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St. Barnabas to Observe Pastoral Care Week

Gibsonia, Pa. (Richland Township), Oct. 10, 2005 - St. Barnabas Health System will celebrate Pastoral Care Week, Oct. 23-29, with a series of events at its nursing and retirement facilities. An annual, international event, Pastoral Care Week is a time to honor professional chaplains, community clergy, volunteer caregivers, and persons in local congregations who provide pastoral and spiritual care.

Following the theme "Healing Wisdom," the Rev. Joseph Wargo, chaplain at St. Barnabas, will lead worship services and celebrations along with clergy members of the Mars and Richland Ministeriums. Events for Pastoral Care Week include:

• Wednesday, Oct. 26 - At 2:30 p.m., Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas recreation room will be the site of a Bible trivia challenge between St. Barnabas Nursing Home and Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas patients.
  
• Thursday, Oct. 27 - Members of the Mars Ministerium will visit Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas at 11 a.m. to field trivia questions from patients during a "Stump the Clergy" session. A luncheon to honor members of the Ministerium will follow at 11:30 a.m.
  
• Friday, Oct. 28 - Members of the Richland Ministerium will have lunch in their honor at 12:30 p.m. in the Williamsburg Room at The Village at St. Barnabas.
  
  Pastoral Care Week is sponsored by the Coalition on Ministry in Specialized Settings (COMISS) Network, a national organization comprised of pastoral care providers, pastoral care professionals, and faith group endorsers, including the National Association of Catholic Chaplains and the Association of Professional Chaplains.
  
  About St. Barnabas - St. Barnabas Health System is the largest health care concern of its kind in Pennsylvania and offers service apart from the ordinary in a faith-based, non-denominational setting. Tracing its heritage back to 1900, the system serves approximately 900 inpatients and residents, plus 35,000 outpatients and home care clients. The health system is composed of the St. Barnabas Communities, including The Village at St. Barnabas, The Washington Place at St. Barnabas and The Woodlands at St. Barnabas; St. Barnabas Clinical Services, including St. Barnabas Nursing Home, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas and The Arbors at St. Barnabas; the Kean Theatre; and St. Barnabas Charities, the fund-raising arm.
  

  Contact:
  Kathleen Brenneman
  (724) 444-5530
  kbrenneman@stbarnabashealthsystem.com
  
  

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