Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Chaplain availability

Chaplains are available in the hospital 24 hours a day. Please have your nurse page the chaplain on-call or call the Spiritual Care Office at (414) 649-6567.

Office

Office is located on the 3rd floor of the Center Building.

Chapel

Chapel is located on the first floor of the North Building adjacent to the For Your Well Being store.

Services available

• Meditation Moments, a brief time for prayer and reflection, is offered Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 11:45 a.m. in the Chapel.
• Soup for the Soul is offered on the rehabilitation unit twice monthly. Please call the Spiritual Care office for details.
• There are two labyrinths available to anyone for walking and meditation. They are located on the west side of the building and on the 8th floor in the Patient Towers.
• Prayer and Spiritual Meditation videos are available to patients and families through the Skylite Television system located in all inpatient rooms.

Special events

The Life Memorial Service is held two times a year to remember those who have died at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center. Please call the Spiritual Care office for details.

Our team

	Peg McGonigal Staff Chaplain Roman Catholic Board Certified, NACC Specialty Areas: ICU and cardiac ministry, medical ethics, DCD (donation after cardiac death), hospice, end-of-life decision-making, certified Advance Care Planning facilitator and educator, certified Disease-Specific Advance Care Planning, Planetree, CPE mentor.
	Julie Lashier Staff Chaplain Evangelical Church Alliance Board Certified, APC Specialty Areas: hospice, neuroscience ministry, end-of-life decision-making, certified Advance Care Planning facilitator, crisis/trauma support and debriefing, trained Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) facilitator, Red Cross SRT member, CPE mentor.
	David Jerger Staff Chaplain United Church of Christ Board Certified, APC Specialty Areas: crisis ministry, Parkinson's Disease, neo-natal, rehab, Planetree, CPE mentor
	Joyce Lawlor Staff Chaplain American Baptist/United Church of Christ Speciality Areas: Hospice, end-of-life decision-making, crisis support, CPE mentor.
	Joe Koyickal Staff Chaplain Roman Catholic Board Certified, NACC Speciality areas: Ministry to transplant patients, Medical Psychiatric and Intensive Addiction, Hematology-Oncology, Neurosurgical and Crisis ministry.
	Kerry Ahrens Administrative Assistant

Milwaukee area

Edwin Foster Regional Director Spiritual Care Board Certified, APC, Certified Supervisor, ACPE United Methodist Specialty Areas: hospital chaplaincy, mental health chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Education, Self-Acceptance Healing, Reiki therapist