Chaplaincy Service
The chaplaincy team consists of 5 full and 26 part-time chaplains, supported by the Trust, and 14 honorary chaplains supported by their Church or Order, drawn from the main Christian denominations, to be available to patients, families and staff. There are also a small number of volunteer visitors who work under the supervision of the Chaplains. The Methodist Chaplains have pastoral responsibility for people of other Christian denominations (apart from Catholic, Church of Ireland & Presbyterian) and people of Other Faiths.
Chaplains visit wards regularly and have time to listen and reflect. They are interested in people’s journey and seek to support the hospital community by their presence and prayers. The service we offer is confidential and non-judgmental and is available to everyone, irrespective of faith or background.
Chaplains are also available to:
- Offer Christian prayer and sacramental ministry
- Make contact with patients’ own faith communities if requested
- Offer regular times of worship on the hospital sites
- Support staff and students in their work
Services at Belfast City Hospital
Services of Worship In the Hospital Church (A Floor, Tower)
United Church Service Sunday at 9.30am (and other times by arrangement)
Celebration of Mass Sunday at 8.15am & 11.15am; Holydays at 8.15am & 12.15pm; (weekdays by arrangement)
Services of Worship In the Cancer Centre Quiet Room (Level One)
Wednesday at 2.00pm Interdenominational Service or Celebration of Mass (alternate weeks)
Services of Worship In the Elderly Care Unit (ward 23 Day Room, Wakehurst Building)
Wednesday at 2.30pm Interdenominational Service
Services at Forster green Hospital
Interdenominational Religious services are held each week in the Seminar Room at 10.00am. Celebration of Mass is by arrangement with the Chaplain.
Services at Knockbracken Healthcare Park
Knockbracken Health Care Park has created an environment of concern, compassion and professional care that is having a positive affect for good on the lives of those who have been most challenged by life itself. The chaplains are committed to ministering in an environment where the need to cultivate long term relationship with patients, staff and families is optimum.
Religious Services are held each Sunday in the Healthcare Park church
9:00am Interdenominational service
10:00am Celebration of Mass.
Services at the Mater Hospital
Religious Services are available every Sunday. These are held in the Chapel, a beautiful building in the heart of the complex, a building with a treasured history and a very special atmosphere. Masses are held on Sundays and Wednesdays at 8.10 am.Interdenominational services are held by the Presbyterian, Methodist and Church of Ireland Chaplains on a rota each Sunday from 9.30 - 10.00am.
Services at Muckamore Abbey Hospital
A Protestant Service is conducted each Sunday at 9:30am by a rota (Presbyterian, Church of Ireland and Methodist Chaplains).
Celebration of Mass is conducted each Sunday at 10:30am by the Catholic Chaplain.
Other special services are arranged throughout the year, including Harvest and Christmas.
Services at Musgrave Park Hospital
The beautiful hospital church is located on the corridor between Withers and Meadowlands.
Dedicated in 1997 as a place of worship, the church is open every day from 9.00am to 5.00pm.
Everyone is welcome to come to the church for private prayer and reflection, and to share in the services.
There is a celebration of Mass every Sunday at 8.15am.
There is a united service every Sunday at 10.00am.
The chaplains arrange special services as the need arises.
Services at the Royal Hospitals
Interdenominational Church Service - Sundays at 9:30am in the Hospital Quiet Room
Celebration of Mass - Sundays at 8:10am & 10:00am in Sir Samuel Irwin Lecture Theatre below Outpatients Block. (feast days as arranged).
Christian Prayer Time - Each Thursday from 12:30-1:15pm in Hospital Quiet Room
Friday Prayers for Muslims - 1.30-2.30pm (Winter 1-2.00pm) in Hospital Quiet Room
Other prayers and services as arranged. Further information can be found on the Chaplaincy noticeboard outside the Hospital Quiet Room.
Contact Details
Rev Derek Johnston
Lead Chaplain Belfast HSC Trust
1st Floor, East Wing
RVH, Grosvenor Road
Belfast BT12 6BA
Telephone: (028) 9063 2045
