The sick

The Parish Priest should be notified as soon as possible of any sick people who need a visit either from himself or another person. In the case of chronic or acute illness, the Sacrament of the Sick should be given and Holy Communion brought to the sick person at home or in hospital.

The Parish maintains a list of people who are sick for parishioners to pray for. This list is displayed on the notice board in the Narthex and included in the Franciscan newsletter approximately monthly. Please inform the Parish Priest of any names to be added or removed from this list.

Parishioners who are admitted to hospital

Whenever a Catholic is admitted as a hospital in-patient, it is important that arrangements are made for them to be visited by the Catholic hospital chaplain. Because of the implementation of the Data Protection Act, the relevent Chaplain may not always receive details of new patients. It would be helpful if details of any patient being admitted to one of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, i.e. Northern General, Royal Hallamshire (including the Jessop Wing) and Weston Park, be given direct to the Hospital Chaplaincy Department.

• For any of the above, please ring the Chaplaincy Department’s referral line on 0114 271 4999
• For Sheffield Children’s Hospital, ring 0114 271 7000
• For Sheffield Community Health, ring 0114 271 8022

Please leave the person’s details. The patient’s full name and address (if known), clearly pronounced and spelt out if necessary, will enable patients to be located. If the ward is known, this too would be very useful. This will ensure that these patients are visited by one of the Chaplaincy team and their needs met.