebound
• Nursing Homes
• Homeless
• Retirement Homes
• Hospices
• Outpatient Clinics
• Hospitals
• Prisons 
• Women’s Ministries
• Youth Ministries
• Outreach to the Underserved
• Mission trips
• Community centers