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VA Shreveport health care's chaplain supports your spiritual needs across all traditions and beliefs.
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VA Shreveport health care chaplains serve people of all faiths and denominations as well as patients and families looking for non-denominational support. They're here to listen and offer spiritual and emotional support as you struggle with tough questions and ethical decisions. 
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Spiritual and religious services

Our chaplains help patients and family members through outpatient treatment, hospital stays, and extended care. If needed, they'll contact your personal clergy or spiritual care provider in the community. Our chaplains are clinical pastoral care specialists who provide religious and non-religious people with services such as:

  • Baptisms
  • Bereavement (grief and loss) care
  • Comfort and counseling
  • Communion
  • Funerals
  • Weddings

Worship services

People of all faiths and traditions are invited to attend:

Coming soon!

Benefits

Research shows that spiritually active patients experience or report:

  • Faster healing
  • Greater coping skills
  • Reduced pain
  • Better quality of life

Contact a chaplain

For more information, please call our chaplain Coming soon!

Interfaith Chapel

Chapel
Building 1
Main Entrance
Second Floor
Room 2W6
Map of Overton Brooks campus
Hours:  Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET
Nights/weekends call the operator for the chaplain on duty

Related Links
More information
What do VA chaplains do?
The full range of services that chaplains provide to patients at VA Medical Centers
National Chaplain Center
Empowering VA chaplains to achieve excellence in meeting the Spiritual Healthcare needs of Veterans