Walter Reed Base Guide

The Department of Ministry and Pastoral Care at Walter Reed provides religious and spiritual support 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through assigned ward chaplains and on-call staff, for all faith groups and individuals. The department offers religious services for Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Islamic faiths. Services of other faiths are available in the local community.

Chaplains coordinate their ministry with interdisciplinary teams that support patients, their families and staff members. They provide counseling, prayer, sacraments, rites, ordinances, religious literature, and pastoral visits with patients, family members and staff.

Walter Reed has two chapels. The larger of the two is Memorial Chapel, which is at the intersection of Dahlia and 14th Streets on the main installation.

The Hospital Chapel is on the third floor of Bldg. 2 (main hospital). Stained glass windows from the original hospital chapel are on display in the corridor. Services are conducted daily. In addition, a small prayer room adjacent to the chapel is open 24 hours a day.

The Clinical Pastoral Education program is a yearlong, clinically based course of study for chaplain residents from the Army and Air Force. The program provides intense clinical training in using pastoral-care techniques in a hospital setting. The CPE Center is located in Bldg. 41.

How to contact a chaplain: For assistance during duty hours, call (202) 782-6305 or visit the chaplains’ offices on the third floor of Heaton Pavilion Bldg. 2, Area 3C. After duty hours, call the administrative officer of the day at (202) 782-7309.

RELIGIOUS SERVICES

Memorial Chapel:
Catholic Mass
Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

Protestant Service
Sunday at 11 a.m.

Hospital Chapel:
Catholic Mass
Monday through Friday at noon
Sunday at 11 a.m.

Protestant Services
Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.
Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

Jewish Service
Friday at 11:30 a.m.

Islamic Service
Friday at 1 p.m.

Inspirational Moment
15-minute devotional
Monday through Friday at 6:45 a.m.