Pastoral Care Services
Tending to your spiritual and emotional needs
An integrated and important part of the Mountainside Medical Center healthcare team, our chaplains are available to provide counsel and support to loved ones, caregivers and patients, regardless of religious affiliations.
Creating a caring presence throughout the hospital and the community, we:
- Visit patients
- Counsel families
- Participate in ethics and prognosis consults as needed
- Serve on the Palliative Care Committee
- Participate in public events with appropriate prayer services
- Support the Mountainside bereavement group
- Offer spiritual and emotional support to patients, families and staff
- Support and assist clergy and ministers who visit their congregants in the hospital
For our Catholic patients, we offer daily communion in addition to Catholic mass on the following days: Monday, Thursday and Friday at noon in the chapel, Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in the auditorium. The Interfaith Chapel is available to people of any faith. A Shabbat Room is available for use by our Jewish patients and their families.
| Month | Annual Event | 2018 Dates |
|---|---|---|
| December 2018 |
The Season of Advent Begins: Sunday Advent Masses at 3:30 pm in the Auditorium Liturgical color is purple |
December 2, 9, 16, 23 |
| December 2018 |
Feast of the Immaculate Conception: Mass at Noon in the Chapel |
December 8th (Saturday) |
| December 2018 | Helping Hands Collection for The Salvation Army | December 10 |
| December 2018 | Christmas Mass (on the Eve, Monday) at 4 p.m. in the Auditorium | December 24 |
| December 2018 | Mass for Mary, Mother of God (on New Year's Eve, Monday), at 4 p.m. in the Auditorium | December 31 |
| 2019 Dates | ||
| January to March |
Ordinary Time in the Life of the Church Begins Liturgical Color is green |
January 14 to March 5 |
| March |
ASH WEDNESDAY: Liturgy of the Word at 9:30am and 2:30pm Catholic Mass at 12 Noon All liturgical events take place in the Bayberry |
March 6 |
| March & April |
The Sundays of Lent Masses at 3:30pm in the Auditorium Liturgical color is purple |
March 10, 17, 24, 31, April 7, Palm Sunday is April 14 (Red) |
| April |
HOLY THURSDAY Masses are only permitted to be celebrated in Churches on this day |
April 18 |
| April |
GOOD FRIDAY Ecumenical Prayer Service at Noon in the Chapel |
April 19 |
| April |
EASTER SUNDAY Mass at 3:30pm in the Auditorium |
April 21 |
| April to June |
The Seven Sundays of Easter Mass at 3:30pm in the Auditorium Liturgical color is White |
April 28; May 5, 12, 19, 26; June 2 |
| June |
Pentecost Sunday Mass at 3:30pm in the Auditorium Liturgical color is Red The Easter Season ends. |
June 9 |
| June |
Ordinary Time in the life of the Catholic Church resumes until Advent. The liturgical color is green. |
June 10 |
| August |
Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Thursday) Mass at Noon in the Bayberry |
August 15 |
| November |
Feast of All Saints (Friday) Mass at Noon in the Bayberry |
November 1 |
| December |
The Season of Advent begins. Masses at 3:30pm in the Auditorium. Liturgical color is purple. |
December 1, 8, 15, 22 |
| December |
Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Monday) Mass at Noon in the Auditorium Liturgical color is white |
December 9 |
| December |
Christmas Mass on the Eve (Tuesday) Mass at 4pm in the Auditorium |
December 24 |
| December |
Feast of Mary, Mother of God (on New Year’s Eve, Tuesday) Mass at 4pm in the Auditorium |
December 31 |
Helping Hands Christmas Drive:
Making the holidays a little brighter
In 2004, the Pastoral Care Department reached out to the Salvation Army with an offer of assistance during the Christmas holiday season. The rest is history. Each year, the office contacts a social worker at the Salvation Army and asks her to compile a list of families who might need some help at Christmas. Lists include the family members by gender and age, to protect the identity and retain the dignity of the families, and suggestions of what each needs. This information is then disseminated throughout the departments of the hospital and each family is "adopted." Each year, the number of families increases. We help between 35 and 43 families each season, thanks to the generosity of the hospital staff.
Chaplains
Catholic
Rev. Thomas M. Cembor, Director
In Office: Thursday to Tuesday
973-429-5089
Beeper: 1-877-404-6229
Cell: 973-768-9383
E-mail: Thomas.Cembor@mountainsidehosp.com
Protestant
Rev. Ingrid Singh
In Office: Tuesday to Thursday
973-429-5048
E-mail: ingrid.singh@mountainsidehosp.com
Jewish
Rabbi Yeheskel & Mrs. Pearl Lebovic
973-429-6047
For more information contact, Rev. Thomas M. Cembor, D. Min. at 973-429-5089 or email Thomas.Cembor@mountainsidehosp.com.
Hackensack Meridian Health
Mountainside Medical Center
One Bay Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
Call us: (973) 429-6000