Spiritual Support Services are available to all children, youth, families, visitors and staff. Spiritual support staff can provide guidance and support during times of distress. They can help link you to local religious and spiritual leaders for blessings, prayer, counselling, smudging and more. Services are available on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
What we do
- Help children, youth, families and staff recognize and deal with spiritual distress.
- Promote the presence of spirituality in a way that is sensitive to different faiths and cultures.
We support families and staff by:
- Helping to contact religious leaders from their own community.
- Assisting with ritual and religious celebrations when requested (ex. baptisms, blessings, end-of-life prayers and funeral services).
- Assisting with, facilitating and organizing memorial services and celebrations of life.
- Providing ongoing spiritual support.
- Offering prayers and comfort.