Anointing of the sick, husband at non Catholic hospital

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My husband is in the hospital and going to have bypass surgery probably Friday. It’s a non Catholic hospital and when I called the chaplains office I got a recording by a women identifying herself as reverend.

How do I schedule anointing of the sick for him, and get him on the list to receive the Eucharist daily. I’m used to Catholic hospitals where there is a resident priest and the nurses can put you on the list to recieve.

Should I just call my parish office in the morning? Is there some diocesan wide schedule for priests to visit hospitals? We were received into the Church last year and when he was hospitalized before it was in a Catholic hospital ( in another state).

I feel so confused.
 
Call the Parish office in the morning. Each parish is different, so I really can’t say what they will do. I know my own parish has a plan in place for people like your husband.

I’ll say a prayer for you and your husband, Cider.
 
Here, Southern California, a parish serves all hospitals within their boundaries. I think it is probably the same elsewhere. If you don’t know which parish it is in, call the parish nearest to the hospital. If it is not their responsibility they will be able to tell you which parish is responsible.
 
Call your parish and arrange for your priest to anoint him. My husband was in a non-Catholic hospital, and my priest and several other priests came several times to anoint him.
 
Speak to the nurse on duty. They will get a message to a priest. I’m a Eucharistic minister at a local city hospital. The hospital has a pastoral care office where there is a priest,rabbi,minister on call. Everyday there is aMinister of the Eucharist available. Hopefully that is true for your husband as well. Prayers…
 
Actually, if you just speak with the hospital chaplain’s office, they make arrangements to have a Catholic priest come in to confer the Sacrament of the Sick, even though the staff chaplain is of another faith. Chaplains have contacts with other faith clergy, and they have procedures to expedite pastoral care, even if the hospital isn’t Catholic. The same holds true for Catholic hospitals: A priest (or his staff) will contact the relevant clergy for non-Catholic patients. In fact, in my diocese, there is a clinical pastoral care curriculum taught at the diocesan seminary: It trains clergy of all faiths for this specialty care (mostly counseling, obviously, not conferring a sacrament,) and the clergy that finish the program successfully are a part of the health care teams at every hospital in my area. They make rounds and attend patient care conferences when the need exists.

I’d be careful about entrusting this task to the nursing staff: Because of HIPPA confidentiality regulations, a unit secretary might not see a consent signed by your husband to contact a priest, and might not get it done before he’s taken to the OR.

The alternative is to call your own parish priest, and ask him to make arrangements for this, or give you the contact person you need to call.

I will keep your husband in my prayers for his return to good health and the work God has set before him to do on this good earth.
 
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My husband is in the hospital and going to have bypass surgery probably Friday. It’s a non Catholic hospital and when I called the chaplains office I got a recording by a women identifying herself as reverend.

How do I schedule anointing of the sick for him, and get him on the list to receive the Eucharist daily. I’m used to Catholic hospitals where there is a resident priest and the nurses can put you on the list to recieve.

Should I just call my parish office in the morning? Is there some diocesan wide schedule for priests to visit hospitals? We were received into the Church last year and when he was hospitalized before it was in a Catholic hospital ( in another state).

I feel so confused.
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Just ask the nurses station, they have the number for the resident Catholic Priest. Just be sure to mention Catholic. Most hospitals have severals faiths represented who actively make rounds.

In theory he may be visited by several clergy from several faiths without even asking.
 
I have never had an issue with asking the nurse to contact a priest. They always have the pastoral care office number handy and call right away. Also, as a Eucharistic Minister I am able to get in contact with a priest on duty if need be. Of course it may not be the same everywhere.
 
If you haven’t already made arraignments with your local parish office for a visit by a priest before surgery then, when you register, tell them your husband’s religious preference.

Even at our non-catholic hospital here in the Deep South the volunteers (Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion) get a list of catholic patients and will deliver daily communion and pray with you, if you so desire. The parish that handles this is only a block from the hospital so they can summon a priest quickly.

Your husband will be in my prayer intentions tomorrow. Please come back and let us know how everything turned out.

Have a Blessed Day!
 
The nurse had someone from the chaplains office visit him, and since his surgery is tomorrow they are calling our parish to have a priest come. Thanks everyone.
 
Thanks for everyones help, he met with the priest today and is ready for his surgery tomorrow morning. Thank you to everyone that is praying for him.
 
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Thanks for everyones help, he met with the priest today and is ready for his surgery tomorrow morning. Thank you to everyone that is praying for him.
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Peace of Christ be with you! Prayers will continue.
 
I’m still at the hospital, but he is out of surgery and it went well. Thanks everyone for the prayers.
 
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