WELCOME
From its historic beginnings, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
has a proud heritage of education and service, and pastoral care has always
been an important part of its clinical healing mission. We invite you to
follow any of the links below to find out more about the Department of
Pastoral Care and Education. Also, see a
summary of recent department-related news and activities.
SPECIAL NOTICES:
Our sixteenth annual Spirituality Research Symposium,
"Taking Care: Countering Stress and Burnout among Professional Care Givers"
will be held on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicne. For details, see our
Symposium page.
Recent articles about the Department include: "When We Lose Part of Our World"
(re: the January 2013 Memorial Service for Trauma Victims) in HUPDate,
"The Spirit of Caring"
in the Penn Gazette,
"Reporter's Notebook: On-Call with a Hospital Chaplain"
in the Daily Pennsylvanian,
and "A Celebration of Spiritual Support"
and "Gospelrama Lights Up Our Hearts" in HUPDate.
To contact the Department, e-mail chaplain@uphs.upenn.edu
or call 215-662-2591 or write to Pastoral Care, HUP Dulles 1st Floor, 3400
Spruce St., Philadelphia PA 19104.
Building Map and Directions to the Department Office
Staff Internet Links
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