Pastoral Care

Ministers of Care and Alden Nursing Center Ministry Training

June 29, 2012

Wednesday, August 29 7:30pm in Church Lower Level

“For I was… ill and you cared for me.” Additional ministers are needed for both ministries, bringing Holy Communion to the sick.

Ministers of Care bring Holy Communion to the Catholic patients at Edwards Hospital on Wednesdays, on a rotating basis, with each minister visiting once every four to six weeks.
Alden Nursing Center Ministers visit Alden Nursing Center on Thursday mornings. They arrive at Alden Nursing Center at 10am and have a Mass or Communion service, pray the rosary, and then distribute Holy Communion to the Catholic patients in their rooms.

Both of these ministries are in need of more volunteers. If you are interested in joining either ministry, there will be a training session on Wednesday, August 29 at 7:30pm in the lower level of the church.

If you would like more information about the Ministers of Care Ministry, please call Linda Hill.

If you would like more information about the Alden Nursing Center Ministry, please call Betty Torson.

Please let Linda Hill know if you are planning on attending the training session.

Alden Nursing Center Ministry

May 13, 2012

Mass or a Communion Service is celebrated each Thursday, at 10am. Also the rosary is prayed by those who wish to gather.

The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is administered twice each year and when the need is observed or requested.

Contact: Betty Torson

Health Ministry

September 19, 2009

Mission Statement Individually and collectively to grow and create an environment of encouragement toward positive health behaviors and the promotion of health and wellness.Health Ministry

Issues of health are basic to all people. We all struggle with illness, stress, injury and loss. We all want to be well and functioning to the best of our abilities.

Health is viewed not only as the absence of disease, but as a sense of physical, social, psychological and spiritual well-being and of being in harmony with self, others, the environment and with God.

The purpose of the Health Ministry is to nurture the human spirit through health education, spiritual support and linking the needs of the whole person to resources within the congregation, community, and the health care system.

Holistic Health

Spiritual – Physical exercise has some value, but spiritual exercise is valuable in every way, because it promises life for both the present and for the future. 1 Tim. 4:8

Emotional – A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones. Prov. 17:22

Physical - ….your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God. 1Cor. 6:9

Emergency Protocol and Proceedure

September 11, 2009

Click to view our newest Emergency Protocol and Proceedure Manual for the parish.

Included in this Manual are guidelines for medical emergencies, locations of our first aid kids and wheelchairs and many other useful facts. Please review them carefully.

Emergency Preparedness Tool Kit

August 20, 2009

Congregations Who Care … Prepare*

Emergency Preparedness Tool Kit

Get Informed, Be Prepared

Dear Parishioner,

The Emergency Preparedness Tool Kit packet contains basic but credible information on preparedness for a national or local disaster. Click to see and print this 14 page informational document prepared for us at SES.

Although the following pages speak specifically to a Pandemic Flu Outbreak, they are useful planning ideas for any serious incident as: severe weather with destruction, civil disturbance, bio-terrorism, or flu outbreak with quarantine. As a vital parish with an active health ministry, St. Elizabeth Seton recognized its responsibility to raise awareness, when a health threat, reported in the media, is possible. Be assured, there is no immediate threat. Providing health information and spiritual guidance and alternatives, when availability is non-existent, is the goal of this packet. Several web sites are available for complete preparedness information and challenges.

Web sites are:

www.protectdupage.org .. www.willcountyhealth.org

www.pandemicflu.gov .. www.cdc.gov

www.dupagehealth.org .. www.fema.gov

www.nod.org .. www.ready.gov

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HOSPITAL VISITS

July 28, 2009

HOSPITAL VISITS:

When you are in the hospital and want someone from St. Elizabeth Seton to visit you, please let us know by calling the Parish Office. Due to privacy policies, we will not be notified by the hospital if you have been admitted – it is the responsibility of the patient or family to notify the parish.

Ministers of Care

May 14, 2009

Contact: Linda Hill

Helping Hands

May 13, 2009

If you would like to offer to be a Helping Hand, or if you know someone who could benefit from Helping Hands, please do not hesitate to call the Parish Office.

Contact: Angie Ribaud

Funeral Luncheons

May 13, 2009

contact: Elaine Bernabe

Bereavement

May 13, 2009

Contact: Sister Karen

Christian Service Commission