Parish Health Ministry

Jesus was a healer who looked not at the disease alone, but at the whole person, saying, “Which is easier to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’?” (Mark 2:9).  Championing the sanctity of life from conception to natural death with intentional caring for our spiritual well being is the goal of health ministry.  Too often we when think of someone with a medical condition, we  think of them in terms of their condition, not as a person.  Health ministry focuses on the person.
Health ministry at the parish level is a compassionate ministry focused on the whole person in the various stages of life from conception to death.  In caring for the spiritual well being of a person, we also address their physical well-being.  Health ministry has a role for everyone at a parish, not just health professionals.  Everyone, including the homebound, can have a role in health ministry, as it has so many different aspects, and it crosses “lines” of family life, stewardship, social justice, hospitality, liturgy and more.

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UnityPoint Parish Nurse Program       

Catholic Health Association

The Iowa Catholic Conference’s “Supportive Care Iowa” - released a webinar to help those seeking guidance on making health care decisions in alignment with Catholic moral teaching.  Click here to view webinar.