Chaplain services | veterans affairs

VA St. Louis health care chaplains serve people of all faiths and denominations as well as patients and families looking for non-denominational support. They are here to listen and offer

spiritual and emotional support as you struggle with tough questions and ethical decisions.  SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS SERVICES Our chaplains help patients and family members through 

outpatient treatment, hospital stays, and extended care. If needed, they will contact your personal clergy or spiritual care provider in the community. Our chaplains are clinical pastoral

care specialists who provide religious and non-religious people with services such as: * Baptisms * Bereavement (grief and loss) care * Comfort and counseling * Communion * Funerals WORSHIP

SERVICES People of all faiths and traditions are invited to attend: * JC Worship Services  - Catholic Mass Tuesdays at 11:00 AM  * JB Worship Services - Protestant Services Wednesdays at

3:30 PM and Sundays at 10:00 AM BENEFITS Research shows that spiritually active patients experience or report: * Faster healing * Greater coping skills * Reduced pain * Better quality of

life For more information, please call our Jefferson Barracks chaplain at 314-894-6566. INTERFAITH CHAPELS JOHN COCHRAN VETERANS HOSPITAL Basement level (near the Education Wing) Map of John

Cochran campus Chapels are open for meditation, worship, prayer, and quiet contemplation. ST. LOUIS VA MEDICAL CENTER-JEFFERSON BARRACKS Map of Jefferson Barracks campus Chapels are open

for meditation, worship, prayer, and quiet contemplation.