Pastoral Care

Hoag’s Pastoral Care Department provides services that meet the spiritual needs of patients and their families, physicians, employees and the community at large. Pastoral care programs and services include:

Pastoral Contact, Conversation and Care for Patients and Families

A ministry of visitation, prayer and spiritual exchange throughout the hospital and community.

Pastoral Counseling

Pastoral Counseling (3-6 sessions) is available for patients and their families, hospital employees, community referrals and referrals from local faith groups.

Bereavement Support Groups

Bereavement support groups are available, free of charge, by the Pastoral Care Department at Hoag Hospital. These groups provide emotional support during difficult times. Topics include Life Goes On, Facing Forward and Growth Through Grief.

Facing Forward

This group meets on Wednesday evenings from 5:30-7:00pm, in Hoag Conference Center Building, Room #3. This is a general bereavement group offering support to those who have lost a loved one. No registration is required. Participants must be over 18 years of age.

Call 949/764-8358 for more information.

Life Goes On

This group meets in Hoag's Conference Center Building, Room #3, on Saturday mornings from 9:30-11:00 a.m., when the group is in progress. This is a time-limited group, meeting for 10 consecutive weeks. Regular attendance is required.

To register, call 949/764-8358.

Growth Through Grief

This group meets on Saturday mornings from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., in the Hoag Conference Center Building, IS Conference Room. Attendance at Life Goes On or some other bereavement group is a prerequisite for this group.

Call 949/764-8358 for details.

Religious Services

Hospital-wide Holiday Worship: Christmas and Good Friday
Sacramental Services: Communion, Baptism, marriages, blessings
Literature distribution/Other items: Bibles, books, pamphlets, crosses
Closed circuit television devotions and religious programs to patient rooms on Channel 12

Educational Programs

The Pastoral Care Department offers workshops and seminars on topics related to ministry and medicine, supervises ministry with college and seminary students and supports relationships with Hoag Health Ministry (Parish Nurse) programs.

Community Outreach (Chaplains)

Orange County Chapter of Multiple Sclerosis
Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council

History

Partnership with the Presbyterian churches of Orange County began in 1945 with the fund raising efforts of the Rev. Raymond I. Brahams of the Community Presbyterian Church of Laguna Beach, the Rev. O. Scott McFarland of the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Ana, other local churches, civic groups, and matching support from the Hoag Family Foundation. Land was purchased overlooking Newport Harbor and a 75 bed hospital was built, receiving it’s first patient on September 15, 1952. In 1965, Rev. Edward G. Reitz became Hoag’s first chaplain. Five years later the Rev. Wm. Robert Parry succeeded him and expanded services to include a second protestant chaplain, the Rev. Lloyd Sellers, and a Roman Catholic priest. Under the Rev. Parry’s direction, a health ministries/parish nurse program was started. Later the program became a part of Hoag Community Medicine. Following the Rev. Parry’s retirement, the Rev. Dr. Donald Oliver was hired as director in 1992 and Father Joseph Rich joined the staff a few years later and retired in December 2006.

The members of the Pastoral Care staff have enjoyed a very special relationship with Hoag’s founding organization, the Association of Presbyterian Members (made up of two appointees from each congregation in Los Ranchos Presbytery). Together, we have worked to ensure access to the highest quality physical and spiritual care.

Contact Us

For more information on the Pastoral Care Department and services, please call 949/764-8358 (extension 48358 from inside the hospital).

Department Staff

Director	Rev. Donald B. Oliver, Ph.D.
Associate Director	Rev. Lloyd Sellers, M. Div.
Administrative Assistant	Maxine Washburn
Visitation Committee	Hoag Auxiliary
Eucharistic Ministers	Volunteers from local Catholic parishes
Jewish Volunteers	Chabad of Newport Beach

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