Pastoral Care

Overview

The clergy and the pastoral care team take God’s comfort to those most in need, whether by a special blessing at the communion rail, or a visit at home or in a hospital. The Pastoral Care ministry delivers programs and support actions – for individuals, families and groups – for youth, adults and seniors.

Programs & Activities

Prayer
Counsel & Counselling
Care & Comfort
Personal Contact: Calls & Visits
Holy Communion
Spiritual Direction

What is Pastoral Care?

Through the Pastoral Care ministry, cathedral clergy, specially-trained lay personnel and volunteers support people dealing with all types of challenges, difficult situations and crises. Prayer, care and counsel are provided to support people through difficulties related to relationship, family, emotional, spiritual, health, bereavement, and job/job-loss challenges. The Pastoral Care Ministry’s programs encourage access by people in want or need of support. However, the ministry is ultimately unprogrammed as it addresses the unique and highly personal needs of those who call upon it.

Prayer

The clergy and Pastoral Care volunteers pray with and for fellow parishioners. A prayer list is compiled by the clergy; a group of prayer intercessors prays daily for people on that list.

Calls and Visits

Calls and visits are made to people who are alone or isolated, ill, or unable to travel to the cathedral for worship and fellowship. Visits are made to homes, retirement residences, nursing homes and hospitals.

For Christmas and Easter, flowers are delivered to those parishioners not able to participate in services at the Cathedral.

Holy Communion

Holy Communion is brought to parishioners. Parishioners who are not physically able to attend the cathedral on a regular basis are brought to the Cathedral for Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving ‘Back Home’ Eucharists, followed by lunch and a period of fellowship.

Community Connection

Pastoral Care Messenger

The Pastoral Care team developed a newsletter in their continuing efforts to keep connected with all members of the Cathedral community and beyond. Current and past issues are posted here: please share them widely. Simply click to download the files. We hope they will bring you and those in your circles, comfort as you continue your personal journeys.