Hospital Chaplaincy

In any hospice, many patients and staff who have no connection whatever with any church, or may even be of another faith, still generally welcome a chaplain's visit. The Chaplain's Team at the Peace Hospice, Watford includes ministers of the main Christian denominations, as well as leaders from the main world faiths - Islam, Jewish and Hindu. We co-exist in harmony, friendship and mutual support in service to our patients and families.

Although a hospice chaplain inevitably sees a lot of people come to the end of their lives, there are also a lot of rewards. To be allowed to offer support to bereaved families, and to pray with the dying, is a great privilege. We are not there to evangelise, and are happy to be with people of any faith or of none. The important thing is to assure them that God is not the enemy, but the greatest resource they have to help them in their time of trouble.