Chaplains at Community Regional are trained to provide emotional and spiritual support in a non-judgmental and respectful way to all persons irrespective of their personal religious background. All patients, families and staff are encouraged in their own spirituality and religious practices.Chaplains at Community Regional collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team to ensure that the patient’s culture, values and beliefs are taken into account in the care provided. Chaplains serve on the hospital ethics committee for non-decisional no surrogate patients.
Chaplains at Community Regional maintain a supply of religious resources that are made available to patients and others at no cost such as an assortment of daily devotional literature (Protestant and Catholic), Bibles, Qurans, Rosaries, and pamphlets on encouraging and uplifting themes, as well as cassette tape players and recordings of the Bible are available for the blind. A Chapel is maintained on the first floor hallway between the six-bank of elevators and the Cashiers windows. Grief Brochures are also available in English and Spanish for grieving families.
Chaplains at Community Regional provide one on one and group support to employees experiencing moments of crisis in the workplace. Debriefing sessions are facilitated for critical incidents. Emotional support is provided and memorial services are facilitated following an employee’s death. Chaplains can officiate at marriages and funerals for patients and staff by request. Other religious/spiritual support is also available.
As part of Pastoral Care Week for 2016, the Chaplain Services of Community Regional hosted a luncheon for area chaplains on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Chaplains from St. Agnes Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, Veterans Administration Hospital, Clovis Community Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Central California, Hinds Hospice, Fresno Police Department, and St. Agnes Hospice and Community Regional Medical Center all came together to network and celebrate. The theme of this year’s Pastoral Care Week celebration was Spiritual Resilience. Take a look below at a few photos from that event.
Rev. Grimaldo Enriquez
Chaplain Services Supervisor
Community Regional Medical Center
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| Rev. Steve Mounts – VA Chaplains Chaplain Terrance Good pasture –St Agnes Chaplain Patty Roberts – St Agnes Sister Rita Halam – St Agnes | Rev. David Klingensmith, St. Agnes Supervisor Rev. Grimaldo Enriquez, CRMC Supervisor |
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| Rev. Wade Estes, Supervisor Kaiser Chaplain Sherry Knott - Community Regional (Center) Rev. Keli Simmon - St. Agnes | Rev. Grimaldo Enriquez, Community Regional Supervisor Robyn Gonzales - Community Regional Administrator |
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| Rev. Robert Braize - Community Regional CPE Intern Rev. Grimaldo Enriquez, Community Regional Supervisor Chaplain margaret Carson - St. Agnes Rev. Ki Do Ahn, CPE Supervisor | Rev. Terry Rommereim, Supervisor VA David Shackelford - Children's Hospital Paul Duncan - St. Agnes, CPE Intern (in back) John Saethre - VA |
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| Chaplain Cathleen Lawler - Hinds Hospice Chaplain Conne Pulmano - Supervisor Hinds Hospice Rev. Grimaldo Enriquez, Community Regional Supervisor | Rev. Grimaldo Enriquez, Community Regional Supervisor Dr. Fawzi El-Sayed - Community Regional Chaplain Mrs. Nana El-Sayed - Community Regional Chaplain |
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| Kevin Llanos - FPD Chaplain | Chaplain David Di Palma, Community Regional Rev. David Klingensmith - St. Agnes Chaplain Robert Spencer, Supervisor - Clovis Community Medical Center |
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| Sister Emily Demuth - St. Agnes | |
