The Canberra Hospital
Pastoral Care Unit (02) 6244 3849
Chaplain/Manager of the Unit

Clair Hochstetler

To contact a particular religious pastoral care visitor please phone switchboard (02) 6244 2222 for paging
Calvary Hospital
Pastoral Care Unit (02) 6201 6215
Pastoral Care Director
Sr Debra McCarthy

Canberra Hospital welcomes new Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care ManagerCanberra Hospital Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care Manager
Chaplain Clair Hochstetler is The Canberra Hospital's Manager of Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care Department. He came to The Canberra Hospital after ten years in a similar position with a health system in northern Indiana, USA.
 
Pastoral care volunteers at TCH are coordinated by four denominational chaplain team leaders together with Clair who leads the General team.

Go to the ACT Health webpage which describes our pastoral care program at the Canberra Hospital at http://health.act.gov.au/health-services/canberra-hospital/patients-and-visitors/patient-liaison/pastoral-care


The Revd Simon Wooldridge is the Pastoral Care Chaplain coordinating Pastoral Care and Chaplaincy Services at the Alexander Maconochie Centre for Correctional Services in the ACT. The new prison is based on an human rights approach. The team of chaplains are part of a through care approach to enable inmates to progress towards appropriate integration into the community on release.
 
Guidelines for Correctional Chaplaincy Services
Chaplaincy for AMC { background proposals }

Pastoral Care Oversight Training Organisations