About
During your time at Women's, you may experience times of joy and celebration, or times of disappointment, distress and grief. During difficult experiences, intense emotions and painful questions may arise:
- "Why my child?"
- "How do I cope?"
- "Does anyone care?"
- "Where is God when it hurts?"
- "What does this mean?"
- "How can I keep going?"
We provide spiritual care to help you explore these questions and others. Our spiritual health practitioners are able to:
- offer comfort and compassion
- listen to your story
- support you in your journey
- help with ethical dilemmas you may be facing
- offer spiritual support and prayer if you wish
- help you plan special services
- contact a local minister or spiritual leader
A spiritual health practitioner is available 8:00am-6:00pm, Monday-Friday—please call paging at 2161 and ask for the Spiritual Care Practitioner on call. On weekends, we respond to emergencies only from 8:00am to 6:00pm.
Please ask a nurse or staff person to page us, or leave a message at our office. We are able to visit you in our office or any other area of the hospital.
Spiritual Health Practitioners' office
BC Children's Hospital
Room 2B69
4500 Oak Street
Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1
Sacred Space
BC Women's Hospital, 2nd floor corridor, Room 2N30
Weaving Webs of Connection is a virtual (via telephone or video conference) pilot service being funded by the Ministry of Health in partnership with PHSA and provided by the spiritual care team. The intention behind the service is to make available virtual psychosocial-spiritual support for people with little access to other supports, e.g. due to rural/remote location, limited mobility or ability to travel.
At this time, the pilot is prioritizing patients/clients residing in BC or the Yukon who have advanced illness, and their loved ones. Support is offered one-to-one and in groups (currently in English only).
Anyone connected with BC Women’s Hospital who has advanced illness, or a loved one, can access this free service.
Please use this fillable intake form or for more information, contact our team by phone at 778-676-1135 or email at virtualspiritualhealth@phsa.ca.
