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Bereavement Resources

Our Chaplaincy Services team recognizes that when a child dies, families need compassionate and skilled help in their journey through the grieving process. We hope the brochures linked below are helpful to such families.

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Bereavement Resources

(Recursos Para el Processo de Duelo)

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Friends and Family

(Amigos y Familiares)

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Grandparents

(Abuelas y Abuelos)

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Next Steps

(Dando el Paso Siguiente)

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Grief

(Sentimientos)

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Men's Grief

(Los Hombres y Su Manera de Sufrir)

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Siblings' Grief

(Dolor Entre Hermanos)

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Women's Grief

(Cuando Las Mujeres Sufren)

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Contact Information

Our chaplains are available 24 hours, seven days a week.

  • The senior chaplain and manager, Rev. Kathleen Ennis-Durstine, is on site at the main hospital campus Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., room 4201, 202-476-3321.
  • Reverend Eliezer Oliveira, staff chaplain, is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Contact him in room 4155, 202-476-5050.
  • Reverend Whitney P. Barnes, staff chaplain, can be contacted in room 4155, 202-476-6736.
  • Reverend Lavender Kelley, M.Div., BCC-APC, staff chaplain, can be contacted in room 4115, 202-476-4638.